Abul Rizvi was the deputy secretary of the Department of Immigration, then the deputy secretary of the Department of Communication. He has a PhD in Immigration Policy from the University of Melbourne, and came to Australia as part of a ...
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Pennsylvania State University chancellor emeritus Dan Greenstein joins Martin Betts to discuss his varied career and how it impacts his work today. The chancellor has held roles at the University of Oxford, the University of California, the Gates Foundation and ...
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Ministerial Direction 111 (MD111) is the new way of processing international student visa applications and has replaced Ministerial Direction 107. It came into effect on December 19, 2024. MD111 comes after the Labor government last year failed to get up ...
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The Albanese government is preparing to replace a controversial ministerial direction that has been criticised for favouring sandstone universities over regional and outer-suburban institutions, as providers warn Labor’s “confused and mismanaged” policy approach is damaging the sector and the economy. After ...
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Punjab-based newspaper The Tribune has published an article about the “bleak future” faced by students after paying thousands of dollars in fees. The Albanese government announced in August that around 150 so-called “ghost colleges” had been shut down and another 140 issued warning notices by the ...
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Three university networks that represent 20 institutions have asked Parliament to pass the international student services Bill, which was blocked by the Coalition last week, by removing the disputed cap on overseas commencements. Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton said, ...
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Universities claim Sydneysiders could end up waiting for longer in emergency rooms and struggling to find care for elderly relatives under new restrictions on foreign student numbers. Institutional caps are due to come into effect in 2025 and cut the number ...
More »What makes Chinese students so successful by international standards?
There is a belief widely held across the Western world: Chinese students are schooled through rote, passive learning – and an educational system like this can only produce docile workers who lack innovation or creativity. We argue this is far ...
More »HEDx Podcast: How a million more students can access tertiary ed – Episode 141
Scott Jones is the chief executive of global education provider Navitas and has worked with the company for more than 20 years, in partnerships with public universities. He believes that the way to grow student numbers for a future workforce, ...
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Since the Covid-19 pandemic that started in 2020, there has been a range of policy changes regarding international students that have been affected by Australia's home affairs and economic policies. The deputy head of school (research) in the School of ...
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