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Rishi Sunak backs away from radical reform of graduate visas
Several cabinet ministers had criticised plan to cut legal migration by targeting foreign students Source
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
