International Students

On 23 April 2008 the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator the Hon Kim Carr, asked the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Innovation to undertake an inquiry into research training and research workforce issues in Australian universities.
The Committee invited interested persons and organisations to make submissions addressing the terms of reference by Friday 30 May 2008.

Full-time, continuing (HEO3) position in La Trobe International.
Package of $44,405 to $50,002 p.a. (inclusive of 17% employer superannuation).

* Reference Number: 50005707
* Campus: Bundoora
* Closing Date: Close of Business, Friday, 31 October 2008

The stage is set for a series of important reforms in higher education, with a range of reports due between now and the end of the year.

The Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) has published a summary of important developments for postgraduate students in an Issues Paper released today.

The issues paper is available via the link below:

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Our client is a modern, innovative and dynamic institution which provides high-quality education to International students in the Business and Information Technology fields. They are seeking a Student Welfare and Support Officer to join their team.

OVERSEAS enrolments in the vocational education and training sector are booming, but universities are still the biggest export revenue earners in the education services sector.

New Australian Bureau of Statistics figures reveal education exports totalling $13.7 billion eclipsed tourism by $1.7billion in the past financial year.

Revenue includes fees and all other goods and service consumed by overseas students.

YOUNG Mauritians hit by the latest scam targeting international students are the victims of "the new slave traders", according to the Mauritian media.

Australia and Ireland are the most popular destinations for students from the island nation in the Indian Ocean, many of whom come to study "skills shortage" courses to speed up their quest for residence.

INTERNATIONAL students are making a mockery of immigration laws by flouting visa conditions which limit them to 20-hour working weeks, with those driving taxis in Victoria clocking up to twice as many hours behind the wheel as they're allowed.

Despite a warning from Immigration Minister Chris Evans that taxi owners who employed students in breach of their visa restrictions risked up to two years' jail, cab advocacy bodies and student drivers revealed the industry was largely ignoring the law.

AUSTRALIA is recruiting overseas students to key university and vocational education pathways at three times the international average, a report from English Australia, the association of English teaching colleges, shows.

CHILE will pay to send up to 500 of its top university students each year to Australia for postgraduate education under a landmark agreement enabling long-term collaboration and exchange.

Universities Australia chairman Richard Larkins and Chilean Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley signed the scholarship deal in Sydney yesterday.

The priority disciplines for masters and PhD study reflect similarities between the economies of the two nations and Chile's wish to partner with Australia in Asia-Pacific engagement.

On 13 March 2008, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education, the Hon Julia Gillard MP, announced a major review of Australia’s higher education system which will examine and report on the future direction of the higher education sector, its fitness for purpose in meeting the needs of the Australian community and economy and the options for ongoing reform. [From the DEEWR website]