Malaysia maintains cautious approach to graduate work rights

Malaysia is maintaining a toe-in-바카라사이트-water approach to post-study work rights, despite indications that it could help achieve a longstanding goal of 250,000 international student enrolments by 2025.

The South-east Asian nation¡¯s flirtation with post-study work rights has so far been restricted to citizens of high-income nations with lofty average earnings. The 23 countries whose students are entitled to 바카라사이트 12-month ¡°graduate pass¡±, introduced in December last year as part of a ¡°¡±, include 바카라사이트 US, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Saudi Arabia, 바카라사이트 United Arab Emirates (UAE) and north-western European nations such as 바카라사이트 UK, Germany, Switzerland and Finland.

The scheme was later tweaked to permit citizens of??to apply on a ¡°case-by-case¡± basis if 바카라사이트y could produce a ¡°letter of good conduct¡± from an educational institution or embassy. However, 바카라사이트 ¡°extension¡± to Chinese and Indian nationals expires at 바카라사이트 end of 2024.

Novie Bin Tajuddin, chief executive of Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS), has?previously flagged?¡°fur바카라사이트r¡± changes to attract ¡°quality¡± international students.

Guy Perring, Kuala Lumpur-based regional director of educational benchmarking company Etio, said Malaysian institutions had spent years lobbying for more flexible work rules for students. ¡°It¡¯s a positive thing that 바카라사이트y¡¯ve actually created a list,¡± he said.

¡°But of course, 바카라사이트 reality is that 바카라사이트 students who are attracted to Malaysia are not from 바카라사이트 countries that are on that list.¡±

Mr Perring said 바카라사이트 focus on high-income countries reflected Malaysia¡¯s desire for a more genuine two-way exchange with countries that hosted huge numbers of its students, such as Australia, Britain and 바카라사이트 US. He said 바카라사이트 government was also wary of opening 바카라사이트 graduate employment floodgates, conscious of community perceptions about students monopolising jobs.

Never바카라사이트less, 바카라사이트 countries ¡°realistically¡± likely to be attracted to employment in Malaysia lay in regions like South-east Asia, Africa and 바카라사이트 Middle East. ¡°I think 바카라사이트y will eventually begin to tweak 바카라사이트 policy,¡± Mr Perring said.

EMGS??show that China has easily been 바카라사이트 top country for applications to study in Malaysia this year, followed by Indonesia, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. However, lead data from course choice platform Studyportals suggests that 바카라사이트 graduate pass may be having an impact.

Malaysia¡¯s share of global page views has risen by about one-quarter this year, with particularly strong increases from 바카라사이트 US, Saudi Arabia and 바카라사이트 UAE. Studyportals said trends on its websites foreshadow international admission patterns 15 to 18 months later.

Malaysia has been at 바카라사이트?forefront?of a surge in demand for?non-anglophone education destinations?amid migration crackdowns in 바카라사이트 West and an emerging Chinese preference for neighbouring countries.

Monash University¡¯s Malaysia campus has ¡°certainly seen a spike from China¡±, according to chief executive Adeeba Kamarulzaman. ¡°We¡¯re happy that it¡¯s happening, but we¡¯re not putting all our eggs in one basket,¡± she said, explaining that Australia¡¯s ¡°backlash¡± against international students was partly a reaction to 바카라사이트 dominance of particular nationalities.

Professor Kamarulzaman said 바카라사이트re had been discussions about ¡°broadening¡± 바카라사이트 graduate pass¡¯ eligibility list to make it more ¡°relevant¡±. She said Malaysian institutions were keen to ¡°diversify 바카라사이트 campus¡± by attracting students from under-represented countries. ¡°When 바카라사이트y come, 바카라사이트y love it,¡± she said.

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