students. High academic standards, world-class facilities and a wide range of professional and recreational opportunities are just a few of this unique and exciting nation’s many drawcards. As the many locallyan Australian education certainly is a passport to a global career.
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Michael is a consultant, writer and commentator on international education and media. He is both the head and a director of the educational services division at AFG Venture Group, a corporate and strategic advisory company based in Sydney that specialises in the ASEAN region and India, where the group has a network of offices. After co-founding the Insearch Language Centre at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Michael was managing director of the centre from 1987-1999. Insearch was one of the pioneers of the development and delivery of pathway courses, IELTS preparation courses, direct entry English programs and IELTS Publishing. Insearch was also an early participant in transnational education (TNE), establishing centres Indonesia (Medan), Thailand (Chiang Mai) and China (Shanghai) in 1994. Michael is an honorary fellow of UTS, has been a board member of the National ELT Accreditation Scheme (NEAS) and provides strategic advisory to a number of education and related organizations, including Australia Network Television, the International Award for Young People and a range of Australian educational institutions. For more information, go to www.afgventuregroup.com or email michael.fay@afgventuregroup.com Anthony Hughes - Contributing Writer Anthony Hughes has written extensively on digital media topics, been published in many leading journals (including the International Journal of Education), written an award-winning online English grammar course and been a speaker at such events as the BASELT Conference (UK), the International Education Marketing Conference (Geneva) and The ARELS Conference (UK). Anthony has designed and delivered digital media development, communications, cross-cultural, and ‘soft-skills’ training programs to clients in Germany, the USA, Scotland and England. Since 1995, he has worked on digital media projects for e-learning and educational marketing and has provided leading organizations with consultancy regarding ‘best use’ of the Internet for marketing, online learning and training, delivery of courses, and online recruitment.. Murray Laurence - Contributing Writer Murray Laurence has been involved in Australia's international education sector for three decades. Since the Commonwealth Government first opened up Australian education to full fee overseas students in 1987, Murray has been active in promoting Australian education services and capabilities throughout Asia and beyond, and in developing and managing high profile institutions. Murray played a key role in the establishment of the pioneering pathways to higher education sector and the transformation of Insearch at the University of Technology, Sydney, into one of Australia's most successful and prestigious education brands.
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Contents
Roll of honour Foreword Directory of participants Photo credits Index Online information
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Introduction to Australia
Introduction to the education system
Australia & its global education & cultural engagement
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Quality assurance, student welfare & support
English language study, testing & assessment
University centres of excellence
Primary & secondary education
Alumni, scholarships & volunteer service programs
Foundation studies & diploma pathways to university
Important facts about studying in Australia
University studies
Trans-national & distance education
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Roll of Honour
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Academies Australasia
Australian Education International
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RMIT University
Key Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET) Department of Education and Training International, New South Wales
Edith Cowan University
Griffith University
IDP Education
La Trobe University
Navitas
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Study Melbourne, Victoria
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Education City
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FOREWORD
Foreword from Australia’s FEDERAL Minister for Education, Julia Gillard
Australia is reputed to be one of the best places in the world to live, learn and grow. But we are not resting on our laurels when it comes to improving the quality of the education and training we provide for both our domestic and international students. In 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the Australian Government would continue to enhance Australia’s education system to ensure a worldclass education is provided for students at all levels – from early childhood to postgraduate research – regardless of where they live in Australia, or come from around the globe. The Australian Government regulates the education and training sector’s involvement with international students studying in Australia on student visas through the Education Services for Overseas Students legislative framework. The legislation mandates a
nationally consistent approach to registering education providers to ensure the quality of the tuition and care of students remains high. In 2009, in response to emerging concerns, the Australian Government announced a further set of measures to improve the experience of international students studying in Australia. The hundreds of thousands of international students from nearly 200 countries who choose to study at education institutions in Australia will benefit from these measures in a number of important ways. They will benefit from the increasing intensity of Australia’s focus on the quality of education. They will benefit from the stronger support Australia provides to safeguard and enrich their experiences here, both on and off campus. And they will benefit from enhanced strategies to prepare
them for employment in the global marketplace. International students who study in Australia become globally connected graduates – people whose knowledge, skills and networks help to build environmental sustainability and vibrant cultures, and encourage economic growth, both at home and abroad. I am pleased to recommend this book. It gives a lively and comprehensive account, not only of the quality of Australia’s education system, but also of many of the institutions that strive to deliver a world-class education to our international students.
