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‘Chaos reigns’: The countries that have dodged Australia’s student visa crackdown

The government wants universities to cut their reliance on this market. It’s also a country with one of the highest visa approval rates. Source

MAC Review with No Chips at Graduate Route

No doubt at all that the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) Rapid Review of the Graduate Route and its recommendation of “retaining the Graduate route in its current form” is good news for the UK h… Source

The MAC review of the graduate route

Ahead of last autumn’s appalling migration figures, Number 10 had decided that however bad the numbers were, they wouldn’t announce any policy measures in response. But when the numbers came out and it emerged that migration was running at such a pace that 1 in 60 people in the country had arrived in the last twelve months alone, and that net migration was adding a city the size of Birmingham to the population every two years… the government reluctantly allowed Robert Jenrick to develop a package of measures. Source

Inconsistent Visa Assessments Continue to Destabilise the Sector

The Koala was contacted by an English provider who received a visa refusal which was perplexing. The Koala investigated and it appears inconsistent Source

Minister Establishes Implementation Advisory Committee

An Implementation Advisory Committee has been established by the Government following the release of last night’s Federal Budget. The Minister for Source

UK International Enrolments Unchained

The latest HESA figures (released 31 January 2023) give a further instalment and insight on the extraordinary recent changes in global student mobility and the impact on UK universities.  As predic… Source

Suggestion to impose cap on international students in Australia “shortsighted”

Analysis from the Group of Eight in Australia has found “no direct link” between international students and the nation’s current housing crisis. Source

Beware the Ides of MAC

Aficionados of ancient Rome will know that every month had an Ides. For March, May, July and October it fell on the 15th of the month while for the rest of the year it was the 13th. The Migration A… Source