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         by Matthew Knott, News Editor
         Read full news stories online...
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         IH sydney Training acquires higher                         Australia withdraws Pandemic
         education provider                                         work visa for students
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             he IH Sydney Training Services                             he government of Australia has confirmed
             https://ihsydney.com.au group                              that it is closing the special Pandemic
         Tin Australia has completed the                            TEvent visa, which allowed international
         acquisition of a private higher educa-                     students to switch to a temporary unlimited
         tion provider, PBL Education Pty Ltd.                      work status for 12 months.
           PBL recieved full accreditation from TEQSA last year, and fol-  The Pandemic
         lowing the acquisition will operate under the name International   Event 408 visa will

         Graduate Institute (IGI), initially offering Bachelor programmes in   be closed to all
         Entrepreneurship & Sustainability, Digital Marketing and Business   applicants from
         Management, as well as Associate Degrees and Diplomas.     February 2024, and

           The first intake will be in Sydney in February 2024, before   from September
         IGI adds more courses to the portfolio and expands to the IH   2nd 2023 was only
         Melbourne and IH Darwin campuses.                          be open to renewals by existing holders.
           Tim Eckenfels, Director, said, “Our higher education acquisition   As of the end of May 2023, there were around
         completes the entire course offering, every step of the interna-  105,300 people on the 408 visa, many of whom

         tional student journey, available to agents and their clients at IH   were previously international students.
         Sydney Training Services. Read more at: bit.ly/3roLA3e       Andrew Giles, the Immigration Minister, said,
                                                                    “The Pandemic Event visa was an important part
                                                                    of Australia’s visa system during the pandemic.
         browNs to open new                                         Many people on temporary visas helped
         campus in melbourne                                        Australia during this period. We’re providing an
                                                                    opportunity for people who hold a Pandemic
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                                                                    Event visa to explore another visa option.”
              ustralia-based ELT provider                             Brett Blacker, CEO of English Australia www.
              BROWNS English Language                               englishaustralia.com.au, said prior to the
         ASchool https://brownsenglish.edu.au, has announced it will   government announcement that he was being
         open a new campus in Melbourne, its third location.        contacted on a weekly basis by colleges about
           The BROWNS English Language School Melbourne centre,     students who arrived for 10-week courses and
         located on Church Lane in the heart of the city centre, is set to   then switched to the Pandemic Event visa.
         open on January 15th, and will feature 16 classrooms, dedicated   Troy Williams, Chief Executive of the Inde-
         study areas, common areas and a student lounge.            pendent Tertiary Education Council Australia
           Justin Blake, CEO of BROWNS, told StudyTravel Magazine, “As we   www.iteca.edu.au, observed similar trends and
         celebrate 20 years of successful operations in Queensland, we are   said the ability to switch wasn’t the best out-
         excited to embrace new opportunities and take the next step in   come for students as they came to Australia to
         our journey.” Full story at: bit.ly/3rg0OHT                undertake studies. Full story at: bit.ly/45Zb9a1


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