It has the potential to address skills shortages in certain areas. However, a range of systemic issues persist.First, there is a dissonance between policy intention and the reality of the labour market, which hampers international graduates’ employment experiences and outcomes in Australia.Our research, including 50 interviews with employers, international graduates, and migration agents, as well as the survey mentioned above, shows that many employers lack understanding about the 485 visa and the work entitlements attached to it.Employers often use visa status to filter job applicants and prefer those with permanent residency or citizenship. It’s common for international graduates on a…

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KOCHI: Kochi City police will intensify inspections in travel agencies, education and manpower consultancies. Deputy commissioner S Sasidharan said that they have been receiving complaints of financial frauds against some agencies. The decision has been taken in the wake of a woman employee named Surya, 27, of a travel agency at Ravipuram having been stabbed in the neck by a man named Jolly James, 47, on Tuesday.”Even before the incident, we have been collecting the details of such agencies and consulting firms at the police station levels and verifying their credentials. There is a large number of cheating cases involving…

Non-Australians working full-time who studied undergraduate courses earned AUS$60,000 on average in 2022 compared to AUS$68,000 for Australians. The salary difference was less pronounced than in 2021, when the variation was AUS$10,700 between the two groups, according to the 2022 International Graduate Outcomes Survey. The Department for Education funded research, which looked at student employment outcomes approximtely four to six months after graduation, found that studying at postgraduate coursework level did not boost earnings among international graduates, compared to those who took undergraduate courses. In contrast, domestic students with postgraduate qualifications earned AUS$23,600 more on average.   Almost 60% of international…

The latest immigration data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed that immigration levels have already exceeded the October federal budget’s forecast: The ABS’ breakdown on the contributors to Australia’s net overseas migration (NOM) in the 2021-22 financial year showed that international students drove the rebound. Specifically, 109,000 net student visa arrivals landed in Australia over the financial year, which was the second highest intake on record behind 2008-09 when 122,000 net students arrived: Accordingly, international students accounted for around two-thirds of Australia’s 171,000 NOM in 2021-22. Since then, international student visa arrivals have ballooned, which has driven the…

Short on time? Here are the highlights: The more students obtain degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math, the more societies will be able to adjust to the challenges of this century, including climate change But a new study indicates that many students do not have enough information about STEM programmes and jobs Initiatives in the UK aimed at reducing barriers for less privileged students to apply to STEM programmes offer ideas for how to raise awareness A new global study commissioned by IBM suggests that many students who might be interested in pursuing STEM degrees are not doing so…

Zeba Munira joins the Zoom call interview at 4 a.m. in Qatar. The dim lighting in her bedroom contrasts her lively voice, yet a tone of anxiety filters in when the conversation moves toward university fees.  “I’m not sure how I’m gonna get through four years of this university,” she says with a quiver in her voice. Originally from Bangladesh, 20-year-old Munira is in her second year of a bachelor’s degree in commerce at Carleton University. Her family lives in Doha where her dad runs a small business.  Munira says since she started studying at Carleton, relationships within her family…

Published on February 20th, 2023 at 07:00am EST There are an estimated 1.57 million international students, between Canada and the United States (U.S.), with tens of thousands more set to enter North America annually, in pursuit of higher education. Discover your options to study in Canada The decision to study in either the U.S. or Canada is one that many of these students will face. While the two nations are comparable with respect to quality of education, and post-Graduation employment opportunities —there are key differences in tuition, financial aid, and immigration opportunities post-graduation, that have made Canada a preferred destination…

On 14 February 2023, CBC News Edmonton published the story of 25-year-old Karamjeet Kaur, a disabled Indian student who faces removal from Canada due to a fake letter of admission to Seneca College in Toronto submitted as part of her 2018 student visa application. Karamjeet is from a low income family in India. Her father is a farmer and her mother takes care of the home and family. They live in the Punjab region of northern India. In 2017, Karamjeet and her family decided that she should go to Canada to study, in part because of a physical disability that…