The Hon Julia Gillard MP Federal Minister for Education
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ustralia, a federation of six states and two territories, is one of the world's great economic and migration success stories. Australia is a unique, modern and dynamic trading nation of 22 million people with an ancient indigenous history, and a European cultural background. The Australian Government has been widely praised both for its financial management at a time of world economic crisis, and for the welcome it provides to migrants, students and visitors from all countries, ethnic groups and religions. Australia has a bright future as a globally connected nation with a particular link to Asia through geography, trade, culture and politics. Over the last 20 years, Australia has emerged as a world centre of excellence in education and training for international students, and as a provider of education services in Asia and the Pacific. Australia's cities and, increasingly, its regional towns reflect the nation's
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growing multiculturalism, modernisation and internationalisation. Melbourne, one of the world's most multicultural cities, is home to people from over 200 nationalities who speak over 200 languages and dialects. However, English is the national language, and the language of instruction in all schools, colleges and universities. Australia has an advanced economy, a high standard of living, and some of the world's most attractive and liveable cities. In addition, all Australian education institutions are committed to providing a welcoming environment in which the safety and security of international students is paramount. Over the last decade Australia has become one of the world's most popular destinations for international students. In the year to July 2009, a total of nearly 550,000 students enrolled on student visas to study here. Students value the variety
of high quality educational institutions operating in Australia, the affordability of the course fees, the quality of the educational programs and the global transferability of the qualifications. International students can study with confidence at all levels, from primary school through to university. Major Australian cities are becoming some of the world's most popular student study centres; Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane are now ranked in the top five most popular world cities for international students. The premier of the Australian state of Victoria, John Brumby, has publicly endorsed its international education sector: "The Victorian Government is continuing to build on our reputation as a preferred international study destination by making education and training our number one priority," he said. "We have dramatically
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Above (from top): Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House. Melbourne's Yarra River. The Brisbane River flows towards Moreton Bay. Right: Australia's proximity to Asia, combined with its quality tertiary education institutions, makes it a popular destination for Asian students.
boosted investment in these areas by almost $9 billion to build one of the best education and training systems in the world."
sporting and leisure activities are valued highly by many in the population.
Education services make a major contribution to all Australian state and territory economies. In the year 2008/09, Australian international education became Australia's second largest export earner overall and its largest service sector export earner, earning an estimated $16.6 billion (up from $15.5 billion in the previous year). In Victoria in 2008, the sector contributed $4.86 to the local economy, making it the state's largest export earner. In New South Wales its contribution was close to $6 billion.
Countering racism
Thanks to Australia's history and its location in the Asia Pacific, a unique mix of Asian, European and Latin American influences is contributing to the emergence of a destination that is very attractive to international students, their parents and tourists. The image of Australia is positive and most people who come here enjoy the experience. Many visitors who come initially on a tourist visa return on a student visa.
As in most countries in the world that have generous migration and international student programs, Australia is not without some problems in race relations. In 2005 there was an unfortunate event in the southern Sydney suburb of Cronulla. Clashes between the ethnic youth from Lebanese background and other young Australians resulted in arrests by police. Later the leaders of the various communities involved worked cooperatively to build better networks for establishing ongoing relationships and friendship between the groups. In his address for Australia Day in 2010, former Australian defence force chief General Peter Cosgrove identified the events in Cronulla as a low point in the nation's history. "Because it was so unusual and unexpected, it reverberated around the world," General Cosgrove said. "It was unexpected because Australia's reputation was that of an egalitarian and multi ethnic society, tolerant, cheerful and relaxed."
Australia is a vibrant melting pot of people that embraces and reflects religious, artistic, social, cultural and intellectual diversity. It is also a country in which
There has also been a series of attacks upon Indian students in some major Australian cities. While these attacks were initially not considered to be racially
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motivated, there is increasing realisation that Indian students working in high-risk occupations and at unsocial hours may be the target of criminal acts. The ugly actions of a few Australians have damaged the nation's reputation internationally. On the brighter side, the Sydney Festival in January 2010 highlighted Indian culture through a major concert in Parramatta Park in the western suburbs of Sydney. The concert, which featured two-time Oscar-winning musician A.R. Rahman, forty Indian musicians and fifty dancers, attracted a joyful and enthusiastic multi-ethnic crowd of over 50,000. In another example of Australians' enthusiasm for and interest in Indian culture, the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney hosted a hugely popular exhibition of Royal Paintings from the princely state of Jodhpur in Rajasthan, North West India. These paintings have recently been rediscovered and had never publicly been exhibited before. The exhibition was part of "Indian summer: celebrating Indian art and culture". The
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gallery houses one of Australia's most comprehensive Asian art collections.
Religious diversity Australia's education system embraces all religions. All schools provide religious tuition, particularly those established by religious groups. Students in secondary schools can take comparative religion as a subject up to matriculation level. Australia has long-established Roman Catholic, Protestant and Jewish schools in all capital cities. All of these institutions offer a level of primary and secondary education equivalent to the high standard provided by state-run schools. More recently, Islamic schools have been set up in Sydney, Melbourne and other cities to cater for the particular religious and cultural needs of Australia's growing Islamic community. Being sensitive to religious diversity, universities provide prayer rooms for all faiths and cater for the food requirements of all religious groups in the student body. Students are free to wear clothing
Above: A large crowd gathers to watch Indian superstar A.R. Rahman take the stage for a free outdoor spectacular at Parramatta Park, Sydney. Rahman, two-time Oscar winner for his work as composer and songwriter on the film Slumdog Millionaire, is the undisputed king of contemporary Indian music.
required by their religion. Most of the world's religions are practised somewhere in Australia. Churches, temples, mosques, prayer halls and other places of worship are available in all major cities and in some regional communities. In December 2009, Melbourne, one of the world's great multicultural cities, hosted The Parliament of the World's Religions, which is the world's largest inter-religious event and is held once every five years in a different global city. Eight thousand people from around Australia and across the world, including leading spiritual, religious and political leaders, attended under the theme "Make a World of Difference; hearing each other, healing the earth".
