Wednesday 16 July 2008

Destination Australia: push/pull factors for Thai students

Spark Education recently came across some very interesting research by Nattavud Pimpa of the Monash Centre for Research in International Education on the reasons why Thai students choose to study in Australia. The full paper is definitely worth a read for those who work with Thai students.

The study looks at the influence that family, peers and agents have on Thai students' decisions on international education.

In summary it finds that the decision to study abroad will usually be a multi-stage process which is influenced by a range of players, including family, peers and education agents.

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