The aspirations and expectations of the growing international student cohort in Australia are implicitly incorporated into recruitment internationalization strategies but have received little academic analysis. To address this gap literature, paper develops a conceptual model built upon earlier research by Tim Mazzarol Geoffrey Soutar, which focuses on push pull factors relating to home country destination, respectively, relation students' decisions seek study. Focusing predominantly Chinese...

Substantial research indicates that women’s sports and female athletes gain only a small fraction of media coverage worldwide. Research has examined why this is the case suggested can be attributed to three particular factors govern newswork: male-dominated newsroom, ingrained assumptions about readership, systematic, repetitive nature news. This study sought explore using different perspective, exploring cases where gained coverage. It identified Australian newspapers published more...

Research question: This study contributes to the understanding of scandal in context elite team sport through an analysis print media coverage off-field instances athlete misbehavior. Print is indicative types incidents warranting primary consideration by and sports organizations. The research questions were: What poor behavior male athletes are most likely attract attention? relationship between frequency attention misbehavior status athlete?Research methods: A data set coverage, drawn from...

Highlights• Low profile sports including table tennis face challenges in recruiting and retaining girls.• Girls’ participation is constrained by a male dominated club culture.• Other social factors further limit girls’ participation.• Table stakeholders may benefit from strategically addressing such issues.

Developing nations increasingly use sporting mega-events to demonstrate capacity, staking a claim place on the 'world map' by participating in what has been referred as 'global circus', or alternatively, 'prestige model'. The 2010 Commonwealth Games, hosted India, provide an example of mega-event which had mixed results terms signalling global modernity. This study extends existing media analysis research that found Western media's interpretation event was critical overall and employed...

Abstract This study analyses the metaphor of spirituality in non-profit art gallery, a overlooked previous marketing research. Using content analysis and interviews single depth case study, this article illustrates how has been staple gallery over time. It was found that even though acknowledges its use spirituality, it paradoxical attitude to it. Therefore (a) traces historical influences led extension relationship theory, (b) draws on Hunt Menon (1995 Hunt, S.D. Menon, A. 1995. Metaphors...

Sport and the media have long served as arenas for development of national identity, both which are examined in this study newspaper coverage 2010 FIFA World Cup. This article reports on findings a content analysis Cup; data collected included all major daily Australian newspapers. Following an in-depth analysis, five themes emerged: patriotism; dealing with loss; celebrity; identity; ethnicity. paper examines related loss identity. Analysis revealed that during pre-event phase, clearly...

While considerable attention has been given to the spate of attacks on Indian students in Australia 2009 and 2010, less paid how who were at centre furore perceived violence. In this paper we explore perceptions postgraduate undergraduate male studying Melbourne, Australia, based data gathered focus groups. Analysis revealed four broad themes students' explanations for attacks: race hate versus opportunism, intercultural issues, systemic ineffectiveness, media reporting. Students' reasons...

In 2010, a television advertisement aired in the lead up to 2010 World Blind Football Championships featuring English Team and cat became most controversial advert of year. This article uses case study approach examine public relations (PR) communications activities that followed fallout from advert’s broadcast. It shows how sport organisation’s PR can be characterised by symbolic interaction PR, developed post hoc, concerned with creating favourable impression organisation through...

In 2008, Melbourne became the first Australian city to host Homeless World Cup (HWC), an annual international sporting event that aims raise profile of homelessness and social marginalisation. This article examines relevant print media articles relating HWC by identifying key themes through thematic content analysis. It then polarised reporting two outlets, The Age Herald Sun, argues each outlet's coverage served reinforce its own established position on political issues, in this instance...

This article describes the emergence, during 2011, of a community best practice for GMP manufacture cellular therapies in UK. The originated response to anticipated demand manufacturing capability as UK increases its throughput successful cell therapies. will catalyze development robust processes essential establishing therapy industry Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product (ATMP) Manufacturing Community (amc) was formed September 2010 During amc held three technical meetings, established an...