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AUSTRALIA: Education agents are predicting even more tough times ahead for Australia's overseas education market because of changes to migration residency rules.

UK: A BBC investigation has found evidence that suggests some universities under financial pressure accept overseas students who lack adequate English.

INDIA: After more than a year of negative publicity over ‘racist’ attacks on Indian ‘students’ in Australia, the government has taken a step towards partially shutting an immigration backdoor that many Indians were abusing, and which was at the root of the attacks.

UK: Alan Johnson has promised yet another crack down on the rampant abuse of the foreign student visa regime

AUSTRALIA: International students are being exploited by employers in Western Australia, the state's Labor opposition says.

AUSTRALIA: The Federal Government has acknowledged some overseas students will be angry as it revamps Australia's skilled migration rules.

Effective February 14th 2010 international students who attained a degree from a Quebec university will be offered a “certificate of selection” that will fast track them to obtaining Canadian citizenship.

AUSTRALIA: International students left out of pocket when their college goes belly up will be reimbursed for expenses beyond course fees - but not if the federal government can help it.

AUSTRALIA: Spate of attacks on Indians forcing students from the country not to prefer higher studies in Australia has taken a toll on vocational educational institutes here with a record 38 percent drop in the visa applications from overseas candidates.

AUSTRALIA: The Australian Greens have called on the federal government to appoint a parliamentary secretary for international education.