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International Students or Immigrants or Race Politics?

February 25, 2013

“Opinion – A political issue From Language Travel Magazine   by Bethan Norris, Senior Editor   It is easy to be scathing of governments who are happy to take tuition fees and living costs from hard working foreign students but when it comes to safeguarding political futures are only too keen to portray them as […]

Boris Johnson on UK Immigration

December 18, 2012

Boris Johnson criticises Theresa May over immigration claim.   Mayor of London says he ‘cannot see logic’ in home secretary’s claim that immigrants have pushed up property prices. 100,000 students coming to UK face immigration interviews.   Home secretary announces programme to root out abuse of visa system, focusing on ‘highest-risk countries’ Boris Johnson has criticised […]

UK International Students Net Migration

November 30, 2012

Britain, like Australia, cuts nose to spite face? “Net migration to UK falls by a quarter. ONS figures show net migration fell from 242,000 to 183,000 in past year, driven in part by fewer overseas students, according to The Guardian. Net migration to Britain has fallen by a quarter over the past year, from 242,000 to […]

Stop Student Visa Crackdown

November 27, 2012

Student visa crackdown sends out wrong signal, says Boris Johnson. On visit to India, London mayor says number of Indian students applying to study in UK is falling The London mayor, Boris Johnson, has said government restrictions on overseas students are putting off the brightest from coming to study in Britain.  During a five-day visit […]

Negative Impact of International Students?

November 26, 2012

“Foreign students boost unemployment among the young.  Efforts by the Australian government to make studying in Australia more attractive to foreign students appear to have boosted unemployment rates among the nation’s young people, according to a new report . The report says tens of thousands of foreign students are successfully applying for different visas at […]

Australian Population Growth Myths

November 16, 2012

Shock News! Anti Immigration Researcher calls for less Immigration. Dr. Bob Birrell of the Centre for Population & Urban Research at Monash University calls for less Temporary Visas, International Students and Immigrants (apparently British, Irish etc. Backpackers ok?). AUSTRALIA’S major immigration visa subclasses need to be culled to slash record high immigration because the growth of […]

International Student Education Employment Immigration

October 11, 2012

International Education Immigration and Students Australian Higher Education Grapples with Rise of Asia.  However, in a recurring theme at the conference, speakers said Australian society was simply unready for deeper relationships with Asia—a challenge to the goal described by Mr. Connelly. Broader social realities, such as a national debate over the rights of asylum seekers […]

Australia Student Visa Streamlined System Expands

August 27, 2012

Easier Visas for Safe Students. Around 60 “low risk” education providers are in line to be able to offer students fast-tracked visas as the government drafts new rules to revive the international education industry. Following concerns that competitors in Britain and the United states are getting the jump on Australia by processing visas more quickly, the Australian […]

Australia Racism International Education Immigration

July 22, 2012

So it turns out plenty of us are Dumb, Drunk and Racist.  …The show was intended to pick up on a news article from last year that revealed Indian call centre workers were trained to believe Australians were “dumb, drunk and racist” – a stereotype reinforced by many in the media there.  Our original intent […]

News Australian Express Student Visa System for TAFE Private Colleges

April 14, 2012

Streamlined visa fast-tracked for non-unis. SELECTED private colleges and TAFEs will soon benefit from the easy-street student visa processing arrangements already enjoyed by universities, under immigration reforms signed off today in Canberra. Today’s Council of Australian Governments meeting agreed to bring forward the implementation of the “revised framework for low immigration risk providers”, giving some […]

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