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Sports, leisure, national and international sporting connections Australia provides outstanding opportunities for students to be both participants and spectators in a wide range of sporting and leisure activities at schools, universities, colleges and in the wider community. Australia has a long tradition of successfully competing on the world sporting stage. Sport has been included in the primary and secondary school curricula to encourage a healthy lifestyle. Water sports such as swimming, surfing, diving, sailing and fishing are popular at all ages and international students are able engage in Australia's sporting life if they wish. University campuses offer a wide of sporting clubs and societies, which have the added bonus of facilitating friendship between local and international students. Badminton, yoga, rowing, skiing, rugby, soccer and aerobics are just some of the sports and leisure activities offered. On the international sporting stage Australia is well known for its achievements in a range of sports and for the successful hosting of the 2000 Sydney Olympic and Paralympic Games, which were known as "the Friendly Games". The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, the city that is arguably Australia's sporting capital.
Clockwise from top: Sydney University rugby match. Start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2009. Michael Hussey raises his bat to the Sydney crowd after reaching his 11th Test century for Australia. First-class ski resorts dot south-east Australia's Snowy Mountains.
Every month of the year includes some world-class sporting competition, including one or more international sports such as football, four-nation and Super 15 rugby (which are national and provincial competitions respectively between teams from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina), formula one motor-sport, 500cc motorcycle racing and grand slam tennis at the Australian Open. The annual Boxing Day Test cricket match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground is watched by a crowd of over 80,000 and a television audience of millions. The Australian Masters golf tournament attracts the elite players on the world professional golf circuit. The Melbourne Spring Horse Racing Carnival includes Australia's best-known
horse race, the Melbourne Cup, which attracts horses and trainers and jockeys from Europe, Japan, the USA and the Middle East. Held on the first Tuesday in November each year, it brings the nation to a standstill as people all over the country enjoy the spectacle and the excitement. In addition, Melbourne is passionate about the unique game of Australian Rules football (www.afl.com.au), or "Aussie Rules" as it is generally known. International students living in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane can get involved in the social and sporting life of their city of study by supporting one of the local teams. Australia has a number of soccer players in the English Premier League and an increasingly popular national soccer competition known as the A League (www.a-league.com.au). The major metropolitan and regional teams include players from Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Holland, Britain, New Zealand, Central and Latin America, the Middle East, Germany and Ireland. Australia competes in the Asian Football Confederation for places in both the Asian Football Championship and the World Cup, so it regularly hosts games with club and national sides from Japan, South Korea, the Gulf States, Central Asia and South East Asia (www.footballaustralia.com.au). Cricket provides a strong link with the countries of South Asia. Teams from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh regularly visit Australia to play matches in all capital cities over the summer months (www.cricket.com. au). Students who want to watch or play cricket while they are studying have many opportunities to attend games, or to join teams at university or in the community. Sport can be a great place to meet people and make new friends. Women participate in the full range of sporting activities and international students can try a variety of sports while
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studying, including soccer, rugby, tennis, volleyball, basketball, cricket, netball and the very popular yoga, modern dance and aerobics. In some sports, there are teams and activities for women only.
