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Immigration Changes Hit Foreign Education by Rachelle Morrison
For those
planning to head to Australia, visa are very much important documents. Thus, it
is not surprising that there are a lot of people lining up in the embassies to
get their visas post by haiyan701. And it is interesting to note that a large
part of these applicants are students who are hoping to get the chance to study
in the country.
However, with the recent changes that was implemented by
the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) to the Skilled Migration
Program, this chance seemed to have gotten a lot slimmer. In case you don't
remember, one of the changes that was implemented by the DIAC was the revamp of
the Skilled Occupation List, where all the jobs qualified for working visa
application were listed. The revamp saw the removal of many jobs that are
considered to be low level to make way for higher level jobs which the country
is currently in shortage of Charlotte
Olympia.
The removal of these jobs, in turn, had an adverse effect on
the number of foreign students coming into the country. It should be noted that
most of the foreign students coming in to the country are actually enrolling in
vocational courses. This is mainly due to the fact that these courses allow them
to immediately apply for working visa upon completion. However, with the removal
of these courses, their easy way in is now gone, and thus without any other
opportunity, are simply leaving the country and returning home.
But this
one is actually not yet the end of it. As it turns out, the educators themselves
have fears that these new policies will greatly affect the educational system.
Since many colleges are heavily dependent on the income generated by the
enrollment of foreign students, they said that the likely drop in the number of
enrollees will also greatly affect their operations.
And to seemingly
prove this point, the Austech Institute for Further Education, a Sydney based
hospitality college, announce that it is now placing itself under voluntary
liquidation after the number of students enrolling dropped. The college
currently caters to around 750 students, many of them foreign. The closure of
Austech is only one of the recent shutdowns of high profile colleges mainly due
to the new immigration policies.
Education Minister Julia Gillard,
however, assured foreign students that there will still a fall back for them in
case their colleges closed. She said that at least AU$5 million has been
allotted for fee refunds of those students that were affected by the college
closures. She also said that there will still be opportunities available for
them in the country Charlotte
Olympia.
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