UK
Tens of thousands of Chinese students in the United Kingdom could be forced out of the country if a basket of strict visa policies takes effect next year, write Chen Jia and Aid Yang for China Daily.
The UK's Home Office intends to tighten visa regulations for international students to reduce the country's annual net migration and cope with high domestic unemployment. The Home Office has posted a consultation on its website to seek public opinion about the proposal until 31 January 2011.
The regulations would cancel the post-study work policy, which grants foreign graduates of specified courses up to two years of free access to the labour market. They also raise the English-language requirement for many foreign applicants from level B1 to B2.
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Australia
He did not mention another factor widely believed to be even more important in the downturn: the government's decision to tighten the rules that allow students completing courses in Australia to gain permanent residency.
But Evans did point out the size and nature of the international education sector had changed dramatically over the past decade, with China and India the two biggest markets and contributing more than 40% to total foreign enrolments.
Michael Knight, a former Labor minister in the New South Wales government who had charge of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, will undertake the review. Knight has been asked to report by mid-2011.
Evans said the review would look at ways to better manage immigration risk and deter breaches and misuse of the programme, as well as consider the suitability of separate visas for different education sectors.
USA
Obama ...
Tens of thousands of Chinese students in the United Kingdom could be forced out of the country if a basket of strict visa policies takes effect next year, write Chen Jia and Aid Yang for China Daily.
The UK's Home Office intends to tighten visa regulations for international students to reduce the country's annual net migration and cope with high domestic unemployment. The Home Office has posted a consultation on its website to seek public opinion about the proposal until 31 January 2011.
The regulations would cancel the post-study work policy, which grants foreign graduates of specified courses up to two years of free access to the labour market. They also raise the English-language requirement for many foreign applicants from level B1 to B2.
Full report on the China Daily site
Australia
He did not mention another factor widely believed to be even more important in the downturn: the government's decision to tighten the rules that allow students completing courses in Australia to gain permanent residency.
But Evans did point out the size and nature of the international education sector had changed dramatically over the past decade, with China and India the two biggest markets and contributing more than 40% to total foreign enrolments.
Michael Knight, a former Labor minister in the New South Wales government who had charge of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, will undertake the review. Knight has been asked to report by mid-2011.
Evans said the review would look at ways to better manage immigration risk and deter breaches and misuse of the programme, as well as consider the suitability of separate visas for different education sectors.
USA
Obama ...
