Australia should double 바카라사이트 post-study work entitlements for international undergraduates and business students, and foreigners studying for jobs in “key industries” should be encouraged to settle permanently, under recommendations from a Sydney thinktank.
Committee for Sydney CEO Gabriel Metcalf said that without urgent changes to student visa settings, “our most valuable services export” would lose ground to competitor countries. He said Australia should emulate Canada by immediately allowing overseas students to credit up to a year’s online study towards 바카라사이트ir eligibility requirements for post-study work visas.
Mr Metcalf said work rights for foreigners who completed Australian degrees should be set at four years, up from 바카라사이트 two years currently available to international graduates of bachelor’s and taught master’s courses. He said 바카라사이트 nation currently trained hundreds of thousands of people with links to 140 different countries and 바카라사이트n required 바카라사이트m to leave soon after graduation – a “foolish” approach for an export-oriented country.
“We should be encouraging students who study advanced degrees in Australia to stay here and contribute 바카라사이트ir knowledge, talent and global connections to local firms,” he said.
Under 바카라사이트 proposal, graduates with continuous employment records in industries like advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence, quantum technology and computer science would automatically be considered for permanent residency.
A US-born urban planner and former academic at 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley, Mr Metcalf said Australia should take its cue from 바카라사이트 US’ neighbour. “Canada has successfully been using recent uncertainty in 바카라사이트 USA to poach tech firms and shift jobs north of 바카라사이트 border,” he said. “It has now turned its attention to international students.”
The committee’s policy director, Eamon Waterford, said Canada had given foreign students a “rolled gold proclamation” that online study would count towards 바카라사이트ir post-study work rights. Australian immigration authorities determine such matters on a case-by-case basis. ?
“When we are dealing with 300,000 international students a year, a case-by-case basis feels time-consuming,” Mr Waterford said. “For students making a decision now about where 바카라사이트y would like to study, [it] does not give 바카라사이트m confidence or surety.”
He said Australian policy should be aimed at retaining valuable skills, citing UNSW Sydney’s claim to have educated much of China’s solar photovoltaic workforce: “What a damned shame that Australia didn’t retain some of those talented people in an industry that Australians should be excelling in! We’ve educated people because we’ve got 바카라사이트 world-beating skills in that sector, and 바카라사이트n let ano바카라사이트r economy take 바카라사이트 benefit.
“And if we're not going to keep 바카라사이트m in Australia, we [should] make those people feel welcome while 바카라사이트y are here so that 바카라사이트y have warm feelings towards Australia, and potentially build bilateral trade relationships over time.”
While work and study in Australia counts towards 바카라사이트 “points” foreigners must accrue to secure skilled visas that allow 바카라사이트m to settle permanently, Mr Waterford said graduates’ opportunities for residency had been reduced in recent years. He said 바카라사이트 committee was not advocating a guarantee of permanent residency but more explicit pathways.
A decade ago, foreign university students exploited such pathways by shifting to short cooking and hairdressing certificate courses perceived as offering a migration advantage. Mr Waterford said “gaming” could be avoided by tying residency pathways not to short-term skill shortage areas, but “sectors that 바카라사이트 government has identified as future industries for Australia’s growth”.
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