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International Students’ Satisfaction & Employability – Strategies for Success
Thursday 07 Dec | 12.00 - 13.00
Join us for this lunchtime webinar on Thursday, December 7, where our panelists will look at institutional strategies and initiatives to ensure these challenges are addressed. Japan can then create a more welcoming and supportive environment, enhancing the happiness, satisfaction and future employability of international students studying in the country.
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Written by Sarah Backley
Ensuring that international students are happy and satisfied in Japan can contribute to a positive and enriching educational experience for them and with their positive advocacy will lead to increases in the numbers of international students choosing Japan going forward.
Japan is also fairly uniquely looking towards international students to fill some of the labor gaps that currently exist in the market and this represents an opportunity for institutions to ensure they are preparing students appropriately for the workforce.
To meet this dual challenge, Japan’s universities will need to respond to themes including language barriers, cultural adjustment, social integration and the cost of living. Join us for this lunchtime webinar on Thursday, December 7, where our panelists will look at institutional strategies and initiatives to ensure these challenges are addressed in order to create a more welcoming and supportive environment, enhancing the happiness, satisfaction and future employability of international students studying in the country.
Dr. Yuriko Sato | Researcher, Japan Student Services Organization
Dr. Yuriko Sato is a researcher at the Japan Student Services Organization, specializing in international student policy and mobility. She was an associate professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and had worked for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) before that, including her three-year assignment at the JICA Nepal Office. She was awarded the Best Paper Prize of the Japan Association of International Student Education and the Best Paper Prize & the Best Presentation Prize at the 1st Asia Future Conference. She also received the Best Teacher Award of Tokyo Tech in 2007 and 2013.
Her most recent articles include the following:
Sato, Y. (2021) “What influences the direction and magnitude of Asian student mobility? Macro data analysis focusing on restricting factors and lifelong planning”. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, published online HERE
Dr. Yuriko Sato is a researcher at the Japan Student Services Organization, specializing in international student policy and mobility. She was an associate professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and had worked for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) before that, including her three-year assignment at the JICA Nepal Office. She was awarded the Best Paper Prize of the Japan Association of International Student Education and the Best Paper Prize & the Best Presentation Prize at the 1st Asia Future Conference. She also received the Best Teacher Award of Tokyo Tech in 2007 and 2013.
Her most recent articles include the following:
Sato, Y. (2021) “What influences the direction and magnitude of Asian student mobility? Macro data analysis focusing on restricting factors and lifelong planning”. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, published online HERE
Brett Berquist | Assistant Vice-Chancellor Engagement, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Brett Berquist joined the University of Canterbury (UC) in 2022 to take up a new role created to reflect the institutional focus on engagement in the 2030 strategic plan Tangata Tū Tangata Ora. As Amokapua | Assistant Vice-Chancellor Engagement he leads UC’s engagement, institutional advancement, and strategic partnerships at a local, national and international level.
Brett brings three decades of university experience in several countries, from lecturer to department head to senior administrator. His passion is collaboratively developing and implementing strategy to help institutions address changing conditions, demographics, and objectives.
His research interests include community engagement, work integrated learning, employability, internationalization and related government policies, outcomes of international learning mobility, quality assurance in mobility and transnational education. He is active in a number of professional associations and external reviews. He co-chaired the Global Internship Conference from 2012 to 2019.
Brett Berquist joined the University of Canterbury (UC) in 2022 to take up a new role created to reflect the institutional focus on engagement in the 2030 strategic plan Tangata Tū Tangata Ora. As Amokapua | Assistant Vice-Chancellor Engagement he leads UC’s engagement, institutional advancement, and strategic partnerships at a local, national and international level.
Brett brings three decades of university experience in several countries, from lecturer to department head to senior administrator. His passion is collaboratively developing and implementing strategy to help institutions address changing conditions, demographics, and objectives.
His research interests include community engagement, work integrated learning, employability, internationalization and related government policies, outcomes of international learning mobility, quality assurance in mobility and transnational education. He is active in a number of professional associations and external reviews. He co-chaired the Global Internship Conference from 2012 to 2019.
Guy Perring | Regional Director, i-graduate Asia
Guy Perring is Regional Director for Asia at Tribal i-graduate, an independent benchmarking and consultancy, delivering comparative insights for the education sector specializing in internationalization, improving the student experience and assisting institutions in meeting their strategic goals.
Guy is responsible for spearheading their ASEAN operation. He has worked in education for over 25 years in a variety of roles from teacher to administrator, market researcher to consultant. He previously worked at the British Council for 12 years in a variety of roles, most recently leading a Southeast Asian Regional Transnational Education Project designed to offer support for UK and local institutions in establishing sustainable partnerships. He has presented at multiple international conferences including Going Global, QS-Apple and the Commonwealth of Education Ministers. He is an alumnus of the University of Durham and Manchester University.
Guy Perring is Regional Director for Asia at Tribal i-graduate, an independent benchmarking and consultancy, delivering comparative insights for the education sector specializing in internationalization, improving the student experience and assisting institutions in meeting their strategic goals.
Guy is responsible for spearheading their ASEAN operation. He has worked in education for over 25 years in a variety of roles from teacher to administrator, market researcher to consultant. He previously worked at the British Council for 12 years in a variety of roles, most recently leading a Southeast Asian Regional Transnational Education Project designed to offer support for UK and local institutions in establishing sustainable partnerships. He has presented at multiple international conferences including Going Global, QS-Apple and the Commonwealth of Education Ministers. He is an alumnus of the University of Durham and Manchester University.
