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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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