The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The average time to process a student visa has been knocked down to just 16 days, according to Australia’s home affairs department. It comes after multiple major study destinations found themselves dealing with crippling visa delays in 2022, when numbers surged as the world gradually emerged from the pandemic.

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MARCH 22, 2024

Among the amendments to the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 is the automatic lapse of registration for registered training organisations that have not delivered training and assessment for 12 months, as well as preventing new RTOs from expanding their course offerings within their first 24 months.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

If Australia’s international student numbers grows in line with existing market shares, it will see 3.7% more students a year resulting in 220,000 more students in the country by 2030, according to new analysis. In a baseline forecast conducted by Navitas, the total population aged 18-22 of each country comes into play.

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The PIE News

MAY 9, 2024

Coming to Canada for K-12 is as popular as ever. Some programs are already full for September, while others still have some space available,” she told The PIE News. “Coming to Canada for K-12 is as popular as ever. School districts are busy, said Bonnie McKie, executive director of CAPS-I.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Unfortunately, Australia has historically demonstrated a lack of interest and respect for Pacific communities on this front. This has impacted the success of these programs but has also impacted on Australia’s relationship with the territories and then independent nations in the Pacific.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 18, 2024

International education company Oxford International Education Group has announced its first foray into the Australian market with an integrated program partnership with The University of Notre Dame Australia. ” It comes the same day as Navitas revealed a new partnership in France, making its entry into the European country. .

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Australia’s international education exports outstripped major goods exports in the latter part of 2023, adding $12.1 Stakeholders are urging government to not introduce new policy to counter challenges around housing and net migration that will deeply impact the sector, especially as the sector remains in its recovery phase.

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MARCH 13, 2024

It’s the latest example of an unfair policy change in the treatment of international students that focuses on the symptom without fixing the cause. International students invest heavily in coming to study in Australia because they want to have a better career and a nicer place to live. Prevention is better than cure.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

“International education is a new engine of economic growth for Australia and an important part of our social fabric,” the review reads. She said, however, that she was confident Australia had “caught this problem in time” with the new package of measures.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A new scholarship program for talented young Indian researchers, four university partnerships and an India-Australia education plan have all been unveiled as high-profile leaders met in India this week. Four new partnerships have been signed – two with Deakin and two with Monash University. “I hope that is just the start.”

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MARCH 19, 2024

The government is expecting the net migration figures to drop by some 140,000 people as a result of the policy change, Harry Anderson deputy director of Policy and Global Engagement at Universities UK International, said. More institutions are paying closer attention to application numbers earlier in the cycle, speakers said.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Australia has announced the list of professions and courses that will be eligible for extended post-study work rights from July 1. The new measures – initially announced in September last year – will allow eligible international higher education graduates to access to an extra two years of post-study work rights.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It comes after Australia announced additional student visa application scrutiny in its migration strategy launched in December. ” In the year to October last year, English Australia’s data suggested that the ELICOS sector had 146,666 enrolments, overtaking its pre-Covid figures. .

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The PIE News

AUGUST 23, 2023

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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OCTOBER 1, 2023

Australia is introducing further decisive measures to combat student poaching and an abuse of its education system from operators driven by commercial gain – a ban on agent commissions earned from student transfers between providers in Australia is set to happen.

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APRIL 30, 2024

However, while government previously said it was considering permitting international students to work up to 30 hours per week while class is in session when it announced the extension last year, it now says it intends to change the number of hours students may work off campus per week to 24 hours from this upcoming fall.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia released a scathing response to the new Migration Strategy , which it said was based on “broad and often inaccurate generalisations about quality”. Reforms include cracking down on those taking VET programs as a means of “remaining in Australia”.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

Institutions and agents have largely welcomed Australia’s decision to close a loophole that allows international students to switch to cheaper providers shortly after arriving in the country, but some believe the measures don’t go far enough. Study visas are already linked to institutions in New Zealand and the UK.