Art and culture Students at school or university can become involved in a wide range of arts and cultural activities through numerous on-campus clubs and societies. Visual arts, theatre, film, food, music and cultural festivals feature in the annual events calendars of all cities and regional centres. They help to make the experience of the international students both rich and rewarding. The state art gallery in each capital city showcases the best of Australian historical and contemporary visual arts and hosts international events. The Queensland Art Gallery hosts the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, which is the only major series of exhibitions in the world to focus exclusively on the contemporary art of Asia, the Pacific and Australia. It is held at the Queensland Art Gallery's Gallery of Modern Art, which was opened in 2006 at Southbank on the Brisbane River next to both Griffith University and Southbank Institute of Technology, and across the river from Queensland University of Technology (QUT). The Gallery has a world-renowned collection of Asia Pacific Art that is both unique and of international significance (www.qag.qld.gov.au/exhibitions). Arts festivals around Australia add another dimension to the student experience by providing an opportunity to get a much richer understanding of both Australia and the global arts community. The Melbourne International Arts Festival in October, the Sydney Festival in January, the biannual Adelaide Arts Festival in March, the Darwin Festival in August, Ten Days on the Island in Tasmania and the Perth International Arts Festival in February offer a dazzling range of Australian and international events and entertainment. Each festival partners with one or more
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universities from their city to host festival events. Melbourne is one of two UNESCO International Cities of Literature. Womadelaide, the legendary world music festival, is held in March each year in Adelaide's beautiful Botanical Gardens and features the best of the global music scene. Jazz, folk and blues music festivals are held all through the year in regional locations across the country. Australia continues to make a large impression on the world of filmmaking and acting. Australian trained international stars like Nicole Kidman, Mel Gibson, Toni Colette, Hugh Jackman, Cate Blanchette, Russel Crowe, Guy Pearce, Abby Cornish, Hugo Weaving, Geoffrey Rush, Sam Worthington, the lead actor in the smash hit Avatar, and Mia Wasikowski, who plays Alice in Disney's Alice in Wonderland, are fine examples of Australia's contribution to the world of stage and screen. The 2009 Tropfest film festival, which showcases the best of Australia's emerging filmmaking talent, was won by writer/director Ms Genevieve Clay, a communications graduate of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), from which Hugh Jackman is also a graduate. Australian universities like UTS, Swinburne University in Melbourne, the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Charles Sturt University in regional New South Wales and RMIT University in Melbourne are key centres where international students can study filmmaking. Other fields in the creative arts which are becoming popular with international students include visual and performing arts, graphic design, fashion design, interior design, photography and multi media. The Billy Blue College of Design in Sydney (www.billyblue.edu.au) and the Photography Studies College in Melbourne see (www.psc.edu.au) are two private creative arts colleges that continue to win national awards for the outstanding work of both local and international students.
Top: Installation view of The China Project at Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane. Above: Genevieve Clay, 2009 Tropfest winner, with Tropfest founder and director, John Polson.
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Australian Education International
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Australian Education International
Australia – For Quality Education Australia is a worldrenowned destination for international students. The Australian Government takes very seriously its reputation as a provider of high-quality education for international students in a safe, open and welcoming society. In 2009, Australia’s Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, released a statement titled International education – its contribution to Australia, highlighting how international students enrich our society and promote crosscultural experiences for the benefit of all. Relationships formed by international students during their study in Australia support long-lasting diplomatic, research, cultural and business links that will shape and drive global growth and harmony into the future. Australia also has much to offer as a partner in education activity outside Australia. An international network of specialist education and training counsellors in 25 offices throughout 18 economies engages with host country governments and education representatives to showcase the quality of Australia’s education and training system and qualifications recognition framework. Australia is also represented in a further 11 European locations.
Innovative education policy Australia is renowned for innovative education policy. Many countries eager to further develop their own education systems are looking to Australia for advice and policy suggestions. Government initiatives encourage quality teaching and learning. The Australian Government is determined that Australian education is judged by international benchmarks. The Australian Qualifications Framework, the first of its type in the world, celebrated its fourteenth anniversary in 2009. In the past three years, some 20 European and Asian countries have sought briefings on this single national system, which covers work-based and academic qualifications, supports national standards and emphasises learning pathways (see www.aqf.edu.au). From 2012, the new Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) will work with the higher education sector to develop objective and comparative benchmarks and to improve areas such as retention, selection and exit standards, and graduate outcomes. It will accredit providers, carry out rigorous quality audits
The Australian education system encourages choice, flexible delivery and lifelong learning. Government initiatives encourage quality teaching and learning.
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and protect the overall quality of the Australian higher education system, encouraging best practice and streamlining current regulatory arrangements to reduce duplication and provide for national consistency. Australia’s Vocational Education and Training (VET) system attracts considerable international interest from countries interested in developing highly skilled workforces to support a strong performance in the global economy. In Australia’s VET system, training packages are developed by industry through national industry skills councils or by individual enterprises to meet the identified training needs of specific industries or sectors. These training packages describe the skills and knowledge needed to perform effectively in the workplace, as opposed to how a person should be trained (see www.deewr.gov.au/skills).
The Australian Government is proud that students from more than 200 countries choose to study here and is serious about its commitment to providing a safe, highquality study destination.
The Australian Flexible Learning Framework is helping to position Australia as a world leader in the application of new technologies to VET products and services. An initiative known as AESharenet streamlines the licensing of intellectual property so that Australian training materials can be developed, shared and adapted efficiently. The licensing model and software
technologies developed to implement this national collaborative process have implications for intellectual property management beyond the education arena (see www.flexiblelearning.net.au). The Education Loan Program, known as OS-HELP, offers loans to eligible Australian students to undertake overseas study as part of their Australian studies. The United Kingdom has adopted a variation of this program. Several other countries are actively considering the loan program (see the OS-Help link at www.goingtouni.gov.au).
Beyond Australia Trans-national education – the delivery of one country’s education in another country, often in partnership with local providers – is an area in which demand is growing rapidly. Australia’s commitment to the quality of courses delivered offshore was formalised in 2008 with the Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, launching AusLIST, a record of Australian institutions and the courses they conduct outside Australia. A key eligibility criterion for institutions applying for inclusion in AusLIST is a commitment to deliver courses offshore to the same standard as delivered to international students in Australia.
