http://www.pieronline.org/eatcLatest news release from PierOnline EATCThu, 11 Mar 2010 06:42:12 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/eatchttp://www.pieronline.org/Images/logoPier.gifhttp://www.pieronline.org/eatc/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2210The investigation shows the federal government's move to clean up the international education industry and protect the integrity of Australia's migration programs includes examining the operations of large established colleges, as well as smaller, fly-by-night operations.The Department of Immigration probe centres on students from Cambridge International College whose documents showFri, 05 Mar 2010 09:28:20 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/eatc/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2199Michael D. Kirby, the principal deputy assistant secretary for the consular affairs, announced that the overall number of all visa applications in the mainland for 2009 is 596,231, a year-on-year increase of 50,000, with student visa applications accounting for 98,500 of them."The number of Chinese applicants has kept increasing, withMon, 01 Mar 2010 12:30:14 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/eatc/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2196From this week, the Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET) is running free induction seminars to help newcomers find their feet and to make new friends in town. The workshops, to be delivered once a month until June, cover a range of topics such as student safety, health andThu, 25 Feb 2010 14:59:28 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/eatc/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2194In the present climate, there is a tendency to view every piece of data as further evidence that international education in this country is in crisis and India is doomed as a source of international students for Australia.Such analysis misses the point.I have found the attacks on innocent students enormouslyWed, 24 Feb 2010 10:58:03 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/eatc/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2192The funding will be made available to top up the Education Services for Overseas Students Assurance Fund (ESOS Assurance Fund) if required.The ESOS Assurance Fund is the cornerstone of Australia’s international student consumer protection framework which safeguards the course fees of international students. The fund was established in 2000 withTue, 23 Feb 2010 12:24:49 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/eatc/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2187It is hardly possible to make claims of racism or otherwise in these attacks without knowing something of the offenders. Who are they, and can they be understood solely in terms of their own nationalities (which is basic to the racist claim)? Are those who argue that the attacks areFri, 19 Feb 2010 11:50:15 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/eatc/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2185The Victoria University study concluded that it's often difficult to tell if an attack is racist or opportunistic and says more research needs to be done into the motivation of offenders. Melbourne has the largest per capita student population in the country, but a spate of attacks on international studentsThu, 18 Feb 2010 09:37:38 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/eatc/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2182The new points test for migration was likely "to be tougher on overseas students who graduate from Australian institutions," Monash University demographer Bob Birrell said.Dr Birrell's comments follow the release today of the Rudd government's discussion paper on its review of the points test for skilled migration. "The paper implies thatWed, 17 Feb 2010 06:13:39 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/eatc/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2180VET will be the loser from the changes to general skilled migration announced last week. But universities and English language colleges could come out ahead, as the emphasis shifts to top-level language skills and qualifications. Professor Lesleyanne Hawthorne, associate dean (international) at the University of Melbourne, said the scrapping ofTue, 16 Feb 2010 10:21:14 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/eatc/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2178Students and staff were locked out of The Edge Academy, whose registration renewal was under consideration by State Government authorities.The closure of the privately owned college at Merrylands in Sydney's west comes after Immigration Minister Chris Evans' announcement earlier this month an overhaul of the skilled migration system.Foreign students hadTue, 16 Feb 2010 08:50:08 GMT