Uncategorized “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…
Uncategorized 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…
Uncategorized 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…
Uncategorized 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…
Uncategorized 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…
Uncategorized 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…
Uncategorized 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.
Uncategorized 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…
Uncategorized 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…
Uncategorized 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…
Uncategorized SHOULD AUSSIES RETALIATE WITH “FORGET THE UGLY INDIAN” TO KINGFISHER’S EARLIER PROMOTION! 7 Nov 20117 Nov 2011 On 5th February I had done a blog aghast at the Kingfisher advertising with the tagline FORGET THE UGLY AUSSIE… Though that advert was pulled out later on complaints against…
Uncategorized Australia’s 1st stage visa changes w.e.f. 5th Nov BUT I fear the “hidden ammunition” in the GTE criterion. 28 Oct 201129 Oct 2011 The world thought that Australia was making the visas easier with the forthcoming visa changes. However, now they should be a little unsure... The celebrations were indeed premature. DIAC is…
Uncategorized DIAC releases equivalences between IELTS, TOEFL, PTE and CAE. 26 Oct 2011 I blogged at an earlier date that from 5 November 2011, the department will accept English language test results from the following alternative tests to the International English Language Testing…
Uncategorized UKBA releases their acceptable/non acceptable Financial Institution list for Student Visas from India… Plays safe! 25 Oct 201125 Oct 2011 THE UK kicked an own goal that it's still struggling to recover from, with long-term damage done by government proposals to restrict international students...(The Australian in an article titled UK…
Uncategorized Nirupama Rao writes to Hillary Clinton seeking fair treatment of Indian students 25 Oct 2011 25 OCT, 2011, 12.07PM IST, PTI NEW YORK: Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao has written to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking her to view the cases of over 1,000 Indian studentsaffected by the "sham" Tri Valley…
Uncategorized “In the world beyond these walls, fortune comes and goes, money comes and goes, but a good education can never be taken away once it has been possessed.” :- Big B at QUT. 23 Oct 201123 Oct 2011 I have just returned back to India after four weeks down-under and hence: "O dear so much to say, but my jet lag is killing me now, and before long…
Uncategorized Dr Amitabh Bachchan, PhD(QUT, Australia) finally!!! Sorry Indian Media, your stories did not stand. 19 Oct 2011 Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan to collect honorary doctorate BY:JULIE HARE From:The Australian October 19, 2011 3:19PM TWO years after refusing an honorary doctorate from an Australian university, Indian acting legend Amitabh…
Uncategorized Australia to accept PTE and CAE as IELTS alternatives from 5th November 2011 16 Oct 2011 TEST providers in competition with the International English Language Testing Sytem are about to gain entry to the student visa market. However I am unsure as to what this would…
Uncategorized With best IIM at 78th, The Economist 2011 MBA rankings expose Indian hype… 4 Aussie MBAs, several from UK, US and even an institution each from Spain, Italy, Korea and Singapore run past us… Wake up India! 14 Oct 201114 Oct 2011 With IIM Ahmedabad at 78th rank in THE ECONOMIST, India needs to stop entertaining itself that we host world's best educational institutions. Leave alone our bias for IITs and IIMs,…
Uncategorized Ozzie Visa Reforms: “Bad Knight” for Top Ranked Foreign Universities and Degree Granting non-Universities !!! 12 Oct 201112 Oct 2011 Within weeks, we should be seeing the roll-out of the visa reforms in Australia that has already been greeted with excitement despite some did not read it closely. Now that…
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