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At the end of June 2009, AusLIST covered 23 Australian higher education and seven vocational education and training institutions (four public and three private), offering a total of 414 courses across 25 countries. Australia’s legislated protections and other assurances for international students studying in Australia are equal to the best in the world. AusLIST extends
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Australia’s commitment to quality and quality assurance to the world beyond its borders (see www.transnational. deewr.gov.au/auslist).
Professional development Another area of growing interest is professional development. Organisations, firms and individuals are increasingly focused on ensuring best-practice professional development
to maintain competitive advantage in the marketplace. Australia’s Professional Development Visa is designed to facilitate partnerships between Australian education providers and international firms and organisations in the delivery of training for overseas professionals in Australia. The scheme targets professionals, managers and government officials, and is separate from the student visa scheme.
Once an Australian organisation has established a professional development agreement with an international employer, it may apply for ‘sponsorship’ approval. Once this approval has been granted in Australia, the Australian organisation may lodge visa applications on behalf of the non-Australian participants. Programs may be up to 18 months in duration and may include participation in a course that leads to
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Academies Australasia Level 6, 505 George Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 Phone +61 2 9224 5500 Fax +61 2 9224 5560 Email info@aca.nsw.edu.au www.aca.nsw.edu.au
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Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET) Suite 101, Level 1,126 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne, Vic 3002 PO Box 551, East Melbourne, Vic 8002 Phone +61 3 9416 1355 Fax +61 3 9416 1895 Email acpet@acpet.edu.au www.acpet.edu.au
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Australian Education International GPO Box 9880, Canberra, ACT 2601 Phone 1300 363 079 Email aei@deewr.gov.au www.aei.gov.au
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Australian Trade College North Brisbane 294 Scarborough Road, Scarborough, Qld 4020 Phone +61 7 3880 4331 Fax +61 7 3880 4339 Email info@tradecollege.com.au www.tradecollege.com.au
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Brisbane North Institute of TAFE Ithaca Campus, Block 6, Fulcher Road, Red Hill, Brisbane Qld 4035 Phone +61 7 3259 9221 Fax +61 7 3259 9238 Email international.bnit@deta.qld.gov.au www.bn.tafe.qld.gov.au
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Central Queensland Institute of TAFE Sydney Street, Mackay, Qld 4740 Phone 1300 278 233 Fax +61 7 4920 2384 Email cqit.international@deta.qld.gov.au www.cq.tafe.qld.gov.au
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Charlton Brown Level 2, 20 Wharf Street, Brisbane, Qld 4000 Phone +61 7 3321 3855 Fax +61 7 3221 6855 Email info@charltonbrown.com.au www.charltonbrown.com.au
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Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victoria GPO Box 4367, Melbourne, Vic 3001 Phone +61 3 9637 2990 Fax +61 3 9637 2184 Email international@edumail.vic.gov.au www.study.vic.gov.au
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Department of Education and Training International, New South Wales Level 2, 1 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010 Phone +61 2 8293 6926 Fax +61 2 8293 6928 Email detinternational@det.nsw.edu.au www.detinternational.nsw.edu.au
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Edith Cowan University 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA 6027 Phone 134 ECU (134 328) (within Australia); +61 8 6304 0000 (International) Fax +61 8 6304 2851 Email enquiries@ecu.edu.au www.ecu.edu.au
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Education Adelaide Level 5, 144 North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000 Phone +61 8 8410 1311 Fax +61 8 8410 2480 Email studyadelaide@studyadelaide.com www.studyadelaide.com
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Education City Sinnathamby Boulevard, Springfield Central, Qld 4300 Phone +61 7 3819 9972 Fax +61 7 3819 9900 Email info@educationcity.com.au www.educationcity.com.au
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Gold Coast Institute of TAFE 91-99 Scarborough Street, Southport, Qld 4216 Phone +61 7 5581 8200 Fax +61 7 5581 8225 Email international.gcit@deta.qld.gov.au www.goldcoast.tafe.qld.gov.au
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Government of Victoria - Dept of Innovation, Industry & Regional Development GPO Box 4509, Melbourne, Vic 3001 Email studymelbourne@diird.vic.gov.au www.studymelbourne.vic.gov.au
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Griffith University Gold Coast campus, Parklands Drive, Southport, Qld 4215 Phone +61 7 5552 8800 Email admissions@griffith.edu.au (Domestic undergraduate and postgraduate students) international@griffith.edu.au (International undergraduate and postgraduate students) www.griffith.edu.au
