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australian regulators vigilant after new developments for
visa misuse reports australian elt providers
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SQA and TEQSA, the regulators in ustralia-based ELT and vocational group
Australia’s international education Lexis English have announced the open-
Asector, have issued a reminder to Aing of a new city centre campus in Perth,
schools on their responsibilities, follow- while Langports English Language College has
ing reports of student visa misuse. fully opened its new Brisbane campus.
The Australian Skills Quality Authority The new Lexis https://lexisenglish.com Perth
www.asqa.gov.au (ASQA), the oversight body for vocational and city centre campus will be in addition to the
ELICOS providers, said it “remains alert to collusion, opportunistic existing Perth school at Scarborough Beach.
or misleading behaviour by providers and their agents”. Set to open in February, the school will
In November, Australia’s Department of Home Affairs highlighted feature 18 modern classrooms with video
integrity issues in Pakistan, where the overall student visa grant projectors and interactive whiteboards,
rate of 52.5 per cent up to August 2022 was below the global rate breakout spaces and an in-house café.
of 89.3 per cent.“The Department has identified widespread use of Ian Pratt, Managing Director, said, “With
fraudulent financial documents in visa applications from Pakistan. capacity issues looming, we decided on a whole
This appears to be organised by a small group of education new city location rather than an expansion
agents.” Earlier in 2022, the Department flagged issues in India, of our current school. Once the new school is
Nepal, Kenya and Ghana. Full story at: bit.ly/3BolqiI operating, we’ll be able to offer students the
very best of Western Australia – the urban cool
of Perth City, or the laid-back vibe of the coastal
International students impacted by strip.” Read more at: bit.ly/3Fqwm0O
Medibank insurance data breach And Langports www.langports.com has
opened a new campus in Brisbane city centre.
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The campus boasts 14 classrooms, a glass-
ustralia-based insurance provider Medibank www.medibank. atrium covered common room, a library, student
com.au confirmed that a data breach affected international kitchen, and two student break-out spaces.
Astudents in Australia, among other groups, and that some “We are excited to offer students a modern
data appeared to have been posted on the dark web space to study in a central location. We re-
In a statement after the hack, Medibank said that its cyber- opened this year in April not knowing what the
crime investigation had established that the criminal had access demand would be and so we have opened our
to “all international student customers’ personal data and signifi- new Brisbane school in
cant amounts of health claims data”. stages. We are so happy
Medibank said, its priority was to understand the data taken to have reached the
and contact each customer affected directly. The insurance final stage,” said Anna
provider also provided a support package for customers affected. France, CEO. More at:
Read the full story at: bit.ly/3FdzdtI bit.ly/3Fj1tey

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