Uncategorized Prime Minister Cameron slams “free ride to London” advert scampaign reemphasising the need for a code of conduct for education agents. 21 May 2011 LONDON: U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday claimed an Indian organisation which made money out of sending migrants to Britain had put up a billboard in India with a…
Uncategorized Big Three (US, UK and Australia) nose-dive; boosting the numbers for New Destinations! 21 May 201123 May 2011 What's happening to the outflow of Indian Students to Education Destinations around the world? The experts have been baffled as not one, two or three reasons but a combination of…
Uncategorized The “Push” and “Pull” of International Education… 16 May 2011 This is something that we wonder all the time. What drives a student to seek overseas education? I have often challenged those who think that setting up foreign campuses in…
Uncategorized Does Anna Hazare understand “corruption in education”? His rejecting of the IIPM award signals that he does! 9 May 20119 May 2011 The following news item missed eyeballs as the fact remains that a part and parcel of the corruption in education is the role of media. Popular media is so centric…
Uncategorized India wins Cricket World Cup & My observations from the supposedly “multicultural” Australia! 6 Apr 2011 India wins Cricket World Cup rekindling my “multiculturalism” belief not just for India but also for Australia. Multiculturalism, whatever it means, don’t junk it. Just better manage it. May even…
Uncategorized UKBA Student changes. Revising my “initial comments” now that Full details are revealed. 1 Apr 20111 Apr 2011 I had done a blog on 23rd April with my initial comments on the announced UKBA changes. The full details have just been released and you can find them on…
Uncategorized WIKILEAKS & OZ’S INDIAN STUDENT ISSUE: NOTHING NEW AND NEWSWORTHY… MEDIA GROW UP AND LISTEN TO AFRIDI. STOP SENSATIONALIZING! 31 Mar 201131 Mar 2011 Even as I watched the Indian-Pakistan encounter in WC Semi-finals, Times Now kept flashing the breaking news that WIKILEAKS CONFIRMS THAT RACISM WAS BEHIND ATTACKS ON INDIAN STUDENTS IN AUSTRALIA.…
Uncategorized UK: Don’t listen to my blogs… do pay heed to your own quality reportage. 29 Mar 201129 Mar 2011 Picking on international students is a backward step Balaji Ravichandran www.guardian.co.uk, Monday 28 March 2011 12.29 BST ◦ The loss of the post-study work visa deprives Britain of the cultural…
Uncategorized UKBA announces changes from April 2011: I predict the end of a good story… 23 Mar 201123 Mar 2011 YES NO YES NO YES: UK DOUBLE-SPEAK FOLLOWS THE REST AND MAKES LIFE HARDER FOR INDIAN STUDENTS… Will PSW continue after April? Will it Not, UKBA? Finally UKBA releases the…
Uncategorized Three “Education News” that will impact the Overseas Education Industry in 2011 23 Mar 201123 Mar 2011 There have been three topics covered in the media in the last week and they do have a message for the industry... Read on and you will understand my point…
Uncategorized Oz’s Group of Eight to recruit students as an agent for small-time-colleges around the globe!!! 17 Mar 201118 Mar 2011 Not Just G8 but all Australian Universities have begun to recruit International students on commission for Small-time American Community Colleges, British Second-Tier Universities and New Zealand Colleges… Don’t be shocked,…
Uncategorized Tosha Sunilkumar Thakkar: Thou shalt have justice. 16 Mar 201116 Mar 2011 Tosha was just another Indian student studying a good program at a good institution. She 'was' till her life was brutally cut short by someone staying in the same accommodation block for…
Uncategorized World University Rankings 2010-11: Ranking Ranking everywhere, not one that I believe!!! 12 Mar 201112 Mar 2011 Times Higher Education Supplement kicks off 2011 with their World Rankings... I question the need to rank... Rankings of World Universities are indeed an exercise that is looked for with…
Uncategorized AAERI Elections 2011-12 (Message of Thanks) 4 Mar 2011 Thanks to all colleagues and mates for your congratulatory message on being elected as AAERI President for 2011-12. I am overwhelmed by the majority support and the consensus between the…
Uncategorized Australia announces lowering of risk level for Student Visas for Indians… better late than never… will India respond! 16 Dec 201016 Dec 2010 Just a few hours ago, Australian Ministers for Immigration and Education jointly issued a media release (see link) informing the various measures that are being initiated and amongst them is…
Uncategorized Earthquake cannot quake New Zealand’s “zeal”. 10 Sep 201010 Sep 2010 Two days after my return from my dash to NZ’s capital, Wellington, last week, I was affected by the images of the earthquake that hit Christchurch last Saturday. Anyone seeing…
Uncategorized THE ONE WHO TRIES, NEVER FAILS! 13 Aug 201013 Aug 2010 THIS MORNING I DID A MESSAGE FOR MY TEAM MEMBERS AND CHOSE TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING POEM... HOPE IT RHYMES WITH THEM... You cannot take your boat across the sea…
Uncategorized They came, they saw, and they are not coming back – overseas students 12 Aug 2010 This is not one of my own blogs but one that I agree to in totality and hence reproducing it as it is for the benefit of the readers of…
australia… Damming the “Damned” Migrants ! 6 Aug 20106 Aug 2010 “Migration is the oldest action against poverty. It selects those who most want help. It is good for the country to which they go; it helps break the equilibrium of…
australia… Time for Aussie TUTORIAL to the “education” world!!! 15 May 201015 May 2010 Before Minister Sibal left for Australia in April, I, in my blog had suggested that he should take some tips from the Aussies regarding Vocational Education and any collaboration to…
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