Lesleyanne Hawthorne
Biographic Data
| ID | 1240445 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lesleyanne Hawthorne |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lesleyanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Hawthorne |
| SIGNATURE | HAWTHORNE L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 193 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Australia’s superior skilled migration outcomes compared with Canada’s
Australia and Canada are global exemplars of skilled migration policy, designed to have important effects on economic growth. This article assesses the development and outcomes of their permanent migration programmes for a range of regulated professions. We compare the matched census data from both countries in 2016 and then examine the key drivers of the major differences found through qualitative interviews. Although the trends in numbers and s…
Attracting and Retaining International Students as Skilled Migrants
OECD countries compete to attract and retain international students as skilled migrants. By definition former international students are of prime workforce age, face no regulatory barriers, and have self-funded to meet domestic employer demand. Within the global ‘race for talent’ they have emerged as a priority human capital resource. This chapter examines the study-migration pathways that have evolved in the past decade within skilled migration …
Occupational Regulation and Foreign Qualification Recognition: An Overview
The theory and practice of occupational regulation are outlined together with associated issues regarding foreign qualification recognition. Trade-offs between public safety and the monopoly power inherent in occupational regulation are highlighted, together with a description of the increasing scope of occupational regulation both in terms of the numbers of occupations coming under regulation from government and the share of workers subject to t…
The Impact of Skilled Migration on Foreign Qualification Recognition Reform in Australia
This paper has four aims. First, it defines the extent to which skilled migration to Australia has changed in recent decades in terms of scale, source country, and entry mode. Second, it describes Australia’s federally driven foreign qualification recognition (FQR) reform strategy, including the pressure imposed by successive parliamentary reviews to improve outcomes. Third, it reports the growing engagement of select health regulators in reform,…
Australian Employer Response to the Study‐Migration Pathway: The Quantitative Evidence 2007‐2011
In recent years OECD countries have prioritized international students as a human capital resource. To assess their labour migration outcomes, this article defines Australian employment rates the year after graduation by two measures. Our first in‐depth case study (drawing on the Graduate Destination Survey) compares international students' work status to that of domestic students in 11 professions, from 2007 to 2011. Our second case study (based…
Indian Students and the Evolution of the Study‐Migration Pathway in Australia
In the past two years Australia's reputation as a safe high quality education destination has suffered devastating damage in India – a process exacerbated by 2010–12 changes to the study‐migration pathway. Within this context Indian enrolments dropped 27 per cent from 2010 to 2011 and 25 per cent from 2011 to 2012. This article examines the complex interplay of migration and education policies in relation to Indian students in the past decade. It…
How Valuable is “Two-Step Migration”? Labor Market Outcomes for International Student Migrants to Australia
In the past decade, Australia has developed unprecedented reliance on skilled migrants, a process intensified by a period of sustained economic boom. By 2007, two-thirds were former international students recruited in Australia rather than offshore applicants, exemplifying a transition to what is termed “two-step migration.” How acceptable, however, are such onshore applicants to employers, in a context where Australia's 2006 skilled migration re…
Picking Winners”: The Recent Transformation of Australia's Skilled Migration Policy
From 1980 to 1996, Australian researchers identified consistently inferior labor market outcomes for professionals from non-English-speaking background source countries. In 1997, the incoming conservative government initiated a major review of Australia's skilled migration program, based on a determination to ‘select for success' among applicants. Subsequent initiatives included mandatory English language testing, rigorous qualifications screenin…
Qualifications Recognition Reform for Skilled Migrants in Australia: Applying Competency‐based Assessment to Overseas‐qualified Nurses
The past two decades have coincided with unprecedented Australian selection of skilled migrants, in particular professionals from non‐English speaking background (NESB) source countries. By 1991, the overseas‐born constituted 43 to 49 per cent of Australia's engineers, 43 per cent of computer professionals, 40 per cent of doctors, 26 per cent of nurses, and rising proportions in other key professions. Within one to five years of arrival, just 30 …
