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Author: Ravi Lochan Singh

Ravi Lochan Singh is the Managing Director of Global Reach, a company that has been representing leading Universities from around the world for 32+ years. An alumnus of India's The Doon School, Delhi's SRCC and thereafter having completed an MBA from Bond University, Australia; he founded the company in 1991. Ravi has been working with various international bodies across countries in the development of the self-regulatory structures for the industry. His role with AAERI (the one of its kind agent body promoted by the Australian Government Departments) has earned him recognition as a major stakeholder in the education export industry. His blogs on education topics has significant following and his comments on matters of importance pertaining to his sector can ruffle settled notions. The blog is his personal expression and mayn't be read as official statements of organisations that he is associated with.
Indian students…

British PM Cameron defends Post-Study-Work abolition: “imbibe the culture, leave with a love of Britain”

12 Mar 201212 Mar 2012
Karan Thapar grilled the British Prime Minister in Devil's Advocate. The interview was highlighted due to the comments of the PM on Dow's sponsorship of the Olympics. However there were…
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Private Schooling, Foreign Education and Indian Politics !

11 Mar 201211 Mar 2012
The 2012 elections have led media to remind that the battle for Punjab was a battle between Lawrence School, Sanawar and The Doon School and the battle for Uttar Pradesh…
Indian students…

British Council concerned about UK student visa changes

24 Feb 2012
Concerned over Post Study Work Visa being phased out, The British Council has voiced concerns over the UK’s current visa rules and says that current government policies could be damaging to…
AAERI…

Streamlining lesson for Australian Universities: “be careful what you lobby for! “

22 Feb 2012
My last blog gave an agent’s perspective to DIAC's innovative streamlining and that it indicated my observation of “surrender” on part of the Universities. Now I attempt to cover the…
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“Optionless” OZ Universities give-in; to become visa officers!!!

18 Feb 201219 Feb 2012
UNIVERSITIES will put their reputations on the line by signing up to the streamlined visa processing system. The government will monitor the system and publicise any warnings issued or loss…
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Are these fair promotions… Certainly they cannot be owned by Universities!

3 Feb 2012
They say that IDP is co-owned by Australian Universities... If yes, why will they attempt at sabotaging the promotion of Australian Education where 26 Universities participated... Something is amiss. Global…
AAERI…

I predict shrinking of On-shore student recruitment in Australia from 2013

24 Jan 2012
When Internet reached inner confines of India and when the young started browsing at broadband speeds, it resulted in airlines cutting out the intermediaries or lowering the commissions paid to…
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The school girl who told Oxford: So sorry, but you didn’t pass MY interview

20 Jan 2012
Elly Nowell, 19, tells Magdalen College it 'did not quite meet the standard of universities I will be considering' She writes that she found 'obvious gap' between minorities and white…
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Foreign University Bill ready for Indian Parliament… Long way still to go!

20 Jan 2012
India looks to open university market, again: bill ready for parliament ·                                 From:The Australian  ·                                 December 28, 2011 INDIA has taken a significant step on the long march to admitting international universities with a…
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This can be an apt image to use for Aussie Education promotions!

14 Jan 201214 Jan 2012
Yesterday as I watched the innings of David Warner, I couldn't help the thought that occurred after noticing the gaping Indian greats in the slips. Sachin in first slip, Dravid…
AAERI…

Anuj Bidwe Killing: Indian Media commentary misses out where it matters…

7 Jan 20127 Jan 2012
BRITISH MEDIA INFORMS: Anuj had originally wanted to study in Australia but Subhash persuaded him not to because he was worried about a spate of racist attacks on Indians in 2009. …
attacks…

With the killing of an Indian student “also” in Canada: Is it hate-crimes on an increase… jury is still out.

5 Jan 20125 Jan 2012
Manchester Police's terming Anuj Bidwe killing as a Hate-Crime; the news was certainly worrying and then came the news of the killing of Alok Gupta in Canada. We have had…
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Following Anuj Bidve killing: UK universities reassure Indian students…

5 Jan 2012
London:  Universities UK, the representative body of varsities in the UK, today sought to reassure Indian and other international students that the country is "safe and tolerant" with low levels…
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2011 in review

1 Jan 20121 Jan 2012
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was…
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The Hindu: Indian student’s(in UK) murder to be treated as racially motivated

30 Dec 201130 Dec 2011
The Hindu : News / National : Indian student's murder to be treated as racially motivated.
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The unfortunate killing of an innocent Indian student in UK and the immediate media reaction in India gives a feeling of déjà vu !

28 Dec 201129 Dec 2011
déjà vu |ˌdāZHä ˈvo͞o| noun a feeling of having already experienced the present situation. I read the reports of the killing of an innocent Indian student in UK with complete…
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Lobbying works… Oz allows PSW to non-Uni degrees. Now with 2 years requirement, low-cost private providers will benefit over real Universities… NOT what Knight wanted!

30 Nov 2011
I am not suggesting that non-University degrees should not have got  PSW benefits. I have always asked for Australia sticking to the AQF for all provisions. My concern stems from…
australia…

Australia to miss the opportunity due to “crafty” implementation of Knight Recommendations… I feel smarted.

26 Nov 2011
Mike Knight recommendations did open up an opportunity. However, I feel that someone is cleverly pulling out its punch and moving it towards: Much ado about nothing. I have already…
AAERI…

OZ and BRITISH official studies find EDUCATION AGENTS AS VITAL… Shutting off the opinionated.

21 Nov 2011
“While gap exists, education agents will be there to fill it" BRITAIN FIRST: Education agents are essential to the international education industry, despite the controversy that surrounds them. This is…
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WITH ALL THE VISA CONSTRAINTS, ONLY ONE AVENUE THRIVES… INDIA NOW HAS FOUR VISA TEMPLES!!!

9 Nov 20119 Nov 2011
He flew into Sri Lanka when it had no airport or immigration authority, and moved a whole mountain to complete a fig of a task. And so… it is not…

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