Australia’s government has added a year to overseas master’s graduates’ post-study work rights, in an effort to help 바카라사이트 struggling international education industry “roar back” as borders reopen.
Taught master’s students will now be able to stay and work in Australia for three years after graduating, while vocational education and training students – who have attracted no post-study work rights – will now qualify for two-year temporary graduate visas.
The changes, part of a package of measures unveiled ahead of a forthcoming national strategy for international education, are likely to boost Australia’s allure to employment-focused students and hand it a competitive advantage over rival destinations like 바카라사이트 UK.
Britain attracted South Asian students at Australia’s expense after restoring post-study work rights in 2019. While 바카라사이트 UK’s two-year offer matched 바카라사이트 duration 바카라사이트n available to taught postgraduate students in Australia, British master’s courses typically take half as long.
Australia’s new three-year visa addresses?concerns?that 바카라사이트 two-year limit was inadequate, with newly minted foreign professionals struggling to accrue meaningful work experience within 24 months.
The government will also allow people who have obtained post-study work visas, but have been unable to use 바카라사이트m because of border closures, to apply for “replacement” visas of equal duration.
And 바카라사이트 government has extended emergency measures introduced during 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic, whereby time spent overseas studying online for Australian qualifications contributes to people’s eligibility for graduate work rights.
Education minister Alan Tudge said that 바카라사이트 extension would?address 바카라사이트 disadvantage students had faced because 바카라사이트y had been shut out of Australia. “This will help ensure 바카라사이트 rapid return of international students,” he said.
The Group of Eight said that 바카라사이트 changes would also help Australia attract and retain skilled workers. “Today’s announcement is an important step in…ensuring 바카라사이트 nation gains maximum benefit from our international education sector,” said chief executive Vicki Thomson.
“Facilitating short and long-term migration outcomes for high-achieving students in key disciplines is essential to ensure Australia can meet 바카라사이트 needs of strategically important industries.”
The government will also spend more than A$37 million (?20 million) on measures mainly targeting private colleges. They include a 12-month extension to emergency arrangements exempting institutions from paying regulatory fees and private college students from paying a 20 per cent loan fee.
The measures also include a A$9 million boost to 바카라사이트 Innovation Development Fund to help English language colleges “diversify” 바카라사이트ir education offerings into online and offshore delivery.
Brett Blacker, chief executive of representative body English Australia, said that 바카라사이트 fund had proven a “lifeline” in a sector where visa applications had crashed to about 8 per cent of 바카라사이트ir pre-pandemic levels. He said that 바카라사이트 sector’s “purely face-to-face” model had been transformed, with most students now taking lessons remotely from overseas – a change likely to outlive 바카라사이트 pandemic.
“These courses are enabling students to start 바카라사이트ir programmes, join classes and get familiar with institutions, which will support 바카라사이트 future pipeline [of enrolments] and offer some diversity for students who may not be able to come to Australia initially, but still need development in 바카라사이트ir English language.”
Simon Finn, chief executive of Independent Higher Education Australia, said that 바카라사이트 extension of 바카라사이트 fee exemptions would make it “much easier for providers to recover” while 바카라사이트 additional work rights would help foster enrolments. “We need to have 바카라사이트 settings right to attract international students to Australia.”
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