Australian International Education and Migration

Survey shows racism rampant. Surely no surprise, and if institutions had been investigating the overseas student experience earlier these issues would have been apparent?



No accounting for culture in learning. Evidence that perceived issues of quality and visa courses are apparent in the state sector i.e. universities and TAFE, not just private colleges in Melbourne and Sydney, as the media, selected politicans and demographers would have us believe?



Anxiety at migration changes. Confusion reigns.... .... Australian Business Deans Council president Tim Brailsford said universities were awaiting advice from the government. "The likely impact is confusing given we have received mixed messages about demand in 2009-10, which has varied considerably by institution and source [country]," Professor Brailsford said.... Similarly, TAFE Directors Australia chairman Bruce Mackenzie said the situation was confused and was damaging Australia's reputation.......

Limited political, media and public debate has been driven by "culture wars", xenophobia and reactionary partisan politics rather than facts, analysis and real future needs of Australia, and its reputation.... The effects may not be fully clear till 2011 and could include significantly lower international enrolments, lower export income, higher domestic fees, increased occupation shortages and wage inflation in some sectors, lower rental demand and house prices, lower associated tourism numbers, all compounded further by high AUD and perceived racism making traditional (competitor) destinations such as North America, U.K. and Europe more attractive for not just international but also Australian students.....


Go8 calls for automatic residency to attract best foreign postgraduate students. Good point there is much international competition for the best and brightest from Asia at large, but is the current social and political culture in Australia open enough to enable this after years of "dog whistling" to suggest that foreigners are not wanted?


Immigration an economic imperative Glenn Mumford AFR This week we had all the usual suspects lamenting Australia’s dramatic population growth. Strained infrastructure. Overcrowding. What’s going on? "Cut the migrant intake fast or we're doomed" we were told. They are strange bedfellows - the environmentally sensitive and the outright xenophobic. March 27-28

Regional Australia Economic Development and Population

TAX incentives to turn regional centres into new commerce hubs should be introduced to help ease the congestion choking major cities..."We're a nation of coast huggers," Mr Crombie said. "Unless we . . . entice businesses and people to major regional cities as new commerce hubs, come 2050 36 million people will choke our cities to a dysfunctional standstill."

Good idea, if regional cities can be significant commercial and other players in Europe and North America why not Australia? Although guaranteed advantages of states and capital cities under the constitution do not help much....

Avustralya Türkiye Eğitim Haber Hakkında

ÜNİVERSİTELİLER BAŞKENTTE BULUŞUYOR. Türkiye’nin Kanbera Büyükelçisi Oğuz Özge ,kısa adı ATUSA olan Avustralya Türk Üniversite Öğrencileri Birliği ileMelbourne’de biraraya geldi. Görüşmede Melbourne ve Sidney’de eğitim gören Türk üniversite öğrencilerinin Kanbera`da biraraya getirilerek bir toplantı yapılması kararlaştırıldı.

From 27 March 2010, the Assessment Levels for international students seeking to apply for a Postgraduate Research (Subclass 574) Student visa, to obtain a Doctoral or Masters by Research degree, are assessed as AL1 and will be eligible to make their initial and subsequent Student visa applications using online eVisa. This can also be packaged with an ELICOS English course.

Avustralya’nyn Sidney kentinde kurulan Australian Turkish Scholarship Fund isimli kurum Türkiye’deki yardyma muhtaç gençlere ulaştırılmak amacyyla 10 Bin Avustralya Dolarını Türkiye Eğitim Vakfına gönderdi.

Avustralya Hükümet "Endeavour" Eğitim Bursları.

Budapest'ben ETI WA, Education and Training International TAFE Perth Nyugat Ausztrália

Melissa Kelly Dang, Marketing Manager (Europe & the Indian Ocean), ETI WA, Education and Training International TAFE Perth Nyugat Ausztrália

Ha érdekel Perth, az ottani lehetőségek, találkozhatsz Melissa Danggal az TAFE Nyugat Ausztrália képviselőjével. Csak előzetes egyeztetés alapján. Budapesten AIEC Április 7-én info@aiec.hu vagy 06 1 7880828-as számon.