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IDP Education Pty Ltd Level 8, 535 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Vic 3000 Phone +61 3 9612 4400 Fax +61 3 9614 0534 Email publications@idp.com www.idp.com
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IELTS Australia Level 3, 535 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Vic 3000 Phone +61 3 9612 4400 Fax +61 3 9629 7697 Email ielts@idp.com www.ielts.org
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La Trobe University Kingsbury Drive, Bundoora, Vic 3086 Phone +61 3 9627 4805 Fax +61 3 9479 3660 Email international@latrobe.edu.au www.latrobe.edu.au/international
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Navitas Ground Floor, East Tower, 410 Ann Street, Brisbane, Qld 4000 Phone +61 7 3835 0483 Fax +61 7 3835 0499 Email marketing@navitas.com www.navitas.com
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RMIT University GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Vic 3001 Phone +61 3 9925 5156 Fax +61 3 9663 6925 Email isu@rmit.edu.au www.rmit.edu.au/international
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SkillsTech Australia 247 Bradman St, Acacia Ridge, Qld 4110 Phone +61 7 3259 3015 Fax +61 7 3259 3008 Email skillstech.international@deta.qld.gov.au www.skillstech.tafe.qld.gov.au
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Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE 100 Bridge St, Toowoomba, Qld, 4350 Phone +61 7 4694 1600 Fax +61 07 4638 3605 Email sqit.enquiries@det.qld.gov.au www.sqit.tafe.qld.gov.au
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Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE 34 Lady Musgrave Drive, Mountain Creek, Qld 4557 Phone +61 7 5459 3206 Fax +61 7 5459 3477 Email sctinternational@deta.qld.gov.au www.sunshinecoast.tafe.qld.gov.au
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The Bremer Institute of TAFE Corner Mary & Byrne Streets, Bundamba, Qld 4304 Phone +61 7 3817 3000 Fax +61 7 3817 3253 Email international.bremer@deta.qld.gov.au www.bremer.tafe.qld.gov.au
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The TOEFL速 Test Rosedale Road, Princeton, NJ 08541 USA Phone 1-877-863-3546 Fax 1-610-290-8972 Email TOEFLAustralia@ets.org www.ets.org/toefl
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Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE Eureka Street, Cairns, Qld 4870 Phone +61 7 4042 2429 Fax +61 7 4042 2422 Email international.tnqit@deta.qld.gov.au www.tnqit.tafe.qld.gov.au/international
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80 Department of Education and Training International, New South Wales 81 Study Queensland 85 THINK Education Group - Billy Blue 86 Education City
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100 Curtin University of Technology
11 Queensland Art Gallery top
101 Deakin University
11 Amendolia Š TROPFEST bottom
102 Curtin University of Technology
25 The University of Adelaide
103 Navitas
26 Study Queensland
104 Curtin University of Technology
28 The University of Sydney 29 Hallmark Editions 30 Photographer: Michael Fay 31 Asialink - Photographer: Caterina Po 32 Griffith University
105 Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak top; Navitas below 106 University of Wollongong Dubai 107 Department of Education and Training International, New South Wales 108 Victoria International School of Sharjah
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109 RMIT University
34 La Trobe University
110 Photo by China Photos/Getty Images
35 Carnegie Mellon University
111 Australia Network Television
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40 IDP Education Pty Ltd 41 The University of Adelaide 43 Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victoria 45 Navitas 46 IELTS Australia
118 Study Queensland 121 The Duke of Edinburgh's Award International Association 122 Photographer: Michael Fay 123 La Trobe University
47 TOEFLÂŽ Test
124 Southbank Institute of TAFE
48 Pearson Language Tests top
125 Hallmark Editions
48 The University of Adelaide bottom
126 The Duke of Edinburgh's Award International Association
53 Study Queensland
127 University of Notre Dame
54 ACPET
128 Griffith University
55 Monash University
130 Campus Living Villages
56 Murdoch College
131 Navitas
57 La Trobe University top; Curtin University of Technology bottom
132 The University of Sydney
58 ACPET 59 Monash University 60 Deakin University 61 Griffith University left; The University of Adelaide right 68 The University of Sydney
133 Nan Tien Temple - Wollongong 134 Qantas Airways 135 Australian Coal Association 136 The University of Adelaide
