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Overseas students: immigration policy changes 1997-2015

This paper provides a chronology that draws on ministerial press statements to trace changes in Australia's immigra ... Show more
This paper provides a chronology that draws on ministerial press statements to trace changes in Australia's immigration policy in relation to overseas students between 1997 and June 2015. Immigration policies introduced in this period fundamentally changed the nature of migration to Australia. Policy changes in this period were pivotal in facilitating the rapid growth of overseas student education in Australia by forging links between the temporary overseas student program and permanent skilled migration. Later reforms to both skilled migration and overseas student policy were also central to the decline in overseas student enrolments beginning in 2009-10. The paper begins its analysis in 1997 as this appears to be the point at which the Howard Government commenced making announcements about overseas students as an immigration issue.
The paper begins by briefly analysing the way in which the landscape of immigration policy in relation to overseas students has developed since 1997. This is followed by a summary charting key policy developments between 1997 and June 2015, and concluding observations on the consequences and possible impacts of recent immigration policy changes on overseas student education in Australia.
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Authors: Spinks, Harriet

Date: 2016

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: Parliamentary Library research paper series

Subjects: Migration; Students; Policy ... [+] Show more
The Australian TAFE teacher, vol. 49, no. 3, Spring 2015

This periodical, published quarterly, provides current information for vocational education and training (VET) prac ... Show more
This periodical, published quarterly, provides current information for vocational education and training (VET) practitioners on educational, policy and industrial developments affecting the VET sector in Australia. Articles in this issue include: New voices question the concept of student choice / John Mitchell (pages 6-8); A Commonwealth takeover of VET would destroy the public TAFE system / Pat Forward (page 9); Federal takeover of VET a rare 'success' for the Abbott government / Gavin Moodie (pages 10-13); Skillaroos shine positive light on Australian TAFE system after victory at international competition (pages 14-15); The secrets of VET / Don Zoellner (pages 16-18); Vocational education and training for secondary school students: it's not just about jobs / Kira Clarke (pages 19-20); A lifetime of debt - the policy elite's new gift to working class women / Sally Thompson (pages 21-23); Women, work and poor pay / Sally Thompson (pages 24-26). Show less

Corporate authors: Australian Education Union (AEU)

Date: 2015

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Students; Providers of education and training ... [+] Show more
TAFE funding: 2004 update

This 24 slide PowerPoint publication includes the following information: (1) a brief history of Australian National ... Show more
This 24 slide PowerPoint publication includes the following information: (1) a brief history of Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) funding; (2) Commonwealth funding; (3) unit costs; (4) funding to non-TAFE providers; (5) unmet demand; (6) impact of the resource pressures; (7) impact on the teachers' work; (8) student fees and charges; (9) possible and current funding 2004-2006; and (10) current state of play. Show less

Corporate authors: Australian Education Union (AEU)

Date: 2004

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Guide

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Policy; Governance ... [+] Show more
Funding for schools and VET: federal budget report 2006

This paper provides the Australian Education Union’s (AEU’s) response to the 2006 federal budget in terms of how it ... Show more
This paper provides the Australian Education Union’s (AEU’s) response to the 2006 federal budget in terms of how it impacts education. Key points made in the paper include: combined funding for vocational and other education and vocational and industry training declines as a percentage of overall government expenditure from 1.1 per cent in 2005-06 to one per cent in 2009-10; while there are some funding commitments in relation to New Apprenticeships, these are accompanied by the reduction or curtailment of some other programs; and non-government schools expenditure is the only area of education which will increase as a proportion of overall budget expenditure over the next four years. A series of tables are included. Show less

Authors: McCollow, John

Corporate authors: Australian Education Union (AEU)

Date: 2006

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Governance; Statistics ... [+] Show more
The Australian TAFE teacher, vol. 56, no. 2, Winter 2022

'The Australian TAFE teacher' is the official journal of the TAFE Division of the Australian Education Union (AEU). ... Show more
'The Australian TAFE teacher' is the official journal of the TAFE Division of the Australian Education Union (AEU). This issue focuses on the continuing work, now in the context of a new government, of the 'Rebuild with TAFE' campaign, which sought to gain commitment to providing 70 per cent of all government funding for vocational education directly to TAFE. Articles include: Fragmentation and photo-ops: the failures of VET marketisation and rebuilding with TAFE / Alison Pennington (pages 5-7) [report available in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 147.907]; State of our TAFEs annual survey / Jonathan Guy (pages 8-13); Rebuild with TAFE: 2022 federal election / Correna Haythorpe (pages 14-18); A perfect pairing: TAFEs and VET in schools / Diana Ward (page 19); Women tradies building new careers / Sarah Jones (pages 20-21); Hope / Trevor Bayley (pages 22-24); Contestability and Australia's TAFE system / Pat Forward (pages 25-26). Show less

Corporate authors: Australian Education Union (AEU)

Date: 2022

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Providers of education and training; Finance ... [+] Show more

Overseas students: immigration policy changes 1997-2015

The Australian TAFE teacher, vol. 49, no. 3, Spring 2015

TAFE funding: 2004 update

Funding for schools and VET: federal budget report 2006

The Australian TAFE teacher, vol. 56, no. 2, Winter 2022