Patient Demand for Bilingual Bicultural Nurses in Australia
This paper charts a range of factors which have contributed to the growth in demand in Australia for the provision of bilingual bicultural nursing care over the past two decades. This demand has been generated by health policy makers and ethnic organisations, as well as select nursing and migration academics. Key reasons have included the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity of the Australian population (derived from over 140 source count…
The political dimension of English language testing in Australia
The past decade has coincided with the increasing use of English language testing in Australia for nonlinguistic purposes, frequently in contexts governed by signifi cant political pressures. This article explores two recent examples: the access: test (Australian Assessment of Communicative English Skills), a form of ESL testing designed actively to regulate the flow of skilled migrants to Australia; and the step test (Special Test of English Pro…
The Question of Discrimination: Skilled Migrants’ Access to Australian Employment
Following a decade of increasing non English‐speaking background (NESB) migration to Australia, including the migration of unprecedented levels of NESB professionals, this article examines two recent studies which report cases of direct and indirect labour market discrimination. The first relates to qualifications recognition for migrant doctors. Key findings include a growing trend to federal government intervention (in alliance with the medical…
Asian Student Migration to Australia 1
This paper presents an overview of Asian student migration to Australia, together with an analysis of political and educational aspects of the overseas student programme. It focuses on some significant consequences of this flow for Australia. The characteristics of key student groups are contrasted to provide some perspective of the diversity of historical and cultural backgrounds, with the source countries of Malaysia, Indonesia and PRC [China] …
Reversing past stereotypes: Skilled Nesb women in Australia
Australians erroneously depicted migrant workers as having peasant origins, poor English and little education. Their domestic skills were highlighted over professional skills and they were thought of as occupying manufacturing or service-sector position. This stereotype may have been partially true in the 1970s, but it will be less so in the 1990s
Picking Winners”: The Recent Transformation of Australia's Skilled Migration Policy
From 1980 to 1996, Australian researchers identified consistently inferior labor market outcomes for professionals from non-English-speaking background source countries. In 1997, the incoming conservative government initiated a major review of Australia's skilled migration program, based on a determination to ‘select for success' among applicants. Subsequent initiatives included mandatory English language testing, rigorous qualifications screenin…
How Valuable is “Two-Step Migration”? Labor Market Outcomes for International Student Migrants to Australia
In the past decade, Australia has developed unprecedented reliance on skilled migrants, a process intensified by a period of sustained economic boom. By 2007, two-thirds were former international students recruited in Australia rather than offshore applicants, exemplifying a transition to what is termed “two-step migration.” How acceptable, however, are such onshore applicants to employers, in a context where Australia's 2006 skilled migration re…
Occupational Regulation and Foreign Qualification Recognition: An Overview
The theory and practice of occupational regulation are outlined together with associated issues regarding foreign qualification recognition. Trade-offs between public safety and the monopoly power inherent in occupational regulation are highlighted, together with a description of the increasing scope of occupational regulation both in terms of the numbers of occupations coming under regulation from government and the share of workers subject to t…
The Question of Discrimination: Skilled Migrants’ Access to Australian Employment
Following a decade of increasing non English‐speaking background (NESB) migration to Australia, including the migration of unprecedented levels of NESB professionals, this article examines two recent studies which report cases of direct and indirect labour market discrimination. The first relates to qualifications recognition for migrant doctors. Key findings include a growing trend to federal government intervention (in alliance with the medical…
Indian Students and the Evolution of the Study‐Migration Pathway in Australia
In the past two years Australia's reputation as a safe high quality education destination has suffered devastating damage in India – a process exacerbated by 2010–12 changes to the study‐migration pathway. Within this context Indian enrolments dropped 27 per cent from 2010 to 2011 and 25 per cent from 2011 to 2012. This article examines the complex interplay of migration and education policies in relation to Indian students in the past decade. It…
Qualifications Recognition Reform for Skilled Migrants in Australia: Applying Competency‐based Assessment to Overseas‐qualified Nurses
