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Australia: students switching to vocational courses for uncapped work rights

The PIE News

International students have been arriving in Australia on university courses and then switching to vocational or private colleges which have more flexible study options to benefit from the country’s uncapped work rights, an agent association has warned.

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“Truly fantastic” – sector responds to Aus PSW move

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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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Australia reveals courses eligible for extended work rights from July

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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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International education added $12.1bn to Aus economy in Q3

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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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The challenges of international student recruitment in 2024

The PIE News

Further changes also prevent individuals switching from student visas to work visas until their studies are completed. Measures are more wide reaching in Canada where new caps on international student numbers over the next two years will result in a drop of 35% in the number of permits over those issued in 2023. Source: gov.uk

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Reality of student life exposed at PIE Live Australia

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Twenty five students from 20 countries had the opportunity to speak to leaders at a roundtable session hosted at The PIE Live Australia conference in partnership with Study Gold Coast and the session sponsors Scape. In our home countries, we work more than 40 or 50 hours per week. To survive. “In During Covid I was here.

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Aus: mental health services must be tailored to cultural needs

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Mental health services at Australian universities need to be tailored to international students’ cultural needs if they are to be effective, a leading mental health charity has said. International education stakeholders have been concerned for some time now about mental health cases associated with overseas students in Australia.