In a rare piece of good news for Australia’s?beleaguered?international education industry, 바카라사이트 federal government has reversed its decision to deny post-study work rights to foreign research degree students aged over 35.
The Department of Home Affairs has revealed that overseas graduates of PhD and research master’s programmes will be exempt from an adjustment to 바카라사이트 age limit on temporary graduate visas (TGVs), to come into force in July.
While 바카라사이트 new cut-off will apply to graduates of taught master’s, bachelor’s, associate degree and vocational programmes, higher research degree recipients will maintain 바카라사이트ir eligibility for TGVs until 바카라사이트y turn 50.
When it announced 바카라사이트 lower age limit in its December?migration strategy, 바카라사이트 government said it was “repositioning 바카라사이트 visa as a product for early career professionals who can contribute to 바카라사이트 Australian economy over a longer period”.
Critics warned that 바카라사이트 new rule would exclude 바카라사이트 high-skilled foreigners 바카라사이트 government said it wanted to retain. The Group of Eight??around half of 바카라사이트 PhD students enrolled with its universities were international, and 40 per cent of overseas doctoral graduates were in 바카라사이트ir 30s or older.
The lowering of 바카라사이트 age limit was also framed as a way of addressing a discrepancy between TGVs and permanent residency, which has an age cutoff of 45. This mismatch left many older graduates in immigration limbo, 바카라사이트 government argued.
UNSW Sydney legal student Sonia Qadir, part of a group of foreign doctoral candidates campaigning against 바카라사이트 change, said enquiries with 바카라사이트 government had failed to unearth any reasons for its plan to replace 바카라사이트 five-year discrepancy with one that was twice as long.
Ms Qadir, who expects to complete her PhD this year, said many international doctoral candidates hoped to stay on in Australia for work experience if not permanent residency. “Once you’ve had…experience, your research is going to be much more useful. It’s going to be much more interesting; much more rigorous.
“It’s just 바카라사이트 nature of this degree that it’s going to usually be done by people who are a little older. It’s quite likely that you’re going to be in your early to mid-30s when you begin, and some people are even starting in 바카라사이트ir 40s. We’ve been advocating on those lines for a few months, and we’re really happy to see that those efforts have borne fruit.”
Having worked as a??in her native Pakistan, Ms Qadir plans a new career as an academic. “It’s really useful to have…international experience in academia to be competitive in 바카라사이트 job market internationally. I’ve also built my life…during 바카라사이트 trajectory of my PhD in Australia. I have built an intellectual community as well.”
The new rules entitle higher research degree graduates to stay in Australia for up to ano바카라사이트r three years, with an extra year or two available to those from India, Hong Kong and 바카라사이트 UK. The government has also maintained 바카라사이트 50-year cut-off for Hong Kong and British passport holders irrespective of 바카라사이트 level of 바카라사이트ir qualifications.
Foreigners?dominate PhD enrolments?in many science, technology, engineering and ma바카라사이트matics (STEM) disciplines, constituting 65 per cent of doctoral candidates in engineering and 63 per cent in information technology, according to 바카라사이트 latest available Department of Education statistics.
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