*Check against delivery*Thank you.It has been such a warm welcome here at Symbiosis International University.My sincere thanks to both Symbiosis and the Association of Indian Universities for bringing us all together for this important event.And may I acknowledge the many esteemed guests we have in the room today.It’s a privilege to be here on behalf of Australia’s universities – at what is a truly exciting time for Australia and India.We are entering a golden era in our relationship.A relationship that is only getting bigger and stronger.Our governments are promoting and supporting this.As your Prime Minister, Prime Minister Modi, said in…

Coinciding with the G20 Education Working Group Meeting and Education Ministers Meeting in Pune, the conference will be attended by university leaders from all G20 countries.Ms Jackson will outline how universities can take Australia and India’s relationship to the next level.Indian government officials and sector leaders will also address the conference (19-21 June at Symbiosis International University).Ms Jackson will also attend a series of industry roundtable meetings, which will focus on strengthening and maximising the relationship between universities and fast-growing sectors of the economy to drive economic growth and prosperity.Ms Jackson was a member of the Prime Minister’s business delegation…

Chinese businesspeople have shown faith in the buoyancy of student flows from their country, with tens of thousands of firms obtaining licences to provide study abroad advice since Covid-19 controls were relaxed last December. More than 27,000 new education agencies were established in China between mid-December and mid-May, according to a report from Vienna-based higher education consultancy Bonard. The country appears on track for a record year of new agencies, surpassing the 2021 peak of about 45,000. While many new agencies are in the “tier 1” commercial magnets of Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, plenty more have been launched in the emergent “new tier…

“I had approached Education Migration Services, an agency headed by Brijesh Mishra in Jalandhar, to migrate to Canada. Since May 2018, I have been residing in Canada, where I pursued my studies. After completing my studies, I applied for a work permit in Canada, which was successfully granted. Encouraged by this, I then applied for permanent residency. Everything seemed to be progressing smoothly until my life took an unexpected and drastic turn,” says Sandeep Kumar, one of the many Indian students duped by a fake education agent in India. Sandeep adds, “Out of the blue, I received a call from…

Two or three times a year, the dreaded reminder that the next several days and weeks will be filled with multiple spreadsheets (that’s if you can get the data in one piece), a ridiculous number of emails, back and forth between agents, recruitment staff and finance and copious amounts of anxiety of what can and might go wrong. With the huge surge in agent applications and enrolments, this problem has grown in magnitude for so many. Getting in right Signing off millions of pounds in commission payments is never taken lightly and I had certainly been reminded of past mistakes,…

When asked if they intended to apply for a post-study visa, 72% of respondents globally said they will apply. Respondents from China were the most likely to apply (82%) followed by the Philippines (79%), Ghana (78%), then Nigeria and India (75% each). When asked if they intended to apply for a post-study visa, 72% of respondents globally said they will apply. Respondents from China were the most likely to apply (82%) followed by the Philippines (79%), Ghana (78%), then Nigeria and India (75% each).Across the four major study destinations, the perception of graduate employment opportunities has gone down since our first…

International postgraduate enrolment in the US rose 8 per cent in the past academic year, with declines from China more than offset by gains from India and sub-Saharan Africa, a major annual survey has found. The single-year enrolment gains, as measured for last autumn among first-time international graduate students, included Iran, up 33 per cent; India, up 22 per cent; and sub-Saharan Africa, up 13 per cent, according to figures compiled by the Council of Graduate Schools. Graduate-level enrolment fell 11 per cent among students from China and by 40 per cent among those from Saudi Arabia – both countries facing significant…

Short on time? Here are the highlights: Canadian government announces it will adopt a case-by-case approach to investigating the circumstances of Indian students who entered Canada on the basis of fake Letters of Admission (LOAs) Most students did not even know their LOAs were forged by an unscrupulous person posing as an agent Student protests played a role in the government’s decision to freeze the deportation orders of students who had entered with fake LOAs In March, the Canadian investigative TV show The Fifth Estate broke the story that dozens of Indian students in Canada had suddenly been informed by…

Open this photo in gallery:Community members gather in support of over 700 students who were duped by ‘ghost’ immigration consultants in a protest in Mississauga, Ont., on June 14.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and MailStudents from China and Vietnam have been caught up in an immigration scam affecting Indian students involving fake acceptance letters to Canadian colleges, the federal immigration department told MPs.Immigration Minister Sean Fraser told the Commons committee on citizenship and immigration that eight Indian students ensnared in the fraud have already been deported. But they could return to Canada “if they demonstrate that their intention to come to Canada…