Obviously when you are working in a foreign country no one from your university is going to be able to pop in for a supervisory visit.
You should keep in contact with your course coordinator, and contact them immediately if a problem arises in the workplace.
The workplaces that you are going to tend to be staffed by a lot of expatriates. That means you should have some people in your office that you can talk to if there is a problem.
But if not, jump on the email to home, RMIT staff are always ready and willing to help if they can.
It is really important that when you are working in another country you are proactive with your supervisors.
Alexandra Wake has been a journalist for 30 years. Although initially trained in print, she has adapted to other technologies and now boasts a career spanning radio, television and on-line. Alex has worked in Ireland, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, as well as Australia. Alex worked for three newspapers: The Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, the Mackay Mercury and The Star (Ireland). Alex spent seven years working for the ABC in Queensland. She has spent time training working journalists at the South African Broadcasting Corporation and three years as a journalism educator at Dubai Women’s College in the United Arab Emirates. Alex also spent three years working as a senior media advisor for a Queensland government minister. Alex still tries to work as a broadcast journalist when her academic work allows.
Alex completed her PhD at Deakin, MA (Research) at QUT, holds a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning from RMIT, and a Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults from Cambridge.
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