The ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) was first published in 2003 by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. It was the world’s first comprehensive global ranking of universities.
Many people feel the Global Talent (GTI) visa has lost its former glory, but that is not the case. Tiffany believes it has become one of the more stable, standardised visas. With a stable allocation of 5,000 places confirmed this year, and judging by the steady stream of good news over the past two weeks, the number of applicants invited or granted this year should comfortably meet the Department’s target.
Following the recent news that AITSL now accepts IELTS score-pooling (for full details, see: Language Requirements for the Teaching Skills Assessment Just Got Easier! AITSL Now Accepts IELTS Score-Pooling!), many overseas teachers have started asking how teachers can migrate to Australia.
Last week someone appeared to receive a formal Canberra state nomination — their application cleared the system and they could move on to lodging the visa, which usually means the state government had received its nomination quota. But after that one update, there was nothing more.
Grants have picked up again this week plus a huge batch of approved skills-assessment cases let’s take a look
This week’s top Australian university offers by Alyson
One month into the new financial year, the state quotas still haven’t landed (we’re still waiting…). Back in mid-July, Canberra fired the opening shot in the “talent grab”, once again issuing low-points invitations — and 68% went to offshore applicants!
This week finally brought confirmed news that Subclass 191 grants have begun. Regular followers will know that a single grant in late July drew nationwide attention, but as it was the only one at the time, the buzz soon died down. Another grant came through on 8 August, and just as people were again questioning whether it was genuine, multiple Subclass 191 grants followed — some lodged by individuals and some lodged by agents.
