With more than 431,000 students enrolled at universities across the state and a further 218,465 attending TAFE, many young people will be moving out of home for the first time.
Education Minister Jason Clare outlined legislative changes aimed at improving integrity in the international education sector, including measures that enable a ban on commissions paid to education agents for onshore student transfers.
Each forged certificate was sold for between AUD 1,350 and AUD 2,700, while investigators say some buyers paid as much as AUD 3,600 to AUD 7,300, generating crores of rupees in illegal profits.
The push to lift enrolments aligns with the Government’s target of increasing the number of students taking these preparatory programs by 40 per cent by 2030 and doubling the figure by 2040.
The government says the reforms will strengthen Victoria’s reputation for quality education while giving staff and students more influence in shaping their universities’ futures.
The eight key themes of the Principles focus on accountability, diversity, independence, transparency, trust, inclusiveness, sustainability, and responsibility.
One email from a sender labelled “no-reply” falsely claimed the recipient had been permanently excluded from the university and ordered to hand in original documents.
International education is NSW’s second-largest export, generating $12.8 billion in total economic activity and supporting nearly 120,000 full-time equivalent jobs.
The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.