This week’s highlights —

– Australia’s new financial-year Budget is out; here are the key changes to note

– UNSW Global rebrands as UNSW College, setting off on a fresh start

– The Dean of UWA’s Institute of Agriculture wins Shaanxi Province’s “Sanqin Friendship Award”

– UTS joins the world-famous South by Southwest festival as an education partner

– The University of Queensland Global Chinese Alumni Association is officially established

– Several Australian institutions issue return-to-campus notices

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Australia’s skilled migration quotas are out! Fast-track your study-to-migration plan!

Over the past month, news of Australia’s new migration policies has kept coming. The new financial-year Budget handed down on 9 May also set out the quotas for each migration visa category in the new financial year. A broad summary follows:

· Subclass 189 (points-based): an actual increase of 4,500 places

· Subclass 190 and Subclass 491: around 30,000 places

· Employer-sponsored quotas increased

· Family stream, including parent migration: quotas unchanged

Beyond this, there are a few policy details worth noting:

· Onshore skilled migrants may gain a more streamlined skills-assessment pathway

· From 1 July 2023, visitor visa and some temporary visa fees will rise by 15%, business and investor migration visa fees by 40%, and the Subclass 189/190/491/employer-sponsored categories by 6%

·From 1 July, student visa holders’ work rights will be adjusted to 48 hours per fortnight, while those working in the aged care sector may keep full-time work rights for an extra six months

UNSW Global rebrands as UNSW College, setting off on a fresh start

As a highly regarded provider of bridging courses, with 40,000 alumni and over 50 years of teaching experience, it offers more Chinese and international students a pathway and the opportunity to enter the University of New South Wales in Sydney. This includes international first-year programmes, foundation and diploma courses, and academic English courses for bachelor’s study. UNSW College was the first foundation programme established in Australia, and the founder of the first Australian university language centre. Together with UNSW Sydney, it continues to provide high-quality teaching and support to students from everywhere.

UWA’s Institute of Agriculture honoured with Shaanxi Province’s “Sanqin Friendship Award”

The Dean of UWA’s Institute of Agriculture has received the highest honour that China’s Shaanxi provincial government confers on foreign experts. The “Sanqin Friendship Award” is the province’s top award, established to recognise foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to Shaanxi’s economic and social development, and to promote exchange and cooperation between Shaanxi and overseas partners in economics, science and technology, culture, education and health.

In the latest 2023 QS World University Rankings by Subject, UWA ranks 42nd for Agriculture and Forestry

UWA’s Agricultural Science programme covers soil science, genetics, harvest and pasture systems, soil and broader interactions, livestock production, agricultural economics and agribusiness, among other areas.

Recommended related degrees:

Bachelor of Agribusiness

Bachelor of Agricultural Science

Master of Agricultural Science

Master of Agricultural Economics

UTS joins a world-famous festival!

South by Southwest (SXSW) — the celebration of technology, gaming, film and music — will be held in Sydney for the first time, with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) becoming the education partner for its Asia-Pacific event, a week-long event running 15–22 October 2023 in Sydney that will become an annual highlight, featuring outstanding UTS graduates as invited guest speakers.

UTS Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Parfitt said: technological creativity and innovation are synonymous with both SXSW and UTS, and UTS is delighted to be part of this globally renowned event.

The UTS campus will also host SXSW Sydney panel sessions, workshops and other activities, giving UTS students the chance to take part in related internship programmes and gain working opportunities alongside international industry experts.

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Catch up on past articles

Workers can migrate too! Older, weaker English, a non-traditional migration field — straight to PR!

Xiamen, China — Newstarsec has arrived!

2023 offshore state migration pathways in Australia! Both Subclass 190 and Subclass 491 are open to apply!

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