Post-study work rights for international students at Australian universities must be extended to VET, say the sector’s peak bodies. The Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET) and TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) say new post-study visa arrangements, which came into ...
More »Year in View. International- Knight comes riding to the rescue
After a timely review, the government realised the importance of the international sector and acted to protect it. There are many metaphors you could use to describe the international education sector in 2011. It pulled itself out the mud, bounced ...
More »Student parents run the healthcare gauntlet
A Malaysian couple obtaining PhDs from Monash University has struggled to obtain maternity care in Australia. It was only after traipsing to a sixth public hospital in Melbourne that international students Shamsul Mohideen and his wife, Azleena Mohamad, were finally ...
More »International student sector slowly climbs back up the ladder
There are signs that Australia’s international student sector is on the up again, with the Department of Immigration and Citizenship’s latest data showing increases in visa applications and grants, with applications from India on the rise. From January to September ...
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