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Western Australia government launches Agent Australia to increase
Incentive Scheme, extends student bursaries post-study work rights
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he government of Western Australia has announced details of he Australian government has announced
a support package that includes AUS$10 million in payments that it will increase post-study work rights
Tfor agents to promote study in the state. Tfor students in areas of skill shortage.
WA International Education Minister David Templeman, said, “It In areas of skills shortages, post-study work
is vitally important that the McGowan Government incentivises rights for international undergraduate students
international student agents, as well as students, to encourage will increase from two to four years, while
them to consider and ultimately make the right choice to study in selected master’s degrees will increase from
our State.” three years to five years, and selected PhDs will
The Agent Incentive Scheme will provide payments of AUS$500 rise from four years to six years.
per student to agents enrolling an international student in a A working group has been established to
school, ELICOS college or VET vocational provider; and payments of advise the Ministers on the development and
AUS$1,000 per confirmed enrolment at on which academic fields
one of the five universities in WA. should qualify, and was
Meanwhile, subsidies to support due to report its findings
accommodation costs and bursaries by late October.
for 20-week English language courses Minister for Educa-
will also continue. bit.ly/3edizB3 tion, Jason Clare said,
“At the moment, only 16
per cent of international students stay on after
IDP to acquire agency their studies end. This will mean they can stay
Intake Education on longer and use the skills they’ve gained in

secondAry tertiAry AssociAted Australia to help fill some of the chronic skills
shortages we have right now.”
DP Education www.idp.com has announced the acquisition of Catriona Jackson, Chief Executive of Uni-
global agency group Intake Education https://intake.education, versities Australia www.universitiesaustralia.
Ipreviously known as UKEAS, for a fee of up to AU$83 million. edu.au said, “Extending post-study work rights
IDP Education confirmed it had entered into a binding agree- sends the right signal to international students
ment to acquire 100 per cent of Intake, established in 1993. As part who want to use their Australian education in
of the deal, IDP will acquire Intake’s offices across Ghana, India, Australia’s regions and cities, when and where
Kenya, Nigeria, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and the UK. there is a clear need for their skills.”
Murray Walton, CFO of IDP, said, “Intake’s geographic footprint Meanwhile, the current setting of uncapped
complements IDP’s global network. In some markets such as the work rights for students while they are study-
Philippines and Thailand, IDP and Intake are the two clear market ing will be retained until June 2023, it was
leaders, whereas in other areas, such as West Africa and Taiwan, announced. Work limits were temporarily sus-
IDP can learn from Intake’s market presence.” bit.ly/3RJoMSX pended earlier this year. More at: bit.ly/3EqbRCv

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