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Index A academic support, access to, 27 Academies Australasia, 86–7, 90–5, 136 accommodation for students, 117, 130–1 accreditation schemes, 42, 74, 76 Adelaide (South Australia), 18–19, 34–5, 57 arts and cultural festivals, 11 Asia Education Foundation, 31, 32 Asialink, 31–2 AusAID, 73, 109, 129 AusLIST, 14–15, 108 Austrade, 30 Australia Awards, 17, 122 Australia Centre, 110, 111 Australia Council for the Arts, 31, 32 Australia-India Institute, 32 Australia-Indonesia Institute, 32 Australian Catholic University (ACU), 60 Australian College of English, 89 Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET), 81, 86, 89, 96–7, 136 Australian culture and way of life, 9–11 Australian Development Scholarship (ADS), 111, 122 Australian Education International (AEI), 12–17, 30, 34,108, 123, 128, 136 Australian education structure and school terms, 26 Australian Flexible Learning Framework, 14 Australian Leadership Awards, 123 Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC), 74 Australian Maritime College, 81 Australian National University (ANU), 27, 30, 38, 55, 59, 71 Australian schools' development aims and key learning areas, 114–16 Australian Tax File Number (TFN), 134 Australian Technology Network (ATN), 59, 67, 69 Australian TESOL Training Centre (ATTC), 64, 88–9 Australian Trade College North Brisbane, 98, 137 Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA), 42, 102, 104 Australian-accredited university programs in Asia, 102, 110 Australia's market share in English language study, 44
B Billy Blue College of Design, 11, 87 Bond University, 26, 60, 80 Box Hill TAFE Institute, 107 Bremer Institute of TAFE, 24, 140 Brisbane (Queensland), 7, 11 Brisbane North Institute of TAFE, 137
C Canadian partnerships, 35 Canning College, 56 Carnegie Mellon University, 19, 34–5 Catholic universities, 60 Central American partnerships, 36–7 Central Queensland Institute of TAFE, 137
Charles Darwin University, 55 Charles Sturt University, 11, 71, 101 Charlton Brown, 99, 137 Chinese university partnerships, 106–7 Colombo Plan, 59, 96, 122 complaints about service provision, 42 cost of living in Australian cities, 128, 131 counsellors for students, 133 creative arts programs, 11, 72 credit transfers for universities, 79, 80, 83, 84, 89, 92–3 cultural and religious support networks, 133 Curtin University of Technology, 55, 57 Curtin University of Technology Sarawak (Malaysia), 103–4 Curtin University Singapore, 103, 110
D Darwin (Northern Territory), 11, 37 Deakin University, 55, 101 Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victoria, 120, 137 Department of Education and Training, New South Wales (NSW), 107, 119, 137 Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), 31, 41, 123 Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), 41, 128–30 Department of Innovation, Industry & Regional Development, Victoria, 138 diploma pathways providers, 56–7, 87 direct entry English programs, 46 distance education universities, 101 doctoral programs (phD), 27, 111 dual degree accreditation, 34–5 dual-sector educational institutions, 42, 66, 73, 79 Duke of Edinburgh's Award, 126
E Edith Cowan University (ECU), 55, 74–5, 138 education benchmarks, 13–14 Education City, 24, 138 Education Loan Program, 14 Education Queensland International, 118 Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS), 16, 41 Endeavour scholarship program, 17, 111, 123, 124 English Australia, 44, 46, 81 English language competence, 27 English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS), 36, 44, 129 English language learning, 44–7, 61, 101–2, 108–9, 129–30 English language requirements for professional registration, 48 English language teacher training, 48, 88–9 English language training (ELT), 108–11 equal opportunities for women, 10–11, 132 ethnic tension in Sydney, 8 European cultural exchange programs, 39 Eynesbury Institute of Business and Technology (EIBT), 57, 64
F fast-track foundation programs, 55, 56, 104 Fee-Help loan scheme, 88 fellowships, 34, 125 female participation in sporting activities, 10–11 filmmaking courses, 11 Flinders University, 19, 57 formal complaints, making, 42 foundation programs, 54–6, 103–8, 112, 129
G Gold Coast Institute of TAFE (GCIT), 79–80, 138 government funded university programs, 60, 69 government funding for non-government schools, 114 Griffith University, 11, 32, 47, 69–70, 71–2, 76–7, 80, 138 Group Colleges Australia (GCA), 88 Group of Eight universities, 39, 59, 69
H health insurance, 27, 130 Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS), 61 Higher School Certificate (HSC), 114 hospitality and tourism colleges, 87, 93
I IDP Education, 20–21, 77, 128, 139 income tax returns, 134 independent schools, 114 Indian culture, Australian interest in, 8–9 Indian university partnerships, 32–3, 73, 102 Indonesia Australia Language Foundation, 109, 110 Indonesian university partnerships, 30, 33, 70, 110, 111, 123–4 initiatives to improve wellbeing of students, 16 Innovative Research Universities (IRU), 59, 62, 69, 77 Insearch UTS, 47, 56, 109, 110, 111 International Baccalaureate (IB), 114, 118 International English Language Testing System (IELTS), 20, 27, 47, 49, 109, 139 modules within, 46, 49 score systems, 61, 118, 135 international fee-paying students in universities, 59 international school students programs, 118 international schools with licensed Australian curricula, 108 international student placement providers, 20 international students' consumer rights, 42 international students’ enrolment rates, 61 international students’ interaction with local students, 27 internet and digital media technology, 33, 101–2, 103 internet-based English language testing, 47 internship programs, 133 Islamic studies centres, 38, 69–71, 123
J James Cook University, 80 James Cook University Singapore, 104, 110 Jansen Newman Institute, 88
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Kaplan Education, 35 Kaplan University, 60
