Attracting and training talent from India was among the priorities during the Australian Business Week in India 2017 led by Trade Minister Steven Ciobo. The Group of Eight used the trip to push for a special class of visa for researchers and PhD graduates.
A bill which will publish student education outcome data to judge the performance of education agencies helping international students enrol on courses in Australia has garnered opposition from agents worldwide because onshore agent activity is not reflected in the data.
Three international students in Canada have invented a robot that works via Facebook Messenger to assist prospective international students applying for a visa.
According to a report from the Association of Indian Universities, only 30,423 international students enrolled in Indian institutions in 2016, a drop of nearly a thousand on 2015.
Education agents say ambiguity over the implementation of India's new Goods and Services Tax has caused confusion in the sector, and led to some agencies avoiding paying altogether.
I believe the main thing is that your team members and counsellors have their ethics right and they're giving advice in good faith all the time.
India’s Ministry of Human Resources Development is drawing up plans to streamline the University Grants Commission and the All India Council for Technical Education into one national regulator. Observers say it could improve poorly inadequate skills training.
The government has announced two initiatives to fund internships for its students in Southeast Asia and India, in a drive to develop talent to fuel the growth of Singaporean businesses overseas.