Tag Archives: International Students in Australia

To cope with Omicron COVID 19 variant Australian government relaxed working conditions for overseas students. Australian Prime minister Scot Morrison announced the government is removing working hours restrictions for international students. In Australia, overseas students can work for 40 hours in a fortnight, officially. After the new change, they can …

Omer Yezdani, Australian Catholic University The Strategy for International Education released today by the federal government highlights the importance of international education to the Australian economy and community. But, with the arrival of COVID-19, commencing international student numbers fell dramatically by 22% in 2020. The impacts prompted the government to …

Peter Hurley, Victoria University A series of recent announcements about Australia’s borders reopening mean there is hope of an end to the crisis in our international education sector. But there is still a long way to go. Over 145,000 international student visa holders are stuck overseas. It is still unclear …

  Shutterstock Peter Hurley, Victoria University Update: the federal budget has confirmed Australia’s border is likely to remain closed until mid-2022. Most international students must wait another year before they can return – only “small phased programs for international students will commence in late 2021 and gradually increase from 2022”, …

Shutterstock Peter Hurley, Victoria University 2021 is shaping up as very difficult for universities, as well as the more than 130,000 people whose jobs rely on the international education sector. In October 2019 almost 51,000 new and returning international students arrived in Australia. In October 2020, this figure had fallen …

Shutterstock Peter Hurley, Victoria University The international student crisis is causing a population shock that is only going to get worse, a new report by the Mitchell Institute has found. The education policy think tank estimates over 300,000 fewer international students — half the pre-coronavirus numbers — will be in …

Victoria state government today announced a relief payment for international students affected by COVID-19. The state government will establish a $45 million International Student Emergency Relief Fund to help international students in Victoria run their basics. The state government will pay students a one-off payment of up to 1100 dollars …

International students in Australia are one of the most suffered communities by COVID-19, the global pandemic. To help international students, the Australian government has made flexible arrangements to support its students via early access to superannuation, more working hours, and universities started offering bursaries as well as flexible fee payment …

Big dreams! Big goals! & no job! A common scenario for international students in Australia. Having entered into a completely new venture, most of the students are baffled. With no or few guidance, with a completely new set of rules & regulations, these students are often left wondering. They are …

The spread of COVID-19 in Australia has urged Prime Minister Morrison to personally address its citizens and elevate the working for the global nursing students working in Australia. The Nepalese students can significantly make use of the decision as it can help them gain practical experience at the same time …