The past two decades have coincided with unprecedented Australian selection of skilled migrants, in particular professionals from non‐English speaking background (NESB) source countries. By 1991, the overseas‐born constituted 43 to 49 per cent of Australia's engineers, 43 per cent of computer professionals, 40 per cent of doctors, 26 per cent of nurses, and rising proportions in other key professions. Within one to five years of arrival, just 30 …
Australian Employer Response to the Study‐Migration Pathway: The Quantitative Evidence 2007‐2011
In recent years OECD countries have prioritized international students as a human capital resource. To assess their labour migration outcomes, this article defines Australian employment rates the year after graduation by two measures. Our first in‐depth case study (drawing on the Graduate Destination Survey) compares international students' work status to that of domestic students in 11 professions, from 2007 to 2011. Our second case study (based…
The Impact of Skilled Migration on Foreign Qualification Recognition Reform in Australia
This paper has four aims. First, it defines the extent to which skilled migration to Australia has changed in recent decades in terms of scale, source country, and entry mode. Second, it describes Australia’s federally driven foreign qualification recognition (FQR) reform strategy, including the pressure imposed by successive parliamentary reviews to improve outcomes. Third, it reports the growing engagement of select health regulators in reform,…
Australia’s superior skilled migration outcomes compared with Canada’s
Australia and Canada are global exemplars of skilled migration policy, designed to have important effects on economic growth. This article assesses the development and outcomes of their permanent migration programmes for a range of regulated professions. We compare the matched census data from both countries in 2016 and then examine the key drivers of the major differences found through qualitative interviews. Although the trends in numbers and s…
Asian Student Migration to Australia 1
This paper presents an overview of Asian student migration to Australia, together with an analysis of political and educational aspects of the overseas student programme. It focuses on some significant consequences of this flow for Australia. The characteristics of key student groups are contrasted to provide some perspective of the diversity of historical and cultural backgrounds, with the source countries of Malaysia, Indonesia and PRC [China] …
Reversing past stereotypes: Skilled Nesb women in Australia
Australians erroneously depicted migrant workers as having peasant origins, poor English and little education. Their domestic skills were highlighted over professional skills and they were thought of as occupying manufacturing or service-sector position. This stereotype may have been partially true in the 1970s, but it will be less so in the 1990s
Asian Student Migration to Australia 1
This paper presents an overview of Asian student migration to Australia, together with an analysis of political and educational aspects of the overseas student programme. It focuses on some significant consequences of this flow for Australia. The characteristics of key student groups are contrasted to provide some perspective of the diversity of historical and cultural backgrounds, with the source countries of Malaysia, Indonesia and PRC [China] …
Reversing past stereotypes: Skilled Nesb women in Australia
Australians erroneously depicted migrant workers as having peasant origins, poor English and little education. Their domestic skills were highlighted over professional skills and they were thought of as occupying manufacturing or service-sector position. This stereotype may have been partially true in the 1970s, but it will be less so in the 1990s
The political dimension of English language testing in Australia
The past decade has coincided with the increasing use of English language testing in Australia for nonlinguistic purposes, frequently in contexts governed by signifi cant political pressures. This article explores two recent examples: the access: test (Australian Assessment of Communicative English Skills), a form of ESL testing designed actively to regulate the flow of skilled migrants to Australia; and the step test (Special Test of English Pro…
The Question of Discrimination: Skilled Migrants’ Access to Australian Employment
Following a decade of increasing non English‐speaking background (NESB) migration to Australia, including the migration of unprecedented levels of NESB professionals, this article examines two recent studies which report cases of direct and indirect labour market discrimination. The first relates to qualifications recognition for migrant doctors. Key findings include a growing trend to federal government intervention (in alliance with the medical…
Patient Demand for Bilingual Bicultural Nurses in Australia
This paper charts a range of factors which have contributed to the growth in demand in Australia for the provision of bilingual bicultural nursing care over the past two decades. This demand has been generated by health policy makers and ethnic organisations, as well as select nursing and migration academics. Key reasons have included the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity of the Australian population (derived from over 140 source count…
