The international students in New South Wales have very little reason to be happy over the travel discounts that was announced yesterday as these discounts restrict international students travel to major centers. While the local students receive 50% off on any ticket they buy, international students’ concessions will be applicable only for 90 days. Many student groups in New South Wales stated that the international students and local students must be given the same concession deals. If after the trial period there are no further changes made to the current travel concessions, there...

The NSW (New South Wales) state, Australia has finally decided to grant travel discounts to the foreign students for giving a boost to their economy. Travel concession of up to 35% is offered by every other state to international students for creating equity among international and Australian students, cutting the cost of living and improving the safety standards for the foreign students in Australia. With nearly 171,000 students international students coming to NSW last year, foreign education worth $6 billion is the 2 nd largest export for NSW, which is much more than any other state....

In a bid to tap Asian market and create a skilled, productive and educated human resource to improve its economy, Australia has decided to open its doors for the highly skilled population of India Sources from the Australian Immigration department revealed that despite of the country’s unparalleled contribution in tertiary education and developing skills of Australians, it needs immigrants who can bring their special skill sets to Australia.   Out of top 10 source countries in 2011-12 migration program of Australia, 7 are from Asia – India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines,...

With the Indian government allowing 51% FDI (foreign direct investment) in multi brand retail, global retail institutes are all set to equip their management students with tricks of supervising the shop floor. Australian Retail College, which is known for its specialization in long term training and development programs for retailers in Australia, introduced its first PG (postgraduate) program in retail management in Hyderabad. The campus has been started in partnership with domestic retail Institute Great India and its second branch is expected to soon come up at Lavassa, near Mumbai....

Massive Online Open Courses or popularly known as MOOC’s have proven how internet could change international education. Only existent from February this year, Coursera-one of the biggest providers of MOOC’s has nearly two million students already. The rapidly growing online courses and technology will soon force international education to find a “new equilibrium” between quality, price and access as expressed by Australian experts. High price model of international education, in which Australia excels, may have to give way to the emerging new model of enormous...

Educational experts and policy makers have suggested the Australian universities and colleges to rewrite the rules of international education to meet the unprecedented demand from Asia. They believe there are endless possibilities to engage students in their home countries and Australian institutions must capture these opportunities. According to the policy makers, the number of potential students represents a market opportunity and this has to be perceived as a business problem, which requires a business solution not an academic solution. Vocational colleges and Universities in Australia...

Australia is still battling to attain the “safe nation” status among the international students, especially India-its important student source country. In an attempt to smoothen the relationship with India, Australia has announced a new funding for educational and research projects between the two countries. It has also assured a welcome reception in Australia. India is the second largest provider of international students to Australia and the first for migrant skilled workers. This being very important to the Australian economy, regaining the trust in India after the attacks...

Media reports on the attack of international students in Melbourne and Sydney years ago still seem to have an effect on Australia when it comes to safety matters of foreign students. In a recent poll conducted by the Education Intelligence unit, Australia failed to emerge as one among the top safe five countries for international students. U.K emerged as the winner of the safest study abroad destination, while Canada and New Zealand were perceived as comparatively safer by students who considered safety as utmost important. Although Australia has been trying to build its image as a safe...

The recent publication of the research-focused National Taiwan University Ranking has established unchallenged Melbourne University’s stronghold on first place in various league tables yet again.  Melbourne established itself by securing the 25 th position, while Sydney stood at 61 and University of Queensland at 72. In all 13 0f Australia’s institutions secured a position in the top 500 of the National Taiwan University Ranking. However, the Australian National University has slipped down to the 172 nd spot against the 160 th from last year on the world stage.  As...

The uncertainty over post-study work rules in Australia has been the bone of contention. While experts claim that the enrollments of international students are curbed by the uncertainties, members of the a government advisory group on international education expressed that the post-study work rights could backfire if the economy settled down and students failed to secure a job in the relevant field. While agreeing that post-study work rights would bring about positive growth in the economy, this could be a real risk if students realized they would not find relevant work and end up only...