AUSTRALIA JULY NEW 457 VISA MEANS FOREIGN STUDENTS DOING PHD WORK TO BE COUNTED AS WORK EXPERIENCE
Universities Australia also welcomed the announcement that university lecturers and vice chancellors (CEOs) will be restored to the mediim and long-term strategic skills list with a pathway to permanent residency.
It said the government had given Universities Australia a commitment that study towards a PhD will count as relevant work experience for the purposes of applying for new skilled visas. Many scientific and technical disciplines had also been added to the medium list.
"This is very good news – the government has listened to these key concerns and acted on them," said Universities Australia Chief Executive Belinda Robinson.
"The global community of university lecturers and researchers is a highly mobile one. Australia needs policy settings that allow us to remain competitive, and ensure we are able to snap up the best global talent to work alongside our brilliant home-grown researchers.
"The changes ... will ensure that Australia can make the most of an historic opportunity to recruit some of the finest global minds of a generation."
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