AIEC Bevándorlási Hírek Sydney Ausztrália Oktatás

Oktatás vagy embercsempészés? A Sydney Morning Herald vélemény-mondója szokatlanul kemény kifejezéseket használ: embercsempészés, véres tisztogatás, csótányok, csalók, rabszolgatartás, korrupt, álszent rendszer, stb.

Tourism Australia New Marketing Campaign

MILLIONS of Australians will play a pivotal role in tourism marketing over coming years as Tourism Australia prepares to pull the wraps off its latest advertising campaign on Wednesday.

In the first major multinational marketing drive since it launched "So where the bloody hell are you?" four years ago, TA will test the waters of international advertising by using the latest social media techniques and the opinions of the nation.

Curious approach, fine for domestic, but surely we want happy international visitors, travellers and tourists telling their story in their language to their compatriots?

Australian News Tourism, Property, Employment, Mining Jobs, Economy, TAFE Training

Tourism and holiday sector treading water as dollar keeps overseas tourists at bay.

House Prices Increases from Debt and Investors.... Average buyers can't compete with rich, tax-subsidised investors. SYDNEY'S Sunday Telegraph was breathless with joy. ''IT'LL BE WORTH DOUBLE'', its headline screamed..... But it won't happen. Melbourne house prices have trebled since 1997, not because our incomes trebled, but because we paid those prices by a massive increase in debt. In the 20 years to January 2010, household debt to the banks grew 10 times over........

City life style to lure workers to Pilbara COLIN Barnett has conceded Western Australia and Queensland are on a collision course in the hunt for scarce skilled workers as the nation's resources sector heats up....the West Australian Premier unveiled a bold plan yesterday for the private sector to build twin towers of apartments in the dusty Pilbara town of Karratha, Mr Barnett said it was crucial that workers had access to comfortable, modern accommodation if they were to be attracted to live and work there. ..

Mining Job WA the truth. Anyone either living in WA or migrating to WA will have heard someone say 'You want to get yourself into the mines, tons of money in that.' There is tons of money to be earned but it's not easy to get into and there are plenty of people willing to "take" your money in order to help you.


Argus warns of complacency in dangerous times...wants to talk about what's ahead for BHP Billiton specifically and for Australia generally.. The overwhelming view......The overwhelming view that emerges is that we have entered dangerous territory, that our good fortune is being challenged by national indolence and that our success in the midst of global crisis has created an inappropriate sense of entitlement. We are, in sort, resting on our laurels, a problem to which Australia has been prone since the 1850s.

Our political classes and some among our business elite, seem to believe we have gone far enough, seem to be expressing a national sense of satisfaction that is both dangerous and delusional.

Skills Training and TAFE Fees. Victorian PREMIER John Brumby’s grand plan to combat the skills crisis by getting more people to obtain higher TAFE qualifications has been dealt a blow, with several institutes reporting a slump in enrolments and some students not applying because of higher government fees.

AIEC

Higher Education Students, Marketing and Quality

US campuses chase foreign students. SCORES of cash-strapped US state universities are preparing to open their doors to foreign undergraduates, posing a serious challenge for Australian universities, US Studies Centre chief Geoff Garrett has warned


Another issue for the perfect storm facing Australian international education sector while migration pathways are being restricted, increased student visa financial requirements, student welfare, perceived racism and associated shortfalls in marketing of international education, the high Australian dollar has made Australia much less competitive. The American "dream" and institutional "prestige" meant education sector has never really needed to market, more just deal with visa issues, and previous high level of US dollar, but now..... This could be a real challenge to Australia's ELICOS, university preparation and under graduate market in India, China and other Asian markets.



A lesson in cornering the market. UNIVERSITIES need to take a leaf from their own books on foreign students.


