HeyJaredAustralian higher education policy
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Points-tested visas and international students - demand and supply (opens the original)
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As explained in a previous post, former international students have a new possible employer-sponsored route to permanent residence via the Skills in Demand visa. But their options for points-tested visas are likely to decline.In this post, I outline the points-tested visas, report on international student success in obtaining these visas, and describe the level of demand for them. I conclude with migration planning levels for 2026-27, which allocate fewer total places to points-tested visas.In a
Proposed amendments to the student places capping and needs based funding bill (opens the original)
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Jason Clare’s student places capping bill appeared in the Senate several times last week, but there were no votes on substantive amendments. Parliament does not sit again until 12 October.It is clear, however, that agreement has been reached on amendments that will secure its passage through the Senate. Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi said in the Senate on Wednesday 16 September that the
Tony Burke's changes to student visa policy - first draft on secondary visa holders (opens the original)
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As foreshadowed in recent weeks, Tony Burke has today announced changes to student visa policy. Unfortunately at the moment – about 5.30pm on 17 September – there is little detail other than what has been given to journalists and Burke’s National Press Club address. I will update this post as necessary when more information is available.The key changes are restrictions on secondary visa holders, for both students and temporary graduate visa
Pathways to permanent residence for former international students (opens the original)
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The Australian government is trying, without much success to date, to reduce the number of long-term temporary migrants. For student-related visa holders – people with student visas, temporary graduate visas, or former international students on bridging visas – this is primarily about reducing inflows of new visa holders and increasing outflows of existing visa holders. Another important element, however, is moving former students to permanent visas.This post looks at recent trends in former int
Measuring low SES and higher education policy (opens the original)
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Australian higher education policy uses a geographic proxy to measure socioeconomic status. People living in the lowest 25% of areas by the ABS Index of Education and Occupation are deemed ‘low SES’.The IEO is one of four SES measures devised by the ABS using census results. The other three are the Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD), the Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD), and the Index of Economic Resources (IE
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