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The government’s proposed international education policy is flawed, and needs rethinking

While the aim of the newly released draft “International Education and Skills Strategic Framework” — ensuring the quality and integrity of international education — is...

“We Want Transparency and Residency” International Graduate Protests Spread in Canada

Who’s responsible when things fail to go according to plan? That is the question at the heart of separate international student protests that have begun...

International student lies, damn lies, and rental statistics

By Salvatore Babones, Associate Professor at Sydney University and author of the book, “Australia’s Universities, Can They Reform?”. Australia needs an honest debate on international...

International students are not the problem, How Australia treats us is

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he is “unashamedly” slashing international student visa numbers to “restore public confidence in the migration system”. Source

Peter Dutton incoherent on international student visas

In last week’s federal budget reply speech, Liberal Opposition leader Peter Dutton promised to reduce the number of permanent visas from 185,000 planned for this...

MacDougall: Memo to the CBC and the public service — prepare to change

Fair warning...: Dear staff at the CBC, Radio-Canada and federal public service: I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but your salad days...

The legal detail of the government’s plans to cap international student numbers

In an earlier post I criticised the government's plans to cap international students by education provider and course. This post goes through the capping legal...

‘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...