1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,440 Speaker 1: Now we know that Territorians with a spare room in 2 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: their homes have the chance to earn some extra money. 3 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 1: With up to six hundred Charles Dalen University international students 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: expected to flood into Darwin in the next few weeks, 5 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: with well not many places to stay. Now. In preparation 6 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: for the student's arrival, Charles Dalen University is boosting the 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: use of CDU Study Stays. It's an online platform providing 8 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: listings of accommodation vacancies around CDU's Casarina Waterfront and Palmerston campuses. 9 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: Now joining me on the line to talk more about 10 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 1: this is Charles Dalen University Vice Chancellor, Professor Scott Bowman. 11 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: Good morning to you. 12 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 2: Good morning now, Professor. 13 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: Why is CDU calling on Territorians to open their doors 14 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: to international students. 15 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 2: Well, we've just got so many international students wanting to 16 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 2: come to Darwin and study. We add a massive intake 17 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 2: into semester one and we're just blown away. The else 18 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 2: semester intake, which traditionally is smaller than one, is actually 19 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 2: going to be even bigger. So we've got a lot 20 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:10,119 Speaker 2: of students come in here. I think there's some exciting 21 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 2: developments going to be coming in the midterm with developers 22 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 2: building accommodation. But in the short medium zon you know, 23 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:18,639 Speaker 2: we're going to need beds. 24 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, and we did just catch up with the Treasurer 25 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: Evil La and also Minister for Transport and Infrastructure and 26 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: spoke about some of those potential developments. But I guess 27 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: in the short term it does prove a bit of 28 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 1: a worry if there is nowhere for are these wonderful 29 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: students to stay. 30 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, Look, I think things for the rest of this 31 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 2: year are going to be tight. To be honest, I 32 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 2: think probably the city has just about got the busy 33 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 2: to take the students that are coming. If we have 34 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 2: things like study stays and home stays, next year is 35 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 2: going to be much tighter, I think so. Yeah, I mean, 36 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 2: but it's wonderful to be looking at problems of success. 37 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 2: I guess, you know, when you. 38 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: Look at how many we are expecting to arrive, how 39 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: dire is the situation right now if people don't open 40 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: up their homes to international students. 41 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,639 Speaker 2: Look, we've not got students screaming at the moment. Our 42 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 2: student services are working with people to find places. There's 43 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 2: a lot of word of mouth amongst students. But it 44 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 2: is going to be, as I said, really tight in 45 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 2: five weeks time when we're we're looking probably another seven 46 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 2: hundred students turning up. So yeah, it's pretty tight. 47 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: Now, professor, tell me what is being done to really 48 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: ensure their safety, because I know, for me, if I 49 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: was in a situation where I thought, Okay, one of 50 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: my children's going to travel to the other side of 51 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 1: the world to study, I'd probably feel more comfortable with 52 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 1: them living on campus rather than living with a family 53 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: or people that I don't know in a whole other country. 54 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 2: Look, that's a really good point. So there's kind of 55 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:08,119 Speaker 2: a number of things, so you could live on campus, 56 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 2: but UNI Lodge, sorry, our student accommodation is pretty much 57 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 2: full to the gunnels Uni Lodge, which is stuff down 58 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 2: the road that's pretty full at the moment. So there's 59 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 2: probably three things that where our students go. Some go 60 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:27,119 Speaker 2: to real estate agents and rent an apartment and then 61 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 2: share with other students. That is very popular and a 62 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 2: lot of students end up doing that anyway because they 63 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 2: just feel more comfortable to have the freedom. So you know, 64 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 2: we will continue to work with real estate and landlords 65 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:46,119 Speaker 2: to do that. We are after the terrible circumstances around CEASAP. 66 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 2: We are really getting students to report any worries that 67 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 2: they are having with security, with locks and things. We're 68 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 2: then looking at how we can work with the landlords 69 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 2: to improve that or even just go in and improve 70 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 2: it ourselves. We are looking We've just done a survey 71 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 2: some of the problem students are out there and are 72 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 2: on the buses. We're looking at putting a university bus 73 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 2: on doing a circuit around all the campuses and other places. 74 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:16,840 Speaker 2: So that's one option. The other option is home stays, 75 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 2: which is really where you do become part of someone's family, 76 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 2: probably more appropriate for the younger students, and we're working 77 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 2: with We've got two home stay organizations in the territory, 78 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 2: AHN and Global Experience. They do vet those families very carefully. Yeah, 79 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 2: so you know, and go and visit and do that. 80 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 2: And then the other one that we're really pushing is 81 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 2: study stays, which is much much more like the former. 