Australian journalism courses are admitting international students with faltering English that fails to meet minimum standards mandated by the body that oversees the language test.
International students
Tougher test for would-be Aussie migrants to hit universities hard
A federal government decision last week to further tighten the eligibility requirements for foreigners seeking permanent residency seems certain to have a serious impact on the already faltering recruitment of overseas students, especially those from China and India, writes Geoff Maslen
International nursing students left in limbo by English tests
International nursing students have accused Deakin University and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency of misleading and bungling their nursing registration after introducing new English language standards, says freelance writer Euan Thomas.
Wine producers rue our dollar, and will students stay away?
The Australian dollar peaked at 99.2 US cents overnight, the highest it’s been since the dollar was floated in 1983. And while Australian travellers are cheering, exporters and educators are bracing for significant fallout. Crikey intern Jane Vashti Ryan reports.
Students in detention? Life gets harder for international scholars
They’re already faced with huge tuition fees and a host of other financial restrictions. Now there are warnings international students might resort to staying in Australia illegally if their application for permanent residency fails under tough new restrictions.
Sneaky new laws that terminate student visas
A new bill is before parliament that gives the Immigration Minister the power to deny long term international students their applications for permanent residency. Peter Mares reports.
International students: our modern day slaves
International students are supposedly protected by Australian laws. But international students are routinely exploited, and don’t report it for fear of having their visas revoked, writes Wesa Chau.
Hartcher: We totally messed up the Indian students debacle
Australia has failed to address the violence against Indian students issue , leaving dramatically reduced student numbers and a severely damaged Australian reputation. This will have a major long term effect, writes Peter Hartcher.
Suffering in silence: the plight of the international student
A quarter of Australia’s student population are international students. But our universities remain almost segregated, international students are seen to get preferential treatment because they are paying and yet they are often at threat of violence or mistreatment.
Kohler: The bulldozer crushing of our education industry
The new changes to the skilled migration program are crushing one of Australia’s biggest export industries: education. It wasn’t all shonky colleges, writes Alan Kohler, international students spent a whopping A$13.7b in 2007-08.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Labor sniggers quietly into their lattes
Why exactly is the Labor government staying quiet while Tony Abbott blabs his mouth to the media about his plans to take full control over the Murray-Darling Basin if elected?
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: A high-profile CEO loses their lustre
Which high-profile bank CEO, who has lived a charmed corporate life, is starting to lose some of that well-promoted and developed lustre? Plus, its not only temporary skilled worker numbers that are down.
Devine: Want to stop murders? Look to New York
If Miranda Devine was an Indian mother, then she wouldn’t send her child to study in Melbourne. Particularly when all the pollies can do is whip out their personal spin machines on overseas junkets rather than address better policing methods.
Work hard for permanent residency? Why bother?
An anonymous reader lets exposes the second-rate hospitality training given to international students hoping to gain permanent residency in Australia.
Indian students and Immigration: a case of too many cooks …
In the second of a three-part series, Geoff Maslen looks at immigration law and the stampede for visas by foreign students. What happens now to students who thought that would qualify for residency?
Has the great Indian student bubble burst?
Speculation that the flood of Indian students into Australian education institutions (not to mention the $2 billion they bring to the economy each year) is about to dry up has generated alarm in political and educational circles, writes Geoff Maslen.
Making concessions for international students
Victoria and NSW are the only states denying international students transport concessions, writes Greg Foyster.
Unis use offshore agents to recruit students
Australian universities are more guilty than private training colleges when it comes to using offshore agents to attract international students, writes Erica Cervini.
Australia’s international student shambles
Overseas students are a huge source of export income and generate significant levels of economic activity, including paying income tax. What are we giving in return? asks Andrew Bartlett.
Needed: a national watch dog for colleges
Australia needs a national education regulator to weed out the few remaining dodgy colleges pitching themselves to international students — they’re not “back-door migrants” and deserve better, says Tony Pollock.
Undercover Four Corners reporter bashed
A reporter for ABC’s Four Corners has reportedly been attacked and beaten while working undercover on a story about dodgy migration and education schemes for international students.
