and remain in place – to incentivise a more • A nuanced approach to post-study work equitable flow of international students to the rights where students in metropolitan regions (alongside incentives for graduates areas need to study a course and to remain in the regions post-study). [...] of ongoing formal reviews, to enable • Abandoning the utilisation of ‘points cliffs’ rigorous policy analysis that allows the built into the age criteria of the points sector to more effectively plan and system, in favour of a smoother sliding respond to reviews. [...] students that will promote the excellence • An expansion of points/criteria available of regional tertiary opportunities in to the partners of points tested visa teaching and research, with an overall holders, given the social and economic objective of distributing a greater share contribution they can make, and the of Australia’s international migration load supporting role they can play in migra. [...] REVIEW OF THE POINTS TEST 5 DESIGNING THE POINTS TEST Question One: How can we design the points test to best target migrant success in finding a skilled job? RUN acknowledges that the Government has “….because of insufficient differentiation, a desire to reduce the size of Australia’s Net many applicants score the maximum Overseas Migration (NOM), however RUN available points on the core criteria. [...] study weighting could be designed to be accompanied by a period of post-graduation However, RUN strongly disagrees with work (aligned to the student’s field of study) assertions within the Migration Review that in regional Australia that would provide a the (already) modest weighting attached to the pathway to permanency for migrants.
- Pages
- 14
- Published in
- Australia