Qualifications Recognition Reform for Skilled Migrants in Australia: Applying Competency‐based Assessment to Overseas‐qualified Nurses
The past two decades have coincided with unprecedented Australian selection of skilled migrants, in particular professionals from non‐English speaking background (NESB) source countries. By 1991, the overseas‐born constituted 43 to 49 per cent of Australia's engineers, 43 per cent of computer professionals, 40 per cent of doctors, 26 per cent of nurses, and rising proportions in other key professions. Within one to five years of arrival, just 30 …
Picking Winners”: The Recent Transformation of Australia's Skilled Migration Policy
From 1980 to 1996, Australian researchers identified consistently inferior labor market outcomes for professionals from non-English-speaking background source countries. In 1997, the incoming conservative government initiated a major review of Australia's skilled migration program, based on a determination to ‘select for success' among applicants. Subsequent initiatives included mandatory English language testing, rigorous qualifications screenin…
How Valuable is “Two-Step Migration”? Labor Market Outcomes for International Student Migrants to Australia
In the past decade, Australia has developed unprecedented reliance on skilled migrants, a process intensified by a period of sustained economic boom. By 2007, two-thirds were former international students recruited in Australia rather than offshore applicants, exemplifying a transition to what is termed “two-step migration.” How acceptable, however, are such onshore applicants to employers, in a context where Australia's 2006 skilled migration re…
Indian Students and the Evolution of the Study‐Migration Pathway in Australia
In the past two years Australia's reputation as a safe high quality education destination has suffered devastating damage in India – a process exacerbated by 2010–12 changes to the study‐migration pathway. Within this context Indian enrolments dropped 27 per cent from 2010 to 2011 and 25 per cent from 2011 to 2012. This article examines the complex interplay of migration and education policies in relation to Indian students in the past decade. It…
Australian Employer Response to the Study‐Migration Pathway: The Quantitative Evidence 2007‐2011
In recent years OECD countries have prioritized international students as a human capital resource. To assess their labour migration outcomes, this article defines Australian employment rates the year after graduation by two measures. Our first in‐depth case study (drawing on the Graduate Destination Survey) compares international students' work status to that of domestic students in 11 professions, from 2007 to 2011. Our second case study (based…
Occupational Regulation and Foreign Qualification Recognition: An Overview
The theory and practice of occupational regulation are outlined together with associated issues regarding foreign qualification recognition. Trade-offs between public safety and the monopoly power inherent in occupational regulation are highlighted, together with a description of the increasing scope of occupational regulation both in terms of the numbers of occupations coming under regulation from government and the share of workers subject to t…
The Impact of Skilled Migration on Foreign Qualification Recognition Reform in Australia
This paper has four aims. First, it defines the extent to which skilled migration to Australia has changed in recent decades in terms of scale, source country, and entry mode. Second, it describes Australia’s federally driven foreign qualification recognition (FQR) reform strategy, including the pressure imposed by successive parliamentary reviews to improve outcomes. Third, it reports the growing engagement of select health regulators in reform,…
Attracting and Retaining International Students as Skilled Migrants
OECD countries compete to attract and retain international students as skilled migrants. By definition former international students are of prime workforce age, face no regulatory barriers, and have self-funded to meet domestic employer demand. Within the global ‘race for talent’ they have emerged as a priority human capital resource. This chapter examines the study-migration pathways that have evolved in the past decade within skilled migration …
Australia’s superior skilled migration outcomes compared with Canada’s
Australia and Canada are global exemplars of skilled migration policy, designed to have important effects on economic growth. This article assesses the development and outcomes of their permanent migration programmes for a range of regulated professions. We compare the matched census data from both countries in 2016 and then examine the key drivers of the major differences found through qualitative interviews. Although the trends in numbers and s…
Political science (14 works) · Economics (10 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (10 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (6 works) · Global Health Workforce Issues (5 works) · Government (linguistics (5 works)