82 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 2: So if you've got a granny flat, if you've got 83 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 2: a room, if it's a number of students wanting to share, 84 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 2: you can put your your accommodation on up there. We 85 00:04:57,560 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 2: will have a look at the and we encourage people 86 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 2: pictures on We'll have a look at the pictures of 87 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 2: the things like the security and things like that and 88 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 2: do that. 89 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 1: So it sounds like there is a bit, quite a 90 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 1: bit of work that goes on behind the scenes. Professor. 91 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: You know, we've spoken before, you and I have spoken 92 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: before as well about the aims to really bring up 93 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:23,039 Speaker 1: to seven thousand international students into the Northern Territory over 94 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: the coming years. It was part of the Northern Territory 95 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: government's Tercy Report. And we know that the new campus 96 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: is going to be opening. Where are we going to 97 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 1: house all of those students? 98 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, look, another really good point, and it's interesting. In 99 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 2: the Turk we were talking, they were talking about ten 100 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 2: thousand students in the territory. We said that we could 101 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 2: probably come to the party in that and probably provide 102 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 2: six thousands. But if things carry I think you know 103 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 2: the figure you quote, it's seven thousand. The way our 104 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 2: recruitment's going at the moment, we could well do that. 105 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 2: And we were looking we've always run at about two thousand, 106 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 2: we're looking at doubling that in the next three years 107 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 2: before and then up to eight thousand in the next 108 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 2: two years now, two thousand of those will be on 109 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 2: our Sydney campus, but that is still six thousand or 110 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 2: possibly seven thousand here. Now. I think what is happening 111 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 2: now is, you know, I came in, I started talking 112 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 2: a big game and we were going to get all 113 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 2: these international students, and I think people are a bit 114 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 2: skeptical and the develops were you know, we've heard all 115 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 2: this before. Yeah, yeah, sure that's going to happen. What's 116 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 2: different now is we can show people we getting the 117 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 2: students were our office in India is really working well. 118 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 2: We've got an exponential climbing international students. So developers are 119 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 2: now getting much more interested. We're talking to a number 120 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:57,480 Speaker 2: of them that are talking about building substantial numbers of this, 121 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 2: so we can back up what we're saying now with evidence. 122 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 2: I saw that there's some proposal, I think from one 123 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 2: side of politics and about repurposing some of the unused 124 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 2: buildings in the town. I think that's a great option. 125 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 2: But I think all of those you know, you know, 126 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 2: repurposing buildings, you're probably talking twelve months building from scratch, 127 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 2: you look in eighteen months for two years. I think 128 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 2: that's all going to come online. But it's a short 129 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 2: term period where it's going to be tough. 130 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: Now, tell me if there are people listening this morning 131 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 1: who are keen to open their homes to students, where 132 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: can they go to get some further information and you know, 133 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: maybe sort things out so that they are able to help. 134 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, if you're looking for that study home stay 135 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 2: experience where the student comes in and is very much 136 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 2: part of your family almost and you know, they'll be 137 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 2: having food with you and you know, really be a 138 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 2: part of the family. And we've done that. You know, 139 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 2: Anita and I have done that a number of times 140 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 2: and we've just loved it. And we've still got friends 141 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 2: in Japan that we're students that come and stayed with us. 142 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 2: They're probably best to go through AHN and Global Experience 143 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 2: because they do all the bedding on that. If, on 144 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 2: the other hand, you've got a granny flat or you've 145 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 2: got a room that you just want to rent out 146 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 2: and the student just comes and goes and stays there, 147 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 2: then go online. Does google CDU study stays and you'll 148 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 2: go to our study stays page and then you can 149 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 2: list your property what you've got to offer. You can say, 150 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 2: you know, you know, we're really into music. We've really 151 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 2: liked someone that lives into music staying with us, or 152 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 2: I absolutely hate music. Please don't send a musician. You 153 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 2: can put your preferences into the kind of student looking 154 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 2: at well. 155 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 1: Professor Scott Bowman from Charlestown University, it is always good 156 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: to catch up with you. Thanks so much for your 157 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: time this morning. 158 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,479 Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's great to see you back yesterday. 159 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: Yeah. Thank you for rescheduling for us, Very much appreciated.