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India’s Advertising “watchdog” introduces “code” for Education Adverts… High Time indeed!

26 Aug 201026 Aug 2010
ASCI introduces advertising code for educational sector; puts draft code up for public review. I HAVE REPRODUCED THE BELOW MATTER FROM PRESS ARTICLES. I WELCOME THIS MOVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY AS YOU…
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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…
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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…

OZ chucks a doosra confusing all… Minister Crean uses enrollments to hide a 77% fall in student numbers!

5 Aug 20105 Aug 2010
New education minister (Simon Crean) has today been quoted in newspapers (look up http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/crean-says-the-overseas-market-wont-collapse/story-e6frgcjx-1225900787442 ) in Australia that things are not as bad since the enrollments have gone up, I…
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…
education…

Can NZ ever be a real destination for Indian Students?

11 May 201011 May 2010
NZ has been promoting itself in India for about 12 years now. It has had spurts of growth from time to time. However, I have always felt that there is…
AAERI…

The world of International education… this week.

8 May 20108 May 2010
A lot has happened in our world this week with direct and indirect impact on the Industry that I belong to… Sibal tabled the Education Reforms bills: Irrespective of whether…
AAERI…

Ozzie Immigration re-registers Indian eVisa student agents

5 May 201010 May 2010
You are possibly aware that two months ago, DIAC(Department of Immigration And Citizenship) announced that it was terminating the earlier access agreement and requiring all education agents to submit fresh…
education…

US-fed Education data misleads the world and themselves…

29 Apr 201029 Apr 2010
India believes that USA is the No. 1 destination for Indian students. Indian Minister for HRD has stated this too. Indian academics and students will be spontaneous in their acknowledgement…
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US prohibits Education Agents in International Recruitment: Only a Myth !

24 Apr 2010
There is an experiment underway in USA under AIRC. AIRC (American International Recruitment Council) is attempting at professionalizing the use of education agents by American Universities and is gaining rapid…
education…

Saving India’s Higher Education: Now that FORBES writes like me, you will agree too.

23 Apr 201024 Apr 2010
I have now done several blogs on Sibal’s various reforms and the one on Foreign Education Bill has received maximum hits.  This blog (Sibal's Foreign Education Bill is Mere Rhetoric!!)…
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TRUSTED, Distrust and Antitrust: UK Education plays with “TRUST”

6 Apr 20106 Apr 2010
The difference between TRUST and DISTRUST is very thin and almost like being two sides of the same coin.  I am these days asked for my comments on the various…
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STRESS vs VACATION

3 Apr 20103 Apr 2010
With many friends on Easter Break, THES cartoon reflects reality...
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Regulating Overseas Education Agents! NONE OF INDIA’s BUSINESS.

30 Mar 201030 Mar 2010
MY FOREMOST QUESTION to any country that expects India to regulate their education agents: WHY SHOULD INDIA REGULATE AGENTS WORKING AND EARNING FOR ANOTHER NATION? First lets get one fact…
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Education Malpractices Bill 2010: Not comprehensive and lacking teeth.

28 Mar 201029 Mar 2010
. “The old man is in a hurry!!!” 1997: Just before stepping down as prime minister following withdrawal of support by the Congress, Deve Gowda had called Kesri "an old…
Education Reforms…

Sibal’s FOREIGN EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS BILL: Mere “Rhetoric”?

24 Mar 201025 Mar 2010
rhetoric |ˈretərik| noun the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, esp. the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. • language designed to have a persuasive…
AAERI…

Red Herrings… indeed: Summarising last 8 months of Indian-OZ tussle

19 Mar 201023 Mar 2010
”The whole racism issue has really coloured this debate in an unhealthy way, because when our media either seizes on that, or the Australian media in turn respond critically, we…
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Retrenchments, Disinvestments, Downsizing and Closures: OZ education Industry, this is the GRAFFITY ON THE WALL…

19 Mar 201025 Mar 2010
. In an article titled THE WRITING ON THE WALL, FRANK BONGRIONO writes in INSIDE STORY of yesterday on how the British Universities are downsizing due to Global Recession. I…
Australian Government…

AUSTRALIA loses its USP with changes to SOL/PR RULES & threaten downsizing of the Education Export Business

13 Mar 201013 Mar 2010
. New SOL and PR changes threat closure and downsizing of Colleges, TAFEs and also Universities. Losses of jobs, slowdown in economy are byproducts. . A few weeks ago, a…

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