The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations has recently announced a significant move forward regarding the standards governing Registered Training Organizations (RTOs). Skills Ministers have reached a consensus to implement early changes to these standards, ahead of a more comprehensive overhaul planned for the near future. These adjustments aim to alleviate current challenges facing the [...]
The Australian federal government recently disclosed the completion of an extensive Universities Accord report, a document over a year in the making, that serves as a strategic framework for reforming the higher education sector for the forthcoming decade and beyond. This comprehensive report outlines 47 recommendations targeting various facets of the higher education system, including [...]
Legislative changes that took effect on 1 September 2020 allow the National Regulator to request electronic student records from RTOs in a specific format. Providers who are still using paper forms to manage student information should formulate a strategy to move to digital records as soon as possible. By starting the shift to electronic record [...]
Significant changes are being made to Australia's immigration policy to tackle the problem of "permanent temporariness," or people who stay in the country indefinitely on temporary visas. The Australian government has taken a number of steps to address these concerns, including stricter visa application requirements for students from certain countries and holders of particular temporary [...]
A revolutionary wave is changing the face of global education marketing. At the forefront of this story are new platforms, which are paving the way for a future where educational institutions can easily reach potential students by means of innovative advertising and captivating storytelling. Let us see past the antiquated marketing effectiveness. The Evolution [...]
Planning to study in Australia? Your desire to become an international student in Australia requires you to clear GTE (Genuine Temporary Entrant) Australian requirements! GTE in Australia works like personal proof on the end of the students about their purpose of visit. GTE is a statement you need to add while applying for a student [...]
The new funding evidence requirement for Australian student visas is designed to ensure that international students have sufficient financial resources to support themselves during their stay in Australia. By following the tips below, you can submit strong financial evidence that will help you to increase your chances of having your student visa application approved. [...]
There has been a lot of use of the term “bad actors” in relation to the international education, or VET sector, in that matter, by the media, the government, and the Minister. However, if one looks deeper, it is not clear what those “bad actors are”. For the most part, colleges are in compliance [...]
A significant transformation is taking place in the landscape of international education in Australia, Canada and the UK. Recent policy changes and reforms that are aimed at refining the sector's integrity and effectiveness are the primary contributors to this transformation. Both students and higher education providers have expressed their concerns and changed their operational procedures [...]
The Australian government issued its long-awaited Migration Strategy on 11 December 2023 and announced “the biggest reforms to migration in a generation.” Furthermore, on 7 February 2024, the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (NVETR) legislative amendments were introduced into Parliament. The government is making an ongoing effort to clean up the vocational education and [...]
