Uncategorized India’s Half-Hearted Welcome for Foreign Universities to set up campuses here… 11 Oct 2011 Reproducing a write by Amol Sharma from WALL STREET JOURNAL Suresh Kumar, a U.S. Commerce Department official who is in New Delhi this week on an education-focused trade mission, says…
Uncategorized World Uni Rankings: Not just THES, even QS + Shanghai indicate that Australians excel over others… LETS CHANGE OUR MINDSET… 11 Oct 2011 My last blog indicated that 60% of the Aussie Universities are in top-400 in the world as per the Times (THES) 2011 rankings... Now am presenting the analysis by the…
Uncategorized None of Indian Institutions feature in THES rankings WHILE 60% of Aussie Universities in top 400… Should this not change the Indian perception! 11 Oct 2011 The Indian newspapers have been yelling the THES rankings with captions such as NOT A SINGLE INDIAN UNIVERSITY IN WORLD TOP 200 (see link) and there are obvious mentions of…
Uncategorized IMMIGRATION becomes key “tussle point” in British Politics “unfortunately”. Those who colonized the world are afraid of “reverse-colonization” for sure! 7 Oct 2011 Cutting immigration in UK... UK's agenda... (relevant excerpts from the speech of Theresa May, Home Secretary's speech of 4th October 2011. Full speech on link http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2011/10/04/theresa-may-speech-in-full ) And as Conservatives, we…
Uncategorized Happens Everywhere: Shonky institutions run/owned by Indians, Indian students, Migration Regulations compromised… UK “scam” exposed but sounds so similar to those from OZ, NZ or Canada… 5 Oct 20115 Oct 2011 University of Wales degree and visa scam exposed by BBC By Ciaran Jenkins BBC Wales education correspondent (Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15171830) A scam exposed by BBC Wales in which overseas students are helped…
Uncategorized Education Consultants employing “sub-contracting” often tread dangerously… Bigg Boss is watching! 4 Oct 20114 Oct 2011 What and who is a “Sub-Agent” to an overseas education consultant? There is considerable confusion in the industry as to when a student is counselled and recruited by a University…
Uncategorized Knight Recommendations and OZ Visa Changes: Not all are happy!!! 29 Sep 201129 Sep 2011 Universities have been rejoicing and education agents are thrilled. Except for TAFE providers who felt a little let down, we have have more or less positive expressions from all quarters…
Uncategorized Knight prompted Aussie Student Visa Reforms impacts Indian Market for Rest of the World. 29 Sep 201129 Sep 2011 I have done two blogs in last seven days detailing my interpretation of the Australian Student Visa changes and here I attempt to read the changes from the mind of…
Uncategorized Media and Education Provider’s half-study of Knight recommendations turning “night” to day. The reality differs somewhat! 23 Sep 201129 Sep 2011 The Telegraph put out the proposed student visa reforms under a sadly worded title AUSSIE VISA PENANCE (see link) and advises… …The changes announced today will enable universities to get…
Uncategorized Australian Student Visa Reforms: Michael Knight delivers: Family delighted though baby slightly pre-matured! 22 Sep 2011 Australia is a few hours ahead and the developments in Canberra certainly meant a “Good Morning” to me… This is how an SMS woke me from my slumber… and the…
australia… We often criticize private education providers; sometimes we are wrong too… They donot just grab opportunities, they take lead too. 10 Aug 201110 Aug 2011 There is an advert in THE AGE that clearly holds the mirror to the Australian Government. This advert released by ACPET is simply repeating what has been said so many…
Uncategorized By Opposing Phoren Dreams of Desi Boyz!!!; Anna follows Morarji, not Gandhi… 7 Aug 2011 New Delhi, Aug. 6: Anna Hazare today claimed that Manmohan Singh and Kapil Sibal had not been able to understand how India works because of their “education abroad”. The Telegraph…
Uncategorized 20 years after graduating from Bond; Australia acknowledges my role… Thanks. 4 Aug 20115 Aug 2011 The 2011 Australian Alumni Excellence Awards were presented at an awards ceremony held in Chennai on Wednesday, August 3. Senator the Hon Chris Evans,Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace…
Uncategorized Marks do-not matter in life… 15 Jul 2011 SRCC, my alma-mater once again hogged the national headlines but this time for an obnoxious reason: It released a cut-off for admission at 100%. I understand that only 1 student…
Uncategorized Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery… Institutions poaching on goodwill of other established brands confirm this. 15 Jul 201115 Jul 2011 My son studied at Oxford and now is pursuing further studies in US... This is how an elderly gentlemen from a countryside town in Maharashtra informed me in a casual…
Uncategorized As US debates “banning education agents”, experts present the “pros and cons”. 21 Jun 2011 In USA, National Association for College Admission Counseling, or NACAC, proposed forbidding members from using commission-based agents abroad. (NACAC policy and federal law prohibit commission-based recruitment in the United States…
Uncategorized As QS moves into education representation; competitors become commentators… 15 Jun 20116 Jun 2021 THE AUSTRALIAN reported today that LONDON-BASED education company Quacquarelli Symonds Consulting, known for its university rankings, has moved into the student recruitment business. QS signed its first agency, the Indian-based Global…
Uncategorized My prescription to Australia for immediate cure: if it listens, I can bet a revival of the market… If it doesn’t, the described “collapse” is the final word. 25 May 201125 May 2011 The March ending data is now available and it indicates that in the 9 months period (July 2010 to March 2011), only about 2200 Indian students entered Australia indicating a…
Uncategorized I ain’t gonna be just a face in the crowd; You’re gonna hear my voice when I shout it out loud. 24 May 2011 Its an sad irony that IITs are not "honestly" world-class but because parents believed them to be, thousands continue to chase the engineering dreams and actually end up in dodgy…
Uncategorized Australian ends IELTS/IDP monopoly finally… Now NZ must follow. 21 May 2011 The announcement on Friday (yesterday) that Australia will end the monopoly of IELTS and hence also of IDP by accepting three other English Proficiency Tests certainly made my day. Not…
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