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More โ€œtransparencyโ€ needed on Aus evidence requirements

If there is going to be changes to evidence requirements for visa processing in Australia, the federal government must offer transparency to avoid refusals. Source

Crossing the edtech moat: aggregator disaggregation

More education agent aggregators, not less? Will greater access to ‘edtech’ platform tools lead to agent aggregator disaggregation? Source

New laws to cut migration and tackle care worker visa abuse

Reforms to restrict care workers from bringing family members are now in force, while care providers are required to register if they are sponsoring migrants. Source

Meeting with Minister Oโ€™Neil and Minister O’Connor’s office, CEO Forum at the 2024 ASEAN-Australia Special Summit: Latest rundown of higher education

From the Chief Executive Officer I have spent this week in Melbourne for a series of productive meetings as I continue to settle into my role as CEO. You all know how familiar I am with our great sector, but there is still a lot to get across and I am relishing the opportunity to meet with stakehold Source

Rejections double as study visas fall by 32% in Q4 2023

The UK’s five priority markets ofย India, Nigeria, Vietnam, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia all saw rejection rates for study visas rise in the second half of 2023. Source

Institutional visa risk ratings: will they change or not?

The latest update from Universities Australia, delivered by CEO Luke Sheehy, is a crucial one. It covers the organisation’s advocacy efforts on visa Source

Americanโ€™s Low Perception of US Higher Education

The landscape of public perception surrounding higher education in the United States is undergoing a profound transformation, marked by a notable decline Source

Celebrating International Womenโ€™s Day 2024

For this yearโ€™s International Womenโ€™s Day, The Koala News is celebrating women who work in the international education sector. Some of the women featured Source

Immigration rule changes needed to stop jobs-for-sale scam, experts say

More on a broken immigration system and the incentives to game the system of international students and LMIAs. Blaney’s suggestion to no longer provide points to students with a LMIA job worthy of consideration: …Immigration consultant Earl Blaney said the College the needs to do more to hunt down and discipline its members involved inโ€ฆ Source