One could argue that for majority focus has been upon on course sales growth from limited markets versus minority of better who marketed to diverse markets, that adds value to the institution and stakeholders, into longer term.



British students agitate for teaching quality. HUNDREDS of Manchester University engineering students have become the latest British undergraduates to stage a revolt against poor-quality teaching.


Predictable, if you charge fees students,clients, users or stakeholders demand a service as opposed to turning a blind eye if happy enough to stumble through a free rite of passage as happened in the past.


The number don't add up in maths class. AUSTRALIA has a numeracy problem and we are not addressing it.


Hits the nail on the head, has been avoidance of the source of the maths literacy issue, i.e. teacher availability and quality, or lack of. In future matchs teachers may need to be paid a premium versus non science teachers to ensure improvements in higher maths literacy?


TAFE can help meet participation target. VICTORIA is being urged to create a fund for TAFE to finance delivery of degree programs with universities.


Universities suffering from decreasing international enrolments would surely be tempted to cooperate on degrees with TAFE. Good idea for TAFE sector with its resources to deliver degrees with practical internships, in addition to pathways, but is there really a need to increase commencement and participation targets via on campus degrees when other pathways are available e.g. off campus? Further, there has been little if any reporting of which degrees or occupations e.g. skill shortagesshopuld be addressed, while the U.K. from where this policy had been borrowed, appears to have gone cold on the idea?

Skills Training and TAFE Fees

Victorian PREMIER John Brumby's grand plan to combat the skills crisis by getting more people to obtain higher TAFE qualifications has been dealt a blow, with several institutes reporting a slump in enrolments and some students not applying because of higher government fees.


Possibly not best timing with changes or higher barriers for international students too?

Ausztráliá Kanada Bevándorlási Hírek

Melbourne hirös városában sok külföldi diák számára annyira kilátástalan a helyzet, hogy most már hajlandók lennének akár Kanadába is kivándorolni. Ezt az igényt kielégítendő, máris megjelentek a kanadai bevándorlási lehetőségekről szóló hirdetések. Az utcákon röplapokat osztogatnak, az indiai diákok pedig hosszú sorokban állnak az irodák előtt.

Melbourne-i kollégám szerint átlagosan 25 ezer dollárt kérnek az irodák. Ez gyanúsan magas összeg. Különösen gyanús, hogy néhány ügynök már biztos bevándorlás hirdet. Ennyi pénzért megtehetik, nem?

A kanadai bevándorlási díjak és az ottani ügynöki díjak az ausztrálhoz hasonlóak. A kanadai bevándorlási szabályok is szigorúak. Nehéz elképzelni, hogy egy diák megfelelne. Például az ausztráliai heti 20 órás diákmunkát Kanada biztosan nem fogadja el szakmai gyakorlatnak, mert ők teljes munkaidőt követelnek.

Kanadában is létezik egy olyan útvonal, ami Ausztráliában éppen lezáródott: ott lehet tanulni és a tanulás után maradni. A dolognak természetesen költségei is vannak. Indiai diákok arról panaszkodtak, hogy már olyan hitelkihelyezők is működnek a piacon, akik megszerzik a tanulmányokhoz szükséges összeg kétszeresét, de rögtön el is teszik a felét. A diák persze a teljes összeget törleszti majd.

A kanadai tanulmányok megkezdéséhez is több kell, mint ami az ausztrálhoz kellett. IELTS 6-os angoltudás, jó iskolába iratkozás, stb.

Ausztráliában az ausztrál bevándorlási ügynökök működését alapos és szerteágazó törvények és szabályok irányítják. Ezek olyan szoros kereteket jelölnek ki, hogy még egy kezdő ügynök is jól működhet.