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The PIE News

MAY 18, 2023

Agents are helping international students in Australia switch to lower-cost providers, a parliamentary inquiry has heard, but a gents in India insist that it is those working onshore who are responsible. These are genuine students who have come to Australia to study a world-class degree at a university,” he told The PIE News.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

New measures set out in a landmark Migration Review for the Australian international education sector are simply “the same wine a new bottle”, according to one stakeholder. However, some of the changes have not gone down well with professionals in the international education sector. Of course we are not alone in doing this.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 25, 2023

Australia has closed a loophole allowing international students to switch to cheaper providers shortly after arriving in the country in a crackdown on “dodgy” providers. Normally, students would have to wait at least six months to change providers, but this “loophole” allows them to do so much sooner after they arrive in Australia.

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The PIE News

MAY 3, 2024

Some time between May 14 and May 23, you will see a pretty hostile announcement from the government,” she predicted, as leaders discussed the UK, Australia and Canada’s state of sector affairs. However, she relented that the sector needed to come to terms with the fact the system hadn’t been perfect in the first place. “We

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Sector stakeholders have celebrated Australia’s decision to extend post-study work rights for targeted courses and professions, and to raise the cap on the number of hours that international students are permitted to work to 48 hours per fortnight from July 1.

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The PIE News

JULY 27, 2023

With mixed messaging on visas, Australia has made it difficult for international students to understand what exactly it wants from them, stakeholders have suggested. On the other hand, there is this expectation that a student provides a perfect statement of purpose,” Singh told delegates during The PIE Live Australia.

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The PIE News

APRIL 5, 2024

The platform, which already works with 39 education providers across Australia and New Zealand, says the new platform offers institutions a redesigned one-stop-shop to connect with agents and students. “We’re excited to be able to say we’re truly changing the sector with this online ecosystem,” Gulati concluded.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Non-native English teachers are facing a myriad of challenges trying to find employment and have qualifications recognised in Australia, according to a study. They may need to obtain additional Australian qualifications, even if they have extensive teaching experience in their home countries,” Nigar explained.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Transnational education and edtech strategy consultancy Wells Advisory has been acquired by one of Australia’s largest law firm that was set up almost 200 years ago. That will not change. “We are committed to collaborating and supporting our clients as they adapt and build new capabilities and offerings.”

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The PIE News

JANUARY 23, 2023

. “Once in Australia, there are a range of legitimate reasons for students to move between providers and this process is well established in visa regulations and processes,” said Neil Fitzroy, general manager, marketing and sales, university partnerships Australia at Navitas. QUT does not engage in this behaviour.

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The PIE News

MAY 30, 2023

University leaders were warned about the potential impact on the UK economy of government changes to dependent visas during the recent QS higher education festival in London. Some 56% of respondents had previously been unaware of any proposed changes before QS surveyed them.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Visa rejection rates to Australia rose drastically in 2023, with only 78% of visas for higher education approved in August last year. It comes after stakeholders, particularly in South Asia, reported significant increases in refusals, despite limited changes in visa regulations. In August of 2015/16 and 2019/20, 89.9%

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Stakeholders fear that Australia’s approach to visa policy and processing is damaging the chances of genuine students being able to enrol at universities across the country. Visa processing has been hampered by policy changes stemming from the migration strategy launched in December.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The learning abroad sector in Australia is well on its way to recovery, with 90% of institutions expecting at least 75% of their cohorts to go abroad in 2024, a survey has revealed. Despite this, 54% of respondents said they would still be offering virtual mobility programs in the coming year.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 30, 2023

While Australia’s education minister Jason Clare said it was “welcome news” and that the country is “already seeing Chinese students return to Australia, with about 3,500 arriving so far this month”, he warned of short-term logistical problems. ” Big news from China Ministry of Education.

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The PIE News

MAY 10, 2024

International student numbers are almost certain to continue falling following recent changes, compounded by the government’s negative messaging and policy intent irrespective of the MAC review outcome. Any new government must recognise the potential of TNE to enhance the UK’s global reputation in higher education.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

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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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Logistical challenges could delay arrivals of Chinese students to Australia, a report from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia has said, as concerns about students returning continue. The report noted positive developments that could signal a return of Chinese students studying in Australia.

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The PIE News

JUNE 28, 2023

The International Education Association of Australia has launched a campaign to “educate and inform” the wider Australian community of the benefits that international education and students bring to the country. International students help Australia thrive.”

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