quality assessment legislative framework, 41–2 quality audit processes at universities, 41–2 Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE), 114 Queensland schools, 118 Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 11, 61, 80
L La Trobe University, 32–3, 39, 55, 57, 62–3, 139 Latin American partnerships, 36–7 licensing intellectual property, 14, 111 local government funding, 26
M Macquarie University, 39, 47, 55, 57, 126 Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs, 61 Melbourne (Victoria), 7, 9, 10, 11 mentoring programs, 27, 67 Middle Eastern university partnerships, 37–8, 106, 108 Monash Asia Institute (MAI), 30–1 Monash University, 27, 30–1, 38, 55, 59, 104, 130 multicultural festivals, 8–9 multimedia partnerships, 33, 38, 111 Murdoch College, 56 Murdoch Institute of Technology, 60 Murdoch University, 55, 73 music conservatoriums, 72 Muslim population in Australia, 38–9
N national (federal) government funding, 26, 32–3 National English Language Training Accreditation Scheme (NEAS), 42, 46, 109 National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), 72 Navitas Limited, 56–7, 64–65, 103, 139 Navitas pathway colleges, 35, 55, 64, 105–6 New South Wales School Certificate, 118 New South Wales schools, 117–18, 119 Notre Dame University, 60
O offshore campuses, 14–15, 91–2, 103–8 Open Universities Australia (OUA), 101 orientation programs, 27 Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC), 130
P Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE), 27, 46, 47–8, 109 permanent residency applications, 93, 135 Photography Studies College, 11 postgraduate degrees, 27, 47, 61, 129 post-secondary private colleges, 26 pre-university colleges, 55 primary school education, 26, 107–8 private colleges, 11, 86, 87, 90–5, 96–7 private sector education, 86–7, 96–7 private universities, 60 professional associations, 87, 135 professional counselling services, 27 Professional Development Visa, 15–16
R racism, dealing with, 8–9 registered migration agents (MRAs), 135 Registered Training Organisations (RTO), 42, 98, 99 religious schools, 9, 114 research centres in universities, 31, 72–3 Residential Tenancies Tribunal, 130 RMIT English Worldwide, 52 RMIT International College, 112 RMIT University Vietnam, 110 RMIT World English, 47, 111 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), 11, 42, 52, 66–7, 79, 139
S scholarship alumni, 122–3 scholarship schemes, 17, 27, 34, 59, 61, 111, 122–5, 130 secondary schools, 107–8, 118 Skills Tech Australia, 139 social networking sites as information portals 33, 42 South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE), 114 South Australian Institute of Business and Technology (SAIBT), 57 Southbank Institute of Technology, 11, 124 Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE, 140 sponsorships, professional, 15–16 state government funding, 8, 26, 124–5 student loans, 14, 88 student visas, 7, 44–5, 129–30, 133 StudyAdelaide, 18–19, 138 Study Melbourne, Victoria, 22-3 Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE, 140 superannuation contributions, 134 Swinburne University, 11, 42, 55, 73, 79 Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak (Malaysia), 105 Sydney (New South Wales), 7, 8–9, 11 Sydney Institute of Business and Technology, 57
T TAFE NSW, 80, 84 TAFE Queensland, 79, 82–3 TAFE SA, 19 Tasmanian Polytechnic, 81 Taylor's College, 55 Technical and Further Education (TAFE), 26, 27, 36, 79–84, 106–7 temporary residents program, 118 Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), 13, 16, 42 Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), 27, 46, 47, 50–1, 109, 140
Think Education Group, 87–8 tourist visas, 8, 45 trade certificates, 98 training colleges, 93, 98, 99 trans-national educational institutions, 14–15, 101–12 transport information, 131 Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE, 140 Tuart College, 56 tuition protection schemes, 89, 97
U United Kingdom colleges, 106 United States university partnerships, 34–5 Universities Australia, 81, 109 university degrees, types of, 27, 36, 61 University English Language Centres Australia (UECA), 45 University of Adelaide, 19, 38, 57, 60 University of Canberra, 89 University of Melbourne, 30, 31, 32, 59, 69–70, 72, 73, 101, 126 University of New England, 101 University of New South Wales (UNSW), 32–3, 59, 61, 72, 89, 126 University of Newcastle, 55, 101 University of Queensland, 71, 109, 110 University of South Australia, 19, 57, 61, 69, 70 University of Southern Queensland, 24, 80, 101 University of Sydney, 30, 34, 39, 47, 55, 59, 69, 72, 130 University of Tasmania, 55, 81 University of Technology Sydney (UTS), 11, 47, 126 University of Western Australia (UWA), 71 University of Western Sydney (UWS), 55, 69–70, 123–4 University of Wollongong, 38, 55, 89, 111 University of Wollongong Dubai, 106, 110
V Victoria College of the Arts (VCA), 72 Victoria University, 42, 79 Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), 114, 116 Victorian schools, 116–17, 120 Vocational Education and Training (VET), 14, 26, 42, 106–7, 140 volunteering programs, 126
W Western Australia Academy for Performing Arts (WAAPA), 72 Western Australian Universities Foundation Program (WAUFP), 55–6 William Blue College of Hospitality and Tourism, 87 work-and-holiday visas, 134–5 working holiday visas, 45, 134–5 working while studying conditions, 134
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