Ausztráliában a kanadai bevándorlási ügynökök működését viszont nem szabályozza semmi, csak az általános fogyasztóvédelmi törvények. Itt az lehet kanadai ügynök, aki kinevezi magát annak. Most, hogy az ausztrál oktatási piac összeomlott, sok iskolaügynök úgy gondolja, hogy előlép kanadai bevándorlási ügynöknek vagy kanadai iskolaügynöknek. Az is szép pálya, pláne ha van egy elkeseredett tömeg, amely hajlandó minden igába belehajtani a fejét, csak Indiába ne kelljen visszamenni.

Turkey University ÖSS Student Selection Exam

New Procedures in the Turkish University Entrance Exam

The Turkish Student Selection and Placement Centre (ÖSYM) has divided the mandatory university entrance exams (ÖSS Student Selection Exam) into two stages. Previously all students hoping to enter a Turkish university wrote the placement exam in June. Over 1.65 million Turkish students wrote this exam annually competing for only 500,000 entrance positions in post secondary institutions.

ÖSYM has now split the exam into two tiers. The first stage of the exam will be
written by approximately 1.7 million students across Turkey on the morning of Sunday
April 11th, 201

Australian University Financial Resources

As the world recession hit the Antipodes during 2008, Australian universities began to see the beginning of a catastrophic decline in their investments and endowments. By the year's end, already cash-strapped institutions faced a calamitous A$800 million loss (US$570 million at the time), more than twice the previous forecast. Government intervention, however, prevented a catastrophe occurring...


Are universities in their present form and global nature both funcationally and financially sustainable?

Australian University Quality and Funding

Students get lost in the crowd. CHRONIC overcrowding in university classes is causing a rise in student resentment and threatens to weaken the Rudd government's education goals, according to a federal budget submission. Universities Australia says the nation's average student-to-staff ratio has soared to one of the highest among industrialised countries, with almost 22 students for every tutor. Its submission for the May budget warns that overcrowding and already high student dissatisfaction levels will worsen unless the government improves funding for domestic students.


Surprise surprise, while staff to student ratios have increased, international numbers have probabaly decreased due to bad publicity (especially from India), public and political percpetion about migration and population, high AUD etc. therefore universities, and probabaly TAFE, need to supplement scarce resources with more public funding.

Is this about genuine concerns for students and quality, or simple lobbying for more funds to ensure survival of public universities and management?

But surely the question is, do we need more Australian students entering university with unclear goals and outcomes? It may keep the unemployment numbers down, and give something for their parents to talk about but it is unclear what they should be studying to address skill shortages?

Australia Employment, Jobs and Work

Bankers bounce back in a patchy recovery. BANKERS, accountants and lawyers have been leading the recovery in the jobs market while shop assistants and truck drivers who resign are not being replaced. Detailed employment figures released yesterday show that the economic recovery is gathering strength, but some major sectors are still contracting.

Does not include information on underemployment.....

Büyükelçisi Melbourne'ye Avustralya Gelecek

Türkiye’nin Canberra Büyükelçisi Oğuz Özge Melbourne Başkonsolosu Aydın Nurhan’In davetlisi olarak 27-28 Mart tarihleri arasında Melbourne’de düzenlenecek olan etkinliklere katılacak. Büyükelçi olarak 27 Mart Cumartesi günü Alevi Kültür Merkezinde düzenlenecek olan konsere katılacak.Özge , 28 Mart Pazar günü ise Commonwealth Bank Queen Victoria Market Türk Pazar Festivali ve ATUSA tarfından Batı Trakya Türkleri Derneği konferans salonunda yapılacak olan ödül törenine katılacak.

University Education Quality Management Issues

Youth work course upheaval at RMIT. CLASSES have been cancelled at short notice and students disrupted at RMIT University's youth work course amid an internal dispute over cost cutting, claims of bullying and fears the course will be diluted into the social work disciplineTwo weeks ago Judith Bessant was dumped as youth work discipline head by global studies, social science and planning dean David Hayward, and she and two other senior staff are on sick leave. As a result, the school has had to cancel classes while it seeks cover.


