RESEARCH

PROPOSAL
Research question:
What are the main factors affecting international
students’ academic success in Australia university?
 Context of the study
• Location: Perth city - Western Australia

• 5 universities in Perth will be chosen to collect data

for this study

Well-known

International students

High-quality education
Participants & Sampling

100 international students

5 Executives 5 officers
 Data collection tools
Qualitative phase

What factors influence international students’ marks on

assessments?

What efforts have been implemented to help them improve

their marks?

5 Executives 5 officers
What are the outcomes?
 Data collection tools
Quantitive phase

100 international students

Factors affecting their assessment results

Support from universities

Outcomes
 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

• All participants are • All interviewers • All surveys will • Data collection will
volunteers will be de-identified remain anonymous not be shown to the
in the transcript university
• Informed consent
form will be signed
 Limitations of the study

• The data gathered from the chosen 5 universities alone is not a fully
accurate representation of all universities in Australia

• This is an anonymous survey, and some students may provide vague

and incomprehensive answers.
Thank you