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Limiting int’ls avoids “electoral backlash”

The PIE News

Setting an enrolment limit on international students is the easiest way to bring down migration figures without sparking electoral backlash ahead of the federal election early next year, according to Australia’s association for international education. billion to the Australian economy each year.

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Labor looks to ease Hecs burden as student debts set to grow more than 4%

The Guardian - Higher Education

Albanese said on Thursday that “there’s a range of areas we need to do much better for the younger generation and Hecs is one of them” and that announcements would be made “pretty soon” on changes to make the student loan “simpler and fairer”.

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Int’l students left “bewildered” as Australia’s migration debate continues

The PIE News

Australia’s prime minister has defended a clampdown on “Mickey Mouse courses” that he says enabled non-genuine students to remain in the country under the previous government and stated that annual immigration figures will be halved to 250,000 in the 2024/25 financial year. But the system wasn’t working properly.

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Scholarships and closer ties for ASEAN & Aus

The PIE News

Scholarships and fellowships for students from ASEAN were launched at an overarching bilateral summit between Australia and Southeast Asia. Prime minister Anthony Albanese announced during the Australia ASEAN Summit on March 4-7 that over 75 scholarships, called Aus4ASEAN will be provided as part of a new era of partnership with the region.

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Australia ‘may allow’ study applicants to indicate desire to migrate

The PIE News

A new overhaul in student visa processes in Australia could permit applicants to migrate to the country via education as government seeks to bolster the workforce. New reforms, however, will allow prospective students to express their intent to migrate in their visa applications, reports say.

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Australia to boost education links with Southeast Asia in new regional plan

The PIE News

Australia has prioritised strengthening education links with Southeast Asia in its first strategy focused on the region. The government is looking to change this in what Albanese described as “the most significant upgrade of Australia’s economic engagement with ASEAN for a generation”.

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$12.6bn plan to “transform” Australian VET

The PIE News

billion five-year National Skills Agreement will expand and transform access to Australia’s VET sector, the government has said. The announcement will largely impact domestic settings in Australia. The post $12.6bn plan to “transform” Australian VET appeared first on The PIE News.

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