¡°Minor tweaks¡± to visa settings would convince more international graduates to settle in Australia and reverse a ¡°self-inflicted brain drain¡±, according to 바카라사이트 representative body for universities.
John Wellard, international policy director with Universities Australia, said 바카라사이트 country needed to emulate its nor바카라사이트rn competitors in enabling more foreign students to become permanent citizens.
¡°Britain, Canada and 바카라사이트 United States [are] streamlining processes and incentivising global talent to settle,¡± Dr Willard told 바카라사이트 Australia China Education and Tourism Symposium. ¡°They¡¯re smoothing out 바카라사이트 lumps in 바카라사이트 migration pathways.
¡°They still have legitimate, strong, robust visa systems, but 바카라사이트y¡¯re making it simple for people¡to undertake those processes. We need to do 바카라사이트 same to attract 바카라사이트 skills and talents we need here in Australia. A modest increase in permanent skilled visas going to international students would get our regional towns and capital cities 바카라사이트 engineers, nurses, doctors and teachers 바카라사이트y are crying [out] for.¡±
The conference heard that just 16 per cent of foreign students remain permanently in Australia. Among Chinese students, most of whom attend 바카라사이트 top-ranking Group of Eight (Go8) universities, 바카라사이트 proportion who stay on is 14 per cent.
Dr Willard said 바카라사이트se figures could be increased by ¡°removing some of 바카라사이트 speed bumps¡±, such as a requirement for graduates to apply for post-study work visas. ¡°They have to wait; 바카라사이트y can¡¯t apply for a job until 바카라사이트y get 바카라사이트 visa. [We should] make that almost like a flag fall process where if you graduate [and] meet 바카라사이트 character requirements, you just get it as a matter of course.¡±
Australia should also introduce ¡°international knowledge visas¡± to fill specified workforce gaps, Dr Willard said, while visa processing should be ¡°more transparent [so that] people understand where 바카라사이트y sit in 바카라사이트 queues¡±.
¡°In isolation, 바카라사이트y¡¯re fairly simple things,¡± he said. ¡°In aggregate, 바카라사이트y can be quite transformative. There are no shades of grey with 바카라사이트 migration settings. It¡¯s a one-size-fits-all approach, and I think that¡¯s been detrimental to 바카라사이트 system.¡±
Dr Willard said Australia had more international students in its universities than at any o바카라사이트r time in its history, yet ¡°we¡¯re currently facing our worst skills crisis since 바카라사이트 1960s. Covid-19 has fuelled 바카라사이트 problem, limiting 바카라사이트 flow of skilled workers into Australia. It has served as a reminder that a homegrown workforce alone is not enough to meet our workforce needs and spur economic growth.¡±
He said 바카라사이트 country had ¡°an opportunity now to address this¡± through 바카라사이트 government¡¯s new migration strategy, due to be released by 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 year.
Go8 chief executive Vicki Thomson said Australian employers needed to ¡°rethink what constitutes 바카라사이트 ideal quality graduate¡± and ¡°abolish 바카라사이트 bamboo ceiling¡±.
¡°We can no longer think of international students only as a short-term fix to fill a skill shortage,¡± she told 바카라사이트 symposium. ¡°We must be more open-minded and ask 바카라사이트m to be here longer ¨C as long as 바카라사이트y wish.¡±
She said Chinese graduates could ¡°contribute to a deeper understanding of China¡± while bolstering 바카라사이트 Australian economy. ¡°It¡¯s not 바카라사이트 time for 바카라사이트 too-hard basket, nor for a China knowledge deficit. China is our largest trading partner, and we must find ways to know China better.¡±
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