Who says it is only private colleges that are disjointed and financially mismanaged?


Curbs on shonky providers hailed. University of Melbourne skilled-migration expert Lesleyanne Hawthorne said the proposals would go a long way towards weeding out shonky providers and restoring confidence to the sector. She said lack of enforcement had been a key reason shonky providers had been allowed to emerge in the first place. State regulators have been particularly criticised for not putting enough resources into monitoring the soaring number of private providers.


Rare attempt to highlight the real issue on education quality amongst providers, i.e. regulators, where are they and what have they been doing?


College records hard to find. The Sydney-based International Institute of Business and Information Technology defended the accuracy of its attendance records before the tribunal while at the same time implying there was nothing to stop students changing them. Courses at the IIBIT college include accounting, IT and English. It also delivers programs in partnership with Ballarat University in Sydney and Adelaide. The tribunal cases seen by the HES did not involve Ballarat students.


Surely this is also the responsibility of the University of Ballarat franchising their name and program, or they do not have a duty of care?


Common element with all these issues is how state sector of education seems to avoid any scrutiny, let alone need to meet minimal (intrusive) quality system expectations? Without letting off bad private providers, it also highlights issue of hybrid organisations and culture, i.e. state sector becoming involved in commercial for profit operations which may compromise their credibility. Other obvious examples are AWB, Austrade, AFE, universities and former or existing statutory authorities who have compromised their integrity through private or financial adventures.

Australian Maths Science Skills in Higher Education

Place at university for high school teachers. HIGH school teachers should be encouraged into universities as "expert teachers" to boost student retention and counter a looming shortage of academics. The recommendation comes in a Victorian government report on higher education, which says TAFE teachers could also be included in a move that would see teachers build careers through work in more than one sector.


Fine, but surely universities need access to expertise from wider society, not just from within the formal education system such as high school where there are already shortages of competent (maths, science, IT, English & language) teachers? Seems at best an elongated career structure for (ageing) teachers, or at worst a "public job shop scheme"?


Declining numeracy is shaping our future. AUSTRALIA was heading back to the Lucky Country days when it did not have to innovate and could rely on earnings from the soil, one of the country's leading statisticians has warned. In the wake of last week's Group of Eight report on the maths crisis, Australian Research Council Federation fellow Peter Hall said he feared Australia was "going backwards" on maths education and the disciplines it supported. "In 1964 Donald Horne wrote that Australia showed less enterprise than almost any other prosperous industrial society," said Professor Hall, an adviser for the maths report.


Would seem the most practical solution is to encourage and source those with maths or science knowledge from outside the education system to teach, but the system itself does not seem to encourage this either formally or informally? Further, related issue is that for Australia now seems more economically,socially and politically palatable to be digging things out of the ground and growing stuff for export income as it is easier, versus more sophisticated economy including services e.g. tourism, education etc. which require interaction with other cultures, e.g. Asians.


Numbers game we can win. AS the Group of Eight's review of education in mathematics, data science and quantitative disciplines points out, there has been a decline in the quality and quantity of students completing mathematics at the high school and university levels. This isn't just an academic issue. It has important implications for Australia's bottom line. At very least this decline will compound existing shortages in disciplines that are heavily maths-focused such as statistics, information and communications technology and engineering. This, in turn, may have a bad effect on important economic sectors such as telecommunications, transport and mining.


Issue for resource challenged universities is why should they be providing remedial maths programs, i.e. making up for gaps from secondary school system etc.? Unless the focus returns to teaching training programs and ongoing development.

Australian Education Tourism Destination Marketing

Orange to colour Indian race relations a rosy glow. MESSAGES, Samuel Goldwyn famously said, should be sent by Western Union, not filmmakers. But the producers of Indian movie Orange, which is shooting in Melbourne, would beg to differ. That was a view state Education Minister Bronwyn Pike, who visited the set yesterday, was happy to hear. ''There's been an impression created in some quarters that Melbourne isn't a safe and welcoming city, and I'm just delighted to be hearing a different message from the producers, the director and the stars. They see that they have a responsibility to turn that message around,'' she said.


