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The Impact of Ministerial Direction 107 and 111: It’s Time for Action!
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The Australian international education sector is under siege, and the fallout from Ministerial Direction 111 is devastating private education providers, particularly in the ELICOS (English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students) and VET sectors. But as many of you in the industry are aware, this crisis didn’t start with Direction 111—it goes back…
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Refugees Cultural integration Starts With Language
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The West wonders “why and how could some of the refugees we welcome with open arms still manage to dislike us or even hate us?”. Why do they remain refugees instead of evolving into normal citizens of the country that has so generously bestowed upon them a new life? Though not a refugee, my…
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Quality English Education in Australia? Think again.
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You would think when an industry is heavily regulated, quality is upheld. Alas, that is not quite true in the ELICOS and VET education sectors in Australia. For those who don’t know the jargon, ELICOS is English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students and VET is Vocational Education and Training. ASQA (The Australian Skills…
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Australia’s Racist Multicultural societies
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Racist yet multicultural! This sounds quite contradictory, doesn’t it? Well, there’s no such thing as a racist multicultural society, it’s rather a multicultural policy that is ironically leading to racist behavior. How is Australia multicultural? Australia is home to people of all races, colors and languages. That’s a fact. The country welcomes everyone in,…