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Slow visa approval rates add to strain at Australian universities

The PIE News

Historically low visa approval rates for international students could dent Australia’s appeal at a time when it should be gaining an advantage over other competitor destinations, stakeholders have indicated. In fact, seven out of the 10 lowest have taken place in the last 18 months,” said Chew.

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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. We’re making sure that it does work properly.”

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What were people reading about higher education in 2023?

HEPI

We are almost at the end of 2023, and you know what that means – we are due a round-up of the year’s most popular HEPI blogs. The year, we celebrated our 20th birthday and it has arguably been HEPI’s biggest yet, with more website views than any other year in our history.

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UK Grad Route review: who is prof Brian Bell?

The PIE News

Such changes could have dire financial consequences for the sector as the ability to work in the UK after graduation has been central to the growth of international student numbers at universities in recent years. A date looms ominously on the horizon. Talk of universities being ‘allowed to fail’ abound.

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The pressures of youth: Japan and Korea

The PIE News

The PIE recently met two students from Japan and Korea studying in Brighton, who shared their insights into the often unspoken pressures of coming from an ageing population and what the future holds for them. Nariko is from a suburb near Sapporo. “And I have a really progressive view about social problems.

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TOEIC scandal: victim settlement scheme rejected

The PIE News

The 10-year anniversary of the documentary has sparked renewed media interest in “Britain’s forgotten immigration scandal” , in which at least 2,500 students were deported. Even once people have cleared their names, it’s really hard to recover from the past decade,” she added.

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UK international student contribution soars to £42bn

The PIE News

A landmark report by various stakeholders in the UK has revealed that international students boosted the country’s economy by £41.9bn in the academic year 2021/22. The figure has risen from £31.3bn in the 2018/19 academic year. The net economic impact of each student is around £98,000, according to the report.

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