Interesting there was no mention of "Salaam Namaste" a Bollywood film which many cite as having the most significant marketing impact in creating awareness and branding of Melbourne as a tourism and study destination for Indians.

This also confirms research that prospective visitors are heavily influenced by film and tv imagery of a potential destination, not commercial advertisements......


Say rack off to tired, old Australiana. IF ''SAY G'day to the Lucky Country'' ever does see the light of day as a tagline to support a new global brand for Australia, then I think we can all pack up and go home.

Believe it or not, it is one of several lines Austrade and Foreign Affairs bureaucrats are considering as part of Trade Minister Simon Crean's plans to rebrand Australia.

Several slogans put to Crean by advertising agencies are being tested, with the winner due to be announced next month in readiness for the new ''identity'' to be revealed to the world at the Shanghai Expo in May.


Exactly how it should not be done, the latter method is a sympton of good old Australian cronyism, lack of creativity & innovation, laziness and focussing upon Anglo culture. There is an effective tool for analysis of prospective visitors which costs very little, it's asking (them) questions about what influences them......versus government and bureaucrats trying to pick winners...

Australia Migration Skills Test

AUSTRALIA risks excluding talented migrants from non-English-speaking countries if it fails to adopt a flexible approach to language assessment in the skilled migration points test..

...In its submission, the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia warns that in order for skilled migrants to be assessed as proficient in English, their literacy levels have to be higher than 40 per cent of the Australian workforce....

....Senator Evans has said that rather than simply focus on plugging skills shortages, the government wants to focus instead on "human capital" and may give greater priority to migrants from prestigious overseas universities....

Meaning international education for Australia is no longer about international development and raising fees from international candidates prepared to study in Australia for residency, but simply poaching candidates already trained with the cost being worn by the (often less developed) source country?

Ausztrália Bevándorlás Migration Diák SOL TAFE University

Az Ausztrál kormány bejelentette, hogy a General Skills Migration (szaktudáson keresztüli letelepedési) programban változásokat terveznek és hajtanak végre. Ezek röviden a következőek:

1. Új SOL (letelepedésre alkalmas szakmák listája) listát léptetnek életbe 2010 közepétől, mely előreláthatóan 2010 áprilisában lesz hozzáférhető.

2. Ha letelepedési engedélyért folyamodik egy Ausztráliában végzett diák, szükséges, hogy a SOL listán szereplő képesítéssel rendelkezzen.

3. Az új szabályozás világos különbséget tesz tanulás és bevándorlás között.

4. Kiemelten kezelik és előnyben részesítik a munkáltatók vagy állami kormányzat által támogatott diákokat.

5. Középfokú szakmai végzettséggel rendelkező diákoknak IELTS 6.0-ás nyelvtudást kell felmutatni.

Ezekkel a változtatásokkal az a célja a kormányzatnak, hogy a szakképzés szélesebb körébe vonja be a nemzetközi diákokat. Szeretnék elérni, hogy a diákok magasabb szintű képzettséget szerezzenek olyan területeken, ahol munkaerőhiány mutatkozik, például: egészségügy vagy mérnöki szakmák.


ETI WA TAFE Western Australia Perth.


William Angliss Institute of TAFE Melbourne.

University Student Job and Work Skills

One-third of undergraduates consider quitting. ALMOST one-third of undergraduate students have seriously considered quitting their course, according to a study examining the quality of learning in Australia's universities. The behavioural inventory of what students do in their courses reveals worrying levels of disengagement and poor preparation for the workforce.



Uni survey finds job focus is missing. MORE than half of Australia's university students have never talked about their career plans with their teachers, according to a study that could change the way university courses are taught. The findings of the Australian Survey of Student Engagement reveal that many undergraduates feel ill equipped to enter the workforce.


