Critical Perspectives: Students' expectations of difficulties they may face in undertaking their degree

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Critical Perspectives: Students' expectations of difficulties they may face in undertaking their degree

This paper examines students’ concerns about completing tertiary studies in an Australian context. Qualitative data were collated from a short writing task undertaken by a group of undergraduate students in the Curtin Business School for the purpose of diagnosing students’ writing skills. The task r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Briguglio, Carmela, Howe, Julie
Other Authors:	Alison Bunker
Format:	Conference Paper
Published:	HERDSA 2006
Subjects:	international students student perspectives first year experience
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9436

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