Ensuring success across the international student-alumni lifecycle

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the international student-alumni lifecycle in this self-paced, on-demand course. This course presents an overview of the fundamentals of the international student-alumni lifecycle for international education professionals with limited experience in this functional area. Using a range of self-paced individual and interactive learning activities, this online asynchronous course introduces learners to the core concepts and the key practical aspects of ensuring success across the international student-alumni lifecycle. Are you keen to learn more about the onboarding of international students and how to provide them with ongoing engagement and support? In this unit, our Subject Matter Expert Louise Staunton (Associate Director, Trinity Global Experience at the Global Engagement Office, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) will help you gain useful knowledge on this topic, including: what is covered by the term ‘induction’, what a successful onboarding process look like, best practices in pre- and post-arrival induction programmes, as well as how to evaluate interventions to assess impact. Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Louise has been working in international education for almost 25 years. In her current role, she develops strategies to support the lived experience of international students and the wider global experience of all students, including internationalisation at home activities, while working collaboratively across the institution. She is also Trinity’s representative on the Irish Universities Association (IUA) sub-group on International Student Experience and leads Trinity’s University of Sanctuary activities supporting students from asylum, refugee and international protection backgrounds, including management of Trinity’s Global Incident Response Unit. She was previously Programme and Training Manager at the Irish Council for International Students, where she delivered intercultural competence courses across the Irish higher education sector and authored an innovative intercultural skills training guide and video resource, Diverse Voices: Listening to International Students (2015). During this time, she was also responsible for the management of the Ireland Fellows Programme for students from developing countries funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs. Louise served as an elected member of the EAIE Expert Community on Mobility Advising from 2019 to 2022. She has written for EAIE publications and presented at numerous conferences globally on international education. How can a higher education institution prepare students for their future careers? What is important to consider when talking about career preparation? In this unit, our Subject Matter Expert Sandra Slotte (Senior Policy Advisor for Internationalisation at Arcada University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland) guides you along the essentials of this topic, touching upon the importance of career support in international education, the role of various stakeholders, what successful career support looks like and the difference between employability and employer-ability. She is joined by guest speaker Jessica Schueller (Senior Desk Officer, Campus-Initiative for International Talents, German Academic Exchange Service, Germany). Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Finland Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Finland Sandra’s expertise lies in the strategic and comprehensive internationalisation of higher education, as well as in matters related to the employability of international students and the employer-ability of receiving organisations. Sandra's professional journey began with professional competence development and then, as part of a team, established a recruitment company for young professionals in Helsinki. From there she moved on to international marketing and communications and further on to international student recruitment and admissions, including student experience and success. This took her into Internationalisation at Home (IaH) and then to sustainable and holistic career support. She now works with strategic, comprehensive and ethical internationalisation. She has served as Secretary for the Steering Group for Internationalisation at Arcada since 2019. She was elected as a member of the Steering Group of the EAIE Expert Community for Strategy and Management 2022–2024 and is a member of the EAIE Thematic Committee for Leadership, strategy and policy 2024–2026. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany Jessica is a scholar-practitioner in international higher education, specialising in international career services and the employability of international students. She is known as an advocate for international students' career development and labour market integration in Germany, and she currently serves as the Senior Desk Officer for the Campus Initiative for International Talents at the German