Year: 2021

For more information, please visit: Higher Education: It is an unfortunate sign of the times that this summit is being held virtually, like so many other things at the moment.   Large parts of the country are in lockdown, internal borders are closed, and families can’t travel to see loved ones.   For our universities, […]

While Asian Australians continue to be underrepresented in leadership positions, some young women have managed to break through the “bamboo ceiling”.   The ABC spoke to four finalists in the 2021 40 Under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians Awards — a nanotechnology engineer, a ballet dancer, a human rights lawyer and a telco executive — about […]

Recently, my colleagues and I swung a half-tonne telescope onto the roof of the physics building at the University of Western Australia. For a tense moment, my career hung from a crane hook.   The telescope is the first of its kind in the southern hemisphere and represents a new generation of space communications using […]

Maintaining accurate and up-to-date provider information is a requirement for training providers.   Accurate delivery location data is important to provide students with surety and understanding about how and where your courses can take place.   The information you provide in asqanet will be reflected on training.gov.au. If you haven’t already done so this year, […]

Due to the current outbreak of the COVID-19 strain of the coronavirus many higher education providers have switched to online delivery of all or many of their courses. Some providers have a lot of experience in online teaching while others are new to the experience. The same is true for the students in higher education. […]

India and Australia on Saturday, September 11, 2021, and expressed concern over the situation in Afghanistan and hoped that its territory would not be used for terrorists’ activities and doesn’t become a safe haven for terrorists.   Speaking to the media after the first 2+2 dialogue between India’s external affairs minister S Jaishankar and defence […]

India on Saturday urged Australia to sympathetically address as soon as possible the difficulties being faced by Indian students due to the travel restrictions put in place by that country in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The issue was taken up during deliberations when External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held […]

Remote learning and its detrimental effect on their study have forced many teenagers to rethink tertiary education.   Morgan Vella and his friends used to hold high ambitions for what life would look like after graduating high school: leaving their regional Victorian town for university in the city, enjoying a world of busy dormitories, student […]

International students in the UK contribute £28.8 billion to the country’s coffers annually – an equivalent of every citizen being on average of £390 better off – new analysis has revealed.   The costs and benefits of international higher education students to the UK economy report found that international students add a net economic benefit […]

International students enrolled at Canadian institutions have said they are unable to withdraw from their courses and get refunds due to college policies and visa processing delays.   As part of applications for study visas, students using the fast-track study permit Student Direct Stream were required to pay for a full year of study up […]