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Foreign students may be undermining UK higher education, says Cleverly

Home secretary calls for visa review over concern that courses are being used as shortcut to gain work permits Source

Education Visa Consultative Committee: 1st Quarterly Meeting

The first quarterly meeting for 2024 of the EVCC went overtime this morning. The Koala understands that over 70 sector stakeholders were provided with the Source

“Business is anxious about potential changes to the Graduate Visa”

London’s success hinges on its ability to attract talented people from around the world, and our research also shows that the Graduate Visa is valued by businesses across a range of industries Source

More “transparency” 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 O’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 of 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