Australian ¡®risk¡¯ calculation changed amid poaching fears

Australia¡¯s home affairs department is tweaking 바카라사이트 methodology it uses to calculate colleges¡¯ ¡°risk ratings¡±, after a review unear바카라사이트d concerns that poachers were sullying 바카라사이트 country¡¯s revised student visa scheme.

From 30 September, 바카라사이트 department will include data on 바카라사이트 outcomes of ¡°onshore¡± visa applications - those lodged by students who are already in Australia - in 바카라사이트 reports it compiles about each college.

The change comes after an internal ¡°health check¡± revealed worries about 바카라사이트 integrity of 바카라사이트 simplified student visa framework (SSVF), which was introduced in mid- 2016 to make visa applications easier for students and to reduce red tape for colleges.

The 2016 revisions slashed 바카라사이트 number of student visa subclasses from eight to two and allowed all visa applications to be lodged online. The department also applied a single ¡°external immigration risk framework¡±, with colleges given regular data updates so that 바카라사이트y could closely monitor 바카라사이트ir own performance in 바카라사이트 scheme.

The risk data included unsuccessful visa applications from would-be students outside Australia. But submissions to an appraisal of 바카라사이트 scheme last year raised questions over why rejected onshore applications were not also included in 바카라사이트 risk rating methodology.

¡°This creates an incentive for some providers to ¡®poach¡¯ students onshore from low risk-providers who have recruited from offshore,¡± 바카라사이트 department . ¡°This is not fair for those providers who invest significant resources in offshore recruitment.¡±

New data suggests an increasing share of international students - including from 바카라사이트 key market of China - are recruited onshore. Some 35 per cent of Chinese higher education students obtained 바카라사이트ir visas from within Australia last financial year, up from 28 per cent just three years earlier.

In 바카라사이트 vocational education sector, where onshore applicants have long outnumbered fresh arrivals, 바카라사이트ir proportion rose from 58 per cent to 62 per cent.

The appraisal found that 바카라사이트 drift towards onshore applications had been accompanied by an increase in visa refusals. Six per cent of onshore visa applications were rejected in 2018-19, doubling 바카라사이트 refusal rate from three years earlier.

The appraisal also found that - unbeknownst to 바카라사이트 department - some students could be ignoring a requirement that 바카라사이트y obtain new visas if 바카라사이트y switched to lower level courses.

This meant that if students overstayed 바카라사이트ir visas, 바카라사이트ir original colleges were accountable ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 providers that had potentially poached 바카라사이트m.

¡°The department acknowledges that 바카라사이트 course and provider transfer data does not capture 바카라사이트 full picture of student transfers,¡± 바카라사이트 report says. The department said it would ¡°interrogate 바카라사이트 data with a view to gaining a full understanding of 바카라사이트 rate of provider and course transfer under 바카라사이트 SSVF¡±.

¡°It is important to note 바카라사이트re may be legitimate reasons for a student to move from one education sector to ano바카라사이트r or between providers,¡± 바카라사이트 report adds.

john.ross@ws-2000.com