Skip to content

RLS's Blog

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high…

Search
  • Home
  • DISCLAIMER
  • About Ravi Lochan Singh

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.
Uncategorized

AAERI Elections are underway… may the best represent it in 2013-2014

7 Jan 20137 Jan 2013
AAERI was established in 1996 as an initiative of the AEI. Today it is an independent society with a vibrant constitution and active membership base. Several associations took birth in…
Uncategorized

AUSTRALIA finally clears air on POST STUDY WORK… Mostly on expected lines, though some surprises… Great News for Aussie Education…

14 Dec 201217 Dec 2012
The wait for information and more information is now over and DIAC has prepared the final set of details. Under Australia’s legislative system, regulations must be approved by the Governor-General. This…
Uncategorized

NEWS COMES IN THAT UK MASTERS MAY GET SOME STANDING AGAINST INDIAN MASTERS… NO EQUAL STATUS THOUGH!!!

11 Dec 201211 Dec 2012
According to senior HRD officials, students - most probably on their return to India - will be expected to earn a few more credits or do an additional course to…
Uncategorized

Delay with details on PSW(Post Study Work) by OZ leads to confusion… I think the institutions are getting it all wrong…

14 Nov 201214 Nov 2012
When Australia announced the PSW to all graduating degree students who had studied for certain duration of time onshore, it seemed to be the right move at the time when…
Uncategorized

US elections and its potential impact on Australian Education Export…

5 Nov 2012
US presidential elections generally have little direct impact on Australia. And broadly speaking, this campaign is shaping up to be no different. The article titled WHY THE US ELECTION MATTERS…
Uncategorized

Announcing big education reforms, Promoting it to the world and then the bill falls flat… Welcome to India!

27 Oct 2012
For years, Sibal has been flagging the education reforms including the Foreign Education Bill for years and all through knowing well that it will not see the light of the…
Uncategorized

Universities face uncertain future without radical overhaul – University World News

24 Oct 201224 Oct 2012
Universities face uncertain future without radical overhaul - University World News. Universities will not survive the next 10 to 15 years unless they radically overhaul their current business models, according…
Uncategorized

Petition being made to Ministry of HRD seeking equivalence of overseas Masters… Support it…

27 Sep 2012
PETITION: GIVE US EQUIVALENCE September 27 · Started by Neethu Kinara · Invite Friends To: MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE TO The Ministry of Human Resources , Shastri Bhawan New Delhi – 110001 Phone : 91-11-23383936-/44…
Uncategorized

Move out QS and THES, now PLAYBOY too in the ranking game… However, I bet the Universities don’t want to top this ranking…

27 Sep 2012
The term party school is used to refer to a college or university (usually in the United States) that has a reputation for heavy alcohol and drug use or a general culture of licentiousness.…
Uncategorized

Statements and Essays for admissions are mostly “not written by applicants”. Wonder why the Universities knowingly encourage this fraud!

22 Sep 2012
My biggest complaint against admission processes relate to the insistence of some Universities primarily in US and UK to base a decider on the statement of purpose or the essays…
Uncategorized

Top Indian Schools 2012 Rankings released… Some surprises continue…

13 Sep 2012
The ranking season is on... As the World University Rankings get released, India too has its Top School Ranking released this week. Education World in their September 2012 issue provide…
Uncategorized

QS 2012 Top 200 World University Rankings released…

11 Sep 201211 Sep 2012
1 3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States 100 100 99.3 99.9 86.4 96.5 2 1 University of Cambridge United Kingdom 100 100 97 98.3 98.2 96 3 2…
Uncategorized

India’s business schools get tough lesson in supply and demand!

10 Sep 201212 Sep 2012
This blog is sourced from REUTERS (article of Aditi Shah on LINK). A boom in India's management education sector that saw the number of business schools triple to almost 4,000 over…
Uncategorized

SVP likely to be extended to TAFE & Private Providers. BUT the decider is PSW and the GTE remains the ammunition with DIAC…

31 Aug 2012
The Australian Financial Review scooped a story over the weekend, reporting that around 60 "low risk"” education providers are in line to be able to offer students the SVP arrangements. The article…
Uncategorized

10 Cities Becoming Education Destinations

29 Aug 201229 Aug 2012
This post is sourced from 10 Cities Becoming Education Destinations. Nearly every nation in the world would like to bring in the best and brightest scholars to its schools (and hopefully…
Uncategorized

London Metropolitan University loses UKBA’s HTS status and sends shivers to Australian Universities still deciphering DIAC’s SVP.

29 Aug 2012
In Australia, universities are not required to sign up to the streamlined visa processing system, but most have, making processing faster and cheaper for many would-be students. Expulsion from the…
Uncategorized

Summarising the AAERI Austrade Education Roadshow…

19 Aug 2012
Ravi Lochan Singh - Global Reach Exclusive Interview - Hybiz.tv.
Uncategorized

STOP THE HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE FROM BURSTING MESSILY!!! REDUCE YOUR COST PER CAPITA TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS.

12 Aug 201212 Aug 2012
Onboard the Thai flight from Sydney to Bangkok, alone and daytime… Watched two movies… cleared a few pending emails and then chanced upon an article in THE ECONOMIST, August 4th…
Uncategorized

One year Overseas Masters validity in India! Issue “not just for UK” to resolve!

19 Jul 2012
On 17th April, I did a blog on India "not recognizing" UK Master Degrees that are of 1 year duration and it shocked some and disappointed some others. My colleagues in trade even…
Uncategorized

Helplessness of UK’s International students on closure of PSW shaming Britain.

6 Jul 2012
How do overseas students feel in UK? Milked and bilked Artwork channels ill feeling over high fees and visa changes. THES reports on 5th July... Amid fierce debate between the…

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 6,074 other subscribers

Recent Posts

  • While Universities cite $ loss, AAERI argues for the students… 18 Feb 2024
  • AFR headlines “Indian students, agents game visa system”. I recommend solution and a quick fix. 15 Apr 2023
  • Why single out “Australians” returning from “India” for the fines and jail? If it’s a mistake in the announcement, correct it before this is interpreted incorrectly. 4 May 2021
  • Australia let down ‘Stranded International Students‘ because it is a “lucky” country. The luck is about to run out… 5 Feb 2021
  • “New” International Students can’t reach Australia even in 2021 unless Government thinks out of the box… 22 Oct 2020

Top Posts & Pages

  • AIU advisory on recognition of foreign degrees is a "must consider" by all overseas bound Indian students.
  • AUSTRALIA loses its USP with changes to SOL/PR RULES & threaten downsizing of the Education Export Business
  • Regulating Overseas Education Agents! NONE OF INDIA’s BUSINESS.
  • Can NZ ever be a real destination for Indian Students?
  • OZ in November 2010 listens to our echo and my impressions of the new Skilled Migration Point Test.
  • Oh No!!! India is to reverse the earlier decision of a bridging course for UK 1-year Masters. Shorter degrees will remain un-recognised in India. Another messed up “education” decision by Smriti Irani’s Ministry…
  • International Students in Australia switching from SVP to non-SVP receive letters... Can the warnings lead to actual visa cancellations and my recommendations to plug the loop-holes!!!
  • US prohibits Education Agents in International Recruitment: Only a Myth !
  • Australian Government was indeed warned years ago!!!
  • Australia to introduce an accreditation for Education Agents and why it is critical that it succeeds in chaining the onshore activities of agents. And a call being made to remove/reduce commission payments for onshore recruitment of students.

Social

Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • RLS's Blog
    • Join 1,033 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • RLS's Blog
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...