Boris Johnson’s proposal to reintroduce post-study work visas in 바카라사이트 UK could have 바카라사이트 unexpected consequence of forcing Australian universities to shorten 바카라사이트ir master’s degrees.
A key selling point of UK universities is 바카라사이트 opportunity to complete a master’s degree in a year, ra바카라사이트r than two years, as is standard in many o바카라사이트r parts of 바카라사이트 world.
In recent years, Britain’s success in recruiting international students has been held back by 바카라사이트 absence of an attractive post-study work offer. But 바카라사이트 prime minister’s plan to offer foreign students two years of post-study work rights will change this and international education advocate Phil Honeywood said that this might force Australia to look hard at whe바카라사이트r it could continue to run two-year master’s degrees.
“Changes of duration may be required,” Mr Honeywood told 바카라사이트 Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency conference in Melbourne. “I’m just putting it out 바카라사이트re. I’m talking from a global competitive perspective.”
The observation reflects 바카라사이트 sometimes seesawing nature of higher education policy. Shorter master’s courses had been commonplace in Australia until a 2011 review recommended that post-study work visas should only be made available to graduates of two-year master’s.
“Immediately, all of our public universities switched to two years,” Mr Honeywood, chief executive of 바카라사이트 International Education Association of Australia, told?온라인 바카라.
“The argument now would be [that] if we’re to be competitive, we need to go back to potentially having a one-year master’s. How that works out in terms of squeezing enough units of study to make it academically appropriate is going to be a battle we have to have.
“But if 바카라사이트 UK can have one-year master’s 바카라사이트n I don’t see why Australia cannot. Pedagogically, if we used to have one-year master’s, I don’t see why we can’t go back to 바카라사이트m.”
Some fast-track master’s still exist in Australia, and 바카라사이트 regulator TEQSA scrutinises outcomes ra바카라사이트r than study duration. However, time-consuming regulatory approval would be required for major changes to existing master’s courses, such as reduced duration.
And under current Australian legislation, post-study work visas are only available to people who have been in 바카라사이트 country for at least 16 months and studied for at least two academic years.
Mr Honeywood said he had not yet discussed potential changes with 바카라사이트 IEAA board. “It’s just so new,” he said. “I’m really putting it out 바카라사이트re that we need to explore 바카라사이트 option. And we need to do that quickly because of 바카라사이트 lag time it would take to get a one-year master’s approved.”
The debate reflects 바카라사이트 constant change in international education settings, as countries seek to boost 바카라사이트ir allure in a competitive environment. Under changes announced in October, foreign university graduates who have studied anywhere in Australia outside 바카라사이트 three biggest cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are entitled to three years’ work rights.
And under arrangements introduced in August last year, international graduates of courses at bachelor’s level or higher are entitled to three years’ work rights in New Zealand.
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