http://www.pieronline.orgLatest news release from PierOnlineTue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:05 GMThttp://www.pieronline.orghttp://www.pieronline.org/Images/logoPier.gifhttp://www.pieronline.org/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2161The Government says it wants to attract better skilled people and will drop some lower skilled jobs from the the list of occupations used to choose migrants.The changes are expected to affect many overseas students who are studying in Australia and who hope to gain permanent residency.India is the largestTue, 09 Feb 2010 09:00:42 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2160Money from overseas students totals £1.6bn and makes up a third of university fees in England.Arjuna - not his real name - is a law student in London and admits he cannot understand what lecturers are saying, Inside Out has discovered.He said he could not write assignments and sometimes hasTue, 09 Feb 2010 08:54:22 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2159On Monday, the Australian government said it would scale back 20,000 low-skilled migrant applications and look to attract more high-skilled immigrants. On the face of it, ‘students’ from small-town India — who account for a substantial proportion of low-skilled immigrants to Australia — are the losers.But the issue is moreTue, 09 Feb 2010 08:51:59 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2158The Home Secretary said tougher rules would require applicants to speak English to near-GCSE level and ban those on short UK courses from bringing dependants. Officials claim the new regulations will lead to a sharp reduction in the 240,000 student visas currently issued by the UK each year - theMon, 08 Feb 2010 09:18:04 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2157"Some workers are given 14-16 hour shifts with no break, are forced to undertake unpaid work and are not having basic conditions of work met," opposition multicultural interests spokesman John Hyde said.International students were allowed to work 19 hours a week, but some employers were forcing them to work unpaidMon, 08 Feb 2010 09:02:45 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2156Immigration Minister Chris Evans is immediately scrapping the list of jobs used to pick migrants, replacing it with one more focused on highly-skilled work, meaning some overseas students will lose the chance to apply for permanent residency.If the job they are studying for is not on the new list, foreignMon, 08 Feb 2010 08:56:03 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2155Quebec Premier Jean Charest asserted that , "any student who obtains a bachelor, masters or PhD degree from a Quebec institute will automatically receive a certification of selection to become a citizen of Canada. This is the first time that such a step is being taken, and the idea isFri, 05 Feb 2010 13:59:20 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2154Labor legislation affording overseas students greater protections from unscrupulous education providers was passed without fuss by the Senate on Thursday.Schools were going to be required to re-register under tougher criteria, such as showing their chief purpose was to provide education and they had the capacity to meet satisfactory standards.However anFri, 05 Feb 2010 10:01:26 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2153The USD 17 billion education industry in Australia is at present struggling to repair its damaged reputation following recent attacks on Indian students here. According to official statistics released yesterday, even though higher education sector grew by two percent for the period of October-December 2009 compared to similar period inThu, 04 Feb 2010 08:46:01 GMThttp://www.pieronline.org/default.aspx?page=newsArticle&NewsId=2152Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young said Australia's third-largest export industry was not receiving the attention it deserved, and should be treated in the same way as other lucrative sectors such as mining and tourism."The appointment ... would send a strong signal to overseas students that we value their contribution to AustralianThu, 04 Feb 2010 08:38:35 GMT