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  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 …

The Australian government has relaxed the work limitation for student visa holders allowing them to work more than 40 hours a fortnight while attending the semester. To help keep critical services moving the government has introduced a flexible approach to the work limitation of international students. Read Also: More working hours …

International students working in harvesting jobs would get more working hours even during the semester study period. Read Also: Farm work in Australia, another option for students, temporary visa holders International students working in the agricultural sector would be able to get extra shifts as the Australian government has made flexible …

A Nepalese student who came to Australia to study a master’s degree in information technology lost his life in a tragic drowning incident. Sachet Bimali aged 23 lost his life on 4th January 2021 after jumping off the infamous waterfall at Wattamolla Beach in Royal National Park, southern Sydney Cliff …

Quarantine capacity is a major issue, given the numbers of international students. Using student accommodation to quarantine newly arrived students is a way to increase this capacity.

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 …

Australian government record show only a few Nepalese students holding Australian Student visa are stuck in Nepal due to lockdown and border closure. Both countries Nepal and Australia have limited people’s movement to reduce the COVID-19 virus spread. Nepal has enforced lockdown and border closure as well as suspended all …

  Shutterstock Jason Brown, La Trobe University The government’s higher education funding changes aim to ensure graduates are “job-ready”. Students will be charged more for courses the government deems have poorer employment outcomes, to incentivise them into cheaper courses with supposedly better job prospects. But these changes seem ignorant of …

A Nepalese student who is in Australia to study IT has been sentenced to jail for defrauding aged Australians. He was sentenced to a maximum 18 months jail term that would end with deportation. Pravin Mainali, 20 years old Nepalese was arrested on March 3, 2020, for participation in a …