Final Report- Draft five (2)

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Acknowledgements

Introduction


The Research Team

Principal Researcher: Dr. Kathrine Jackson

Keele University Students’ Union Student Experience Manager: Fay Harris

Research Assistant: Rachel Tang


Methodology


Barriers to the Research


Impact


Strand One Findings: Initial Questionnaire Data Reports

HEAR Questionnaire


Conclusion/recommendations


Assessment Questionnaire







Conclusions/Recommendations



KeeleSU Questionnaire






Conclusions/Recommendations



International Food Questionnaire

What extra food would you like KeeleSU shop to sell?

Seaweed, biscuits Jasmine Rice, spices Japanese Snacks

Curries Jollof African food

More intercontinental meals

Waakye African food – Egba, Amala and Semovita

Halal Fried chicken, macaroni cheese, more Caribbean cultural food.

A wider range of chocolate

More Halal options More of an African variety. Eg. Plantain.

More variation of Chinese food

Sandwiches. More frozen ready meals

Chicken Cup noodles and oriental drinks

Healthy food – brown rice and rich fibre food

Korean food Erirean Food – iniera

More cakes Tofu Moundazi Samosas

French food – like Japanese Frozen dim sum


baguettes of good quality

Japanese Snacks Erirean Food – iniera Chinese food

African food Moundazi Samosas Food from Japan and Hong Kong, like green tea snacks.

African food – Egba, Amala and Semovita

Samosa Mexican

A wider range of chocolate Asian veggie Japanese Sweets

More variation of Chinese food

Bring back the peero and pocari sweet

Chinese dumplings and more types of spices and sauces.

Cup noodles and oriental drinks

Paneer Chinese food

Do you go to a wholesaler to buy any of your food?

How do you get to the wholesalers?


What percentage of your weekly food budget do you spend at:



What other kinds of food would you like to have available at Munch in KeeleSU?


Conclusions


Phase Two: Focus Groups

Focus Group One: Pre-Arrival, Welcome and On-Going Support

Pre-Arrival

Welcome Week

http://www.uniserveeducation.com/


Welcome to Britain

Would it be useful is if there was something similar to the World Festival Launch Party

in international welcome week?

ASK and Student Support


Improvements to the Services to KeeleSU

Societies

Recommendations



Focus Group Two: KeeleSU Non-Commercial Services

What KeeleSU does?

What are the most important services?

What three words would you associate with KeeleSU?

Does KeeleSU effectively support international students?

Do you volunteer and what do you think that the benefits of volunteering are?


What are some of the barriers?

What do you think about ASK?


Would you like for there to be an ASK advisor who specialises in supporting

international students?

Would you like for there to be specialised support within Jobshop?

What would encourage you to go to Jobshop?

HEAR

Do you have anything else to add?


Recommendations


Phase Three: Individual Interviews

Word Festival Individual Interviews

Student One (Vietnamese male) answered questions two, six and ten


Student Two (Vietnamese male) answered questions three, seven and nine

Student Three (Vietnamese female) answered questions three, five and ten


Conclusions

Recommendations


Individual Interviews


What are the main issues that international students at Keele University face in

general?


Conclusions


Do you think that Keele University Enables International Students to Feel Included? If

not, then what could be done to improve this?


Conclusions


Recommendations

What do you think is the Value of your Degree in your Home Country?


Conclusions

Recommendations

What do you think about the fees that you pay and obtaining your visa and visa

extensions?



Conclusions

More students reported that they had not experienced issues in relation to visas and

tuition fees than did report problems.

http://www.nus.org.uk/en/take-action/welfare-and-student-rights/fix-international-student-fees-fixintfees/



Recommendations

Do you think that the level of your English was good enough for you to undertake your

course and to live in the UK before you started?


Conclusions

Recommendations


Do you know students from a range of nationalities or mainly students from your

home country?


Conclusions

Recommendations

What do you think about Keele University Students’ Union? What could be done to

make its services more relevant to you?


Conclusions


Recommendations

Do you feel that you are a part of any community at Keele? Which one(s)? Do you

think that they give you the support that you ideally need?

To what extent do you think that Keele is a global community?



Conclusions

Recommendations


Research Relating to International Post-Graduate Students


Recommendations


Recommendations for Practice and Future Research

Conclusions from Phase One

Hear Questionnaire

Assessment Questionnaire

KeeleSU Questionnaire


International Food Questionnaire

Conclusions from Phase Two

Pre-Arrival, Welcome and On-going Support Focus Group


KeeleSU Focus Group

Conclusions from Phase Three


What are the main issues that international students at Keele University face in

general?

Do you think that Keele University Enables International Students to Feel Included? If

not, then what could be done to improve this?

Recommendations

What do you think is the Value of your Degree in your Home Country?


Conclusions

Recommendations

What do you think about the fees that you pay and the process of obtaining your visa

and visa extensions?

Conclusions




Recommendations

Do you think that the level of your English was good enough for you to undertake your

course and to live in the UK before you started?

Conclusions

Recommendations


Do you know students from a range of nationalities or mainly students from your

home country?

Conclusions

Recommendations

What do you think about Keele University Students’ Union? What could be done to

make its services more relevant to you?

Conclusions

Recommendations


What communities do you feel part of at Keele? Do you think that Keele is a global

community?

Conclusions

Recommendations


Further Reading

Books and Chapters

Journal Articles


Web Resources

http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/Info-for-universities-colleges--schools/Publications--research/resources/77/A-Manifesto-for-International-Students

http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/Info-for-universities-colleges--schools/Publications--research/resources/77/A-Manifesto-for-International-Students

https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/node/10190

http://www.nusconnect.org.uk/asset/news/6006/NUS-Charter-Global-University.pdf

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/globalpeople/integration/intoff_int_guide_final.pdf

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/globalpeople/integration/intoff_int_guide_final.pdf


http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/Info-for-universities-colleges--schools/Publications--research/resources/30/The-UKCISA-Manual-2015

http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/Info-for-universities-colleges--schools/Publications--research/resources/30/The-UKCISA-Manual-2015


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