No surprises here..... one would almost always recommend a younger person to work before committing full time to university, and gain (life) experience before making an expensive choice. Would be interesting to know in Australia what advice parents, school and tertiary counsellors are offering youth? Even more so with fees, better for the majority to study via Vocational VET pathways, part time and or off campus, but then are universities in their present form a dying species?

En Ucuz Dil Kurs Melbourne Avustralya

KAPS Institute of Management, Eğitim Melbourne centrum'da, özel ve ucuz fiyatlar ama yüksek kalite sadece AIEC QUEST 'den. Genel İngilizce dil kurs haftalik AUD175 ve İşletme & Yönetim Sertifika, Diploma ve Ön Lisans kursları senelik AUD7000. Ücretsiz danışmanlık, direkt okul ve vize başvuru yardım olabılır. lucia.copeland@kaps.edu.au (Türkçe konuşuyor) http://www.kaps.edu.au CRICOS 02855C veya Sn. Andrew Smith proquest@nextra.hu AIEC QUEST Avustralya Danışmanlık.

Ausztralia Bevándorlási Hírek Szakma Elismerés felhasználhatósága

Ausztralia Bevándorlási Hírek Szakma Elismerés felhasználhatósága. A január 1-én elrendelt szigorítás szerint a január 1. előtt szerzett szakmunkás szakma-elismerések nem használhatók fel a következő vízumokhoz, hanem újat kell csináltatni. Az új szakma-elismerés sokkal nehezebb és sokkal drágább lenne.

* 487 (Skilled - Regional Sponsored) {szakképzett - regionális szponzorált}
* 885 (Skilled - Independent) {szakképzett - független}
* 886 (Skilled - Sponsored) {szakképzett - szponzorált}

Március 12-én ezt a szigorítást eltörölték. A tavalyi szakma-elismerések is használhatók tehát.

BJK Beşiktaş Melbourne Spor Okulu

Beşiktaş, Melbourne’deki spor okulu için tesis arıyor. Austurkiye.com'un edindiği bilgiye göre Galatasaray’dan sonra Beşiktaş’ta Melbourne’de tesisleşmek için çalışmalara başladı. Beşiktaş Spor Kulübü tarafından GüngörYurtseven sorumluluğunda Melbourne’de kurulan spor okulunun tam olarak faaliyete geçirilmesi için tesis arandığı öğrenildi.

Ausztrál Bevándorlási Miniszter

A bevándorlási miniszter sajtóközleményében üdvözli a Baird jelentést és megelégedéssel veszi tudomásul, hogy a javaslatok egybeesnek az ő véleményével és lépéseivel.

International Education Review and Private Colleges

A REVIEW of international education yesterday called for an overdue regulatory crackdown on dodgy private colleges that are no more than money-driven "permanent residency factories".

The Baird review's recommendations include a greater focus on financial penalties and more protection for international students. But there are concerns the focus should not be on the tightening of regulations so much as the enforcement of regulations.


Last point is a relevant one, where have the regulators been? Asleep at the wheel...?

Australia My University Rank Student Information

The Federal Government has unveiled plans for a new website rating Australia's universities, based on the My School site launched last month. Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard says students choosing a university need more reliable information and the website will lead to better education standards across the country. The site will publish information on student performance, and list the courses and facilities available at each campus.


DENISE Bradley has backed federal Education Minister Julia Gillard's plans for a My University website, arguing it is in line with the new "student demand-driven" system being rolled out. There are concerns that complex information on a university's performance, such as the varied academic background of commencing students, could be taken out of context and lead to simplistic judgments.... The government, meanwhile, is considering introducing a university experience questionnaire aimed at gauging the opinions of first-year students.


The last sentence is critical, the site must not become a sales/promo vehicle based on size, numbers etc. but be more marketing oriented, i.e. include information based upon quality and stakeholder input i.e. students, community and employers.

What the users specify, not the providers.