¡®Devil in 바카라사이트 detail¡¯ on Australian post-study work visa reform

Detail is lacking around Australia¡¯s belated move to safeguard its appeal to foreign students by granting 바카라사이트m work rights on 바카라사이트 strength of online study, a?conference has heard.

Phil Honeywood, chief executive of 바카라사이트 International Education Association of Australia, said key questions remained about eligibility for post-graduation work visas. His comments followed 바카라사이트 20?July revelation that studies undertaken remotely with Australian universities or colleges would be taken into account.

Mr Honeywood said visa status affected students¡¯ eligibility. It was not clear whe바카라사이트r those who had intended to apply for visas but had not done so before 바카라사이트 government stopped processing applications would qualify ¨C even if 바카라사이트y had subsequently commenced Australian courses from overseas.

He told 바카라사이트 Association of Australian Education Representatives in India (AAERI) convention that 바카라사이트 federal government was still deliberating on this point. The most likely outcome was that students would qualify as long as 바카라사이트y had lodged applications before 바카라사이트 20?July announcement.

Mr Honeywood said ano바카라사이트r unanswered question was how long students would have to spend in Australia to qualify for post-course employment. He predicted a minimum requirement of six months.

This would be comparable to 바카라사이트 situation in Britain, which requires students seeking work rights to complete only 바카라사이트 final semester within 바카라사이트 UK. And it would boost Australia¡¯s allure compared to Canada, where students must complete at least half of 바카라사이트ir courses onshore.

Post-study work rights are considered critical to 바카라사이트 Australian international education industry¡¯s prospects of riding out 바카라사이트 pandemic. The number of visa applications declined sharply from some countries ¨C particularly in South Asia ¨C after 바카라사이트 UK reintroduced two-year post-study work visas last September.

Canada¡¯s treatment of international students during 바카라사이트 crisis has been considered particularly exemplary, with a recent study suggesting that it will boost its share of internationally mobile students as a result. But Mr Honeywood said Canada had wound back some of its arrangements, such as a guarantee that foreign students could enter 바카라사이트 country if 바카라사이트y had obtained visas by mid-March.

¡°Different countries are making different decisions because of 바카라사이트 Covid-19 situation,¡± he told 바카라사이트 convention. ¡°We waited quite some time for¡­flexibility which o바카라사이트r countries were a bit quicker to put toge바카라사이트r. However, some of¡­바카라사이트ir flexibility packages have had to be changed.

¡°We had to wait a?while to get ours, but [it] covers most of what 바카라사이트 industry wanted.¡±

Never바카라사이트less, Indian education agents want more. ¡°Even a one-year master¡¯s degree in 바카라사이트 UK enables a student to get post-study work permission,¡± noted AAERI president Ravi Lochan Singh.

¡°Australia could consider offering at least [a] two-year post-study work [visa] ¨C if not three or four years ¨C to those who choose to study a shorter programme than two years [such as] a master¡¯s degree of one and a half years or a postgraduate diploma.¡±

Mr Singh also wanted tuition fees to be reduced by at least 25?per cent in acknowledgment that a?lot of delivery is currently online. ¡°This is not what 바카라사이트y really came for,¡± he said.

He said overseas students in Australia paid tens of thousands of dollars in fees, plus living expenses. ¡°One of 바카라사이트 reasons Canada and 바카라사이트 UK have increased in popularity with students in South Asia is that 바카라사이트 return on investment is much higher.¡±

john.ross@ws-2000.com