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ASEAN Delegation

ACPET was delighted to host 12 international delegates from VietNam, Thailand, the Philippines, and Malaysia. Delegates were briefed by ACPET and then hosted to lunch by ACPET member Academia. ...Read More

 
 
 

Queensland Focus Group - ACPET International Education Strategic Plan

On Thursday of last week, 22 members from Queensland attended a workshop on offshore international education which was followed by a Focus Group discussion upon ACPET's International Engagement Strategic Plan 2010 - 2012. ...Read More

 
     
 

 

ESOS Update

ACPET reminds members that on 24 June 2010, the Senate referred to the Education, Employment and the Workplace Relations Legislation Committee the provisions of the Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 and that submissions can be made to the Committee, the closing date for which is 30 July 2010. ...Read More

 
     
 

 

Meeting with Immigration Minister's office and DIAC Executive staff

On Friday morning of last week, ACPET CEO Andrew Smith and International Engagement Manager Steve Quirk met with Paula Williams, Assistant Secretary, Education and Tourism Branch, Deidre Williams, and Laze Pejoski Senior Economic Advisor of DIAC. ...Read More

 
     
 

Second Round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Negotiations – Solid progress

The second round of TPP negotiations, held in San Francisco from 14-18 June 2010, resulted in significant progress on both the broad architecture of the agreement, and on a range of specific issues to be covered in the TPP. ...Read More

 
 

     

 

 

 

 
 Seeking...

  • On behalf of the NQC, NCVER is working on gathering information about private RTOs that delivered VET courses offshore in 2009. Contact tomi [dot] adejoro [at] ncver [dot] edu [dot] au (Tomi Adejoro) from NCVER (ph: 08 8230 8639) for more information.

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  Look out for
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  • AHN International Student Accommodation ‘Beyond 2010’ Industry Seminar – July & August (seminar [at] homestaynetwork [dot] org (Contact AHN for more info))
  • IBSA – ICP10 Printing and Graphic Arts Training Package: Industry Information Sessions and RTO Professional Development Workshops – July & August (Click here for more info)
  • Applications for the 2011 Endeavour VET Outbound Mobility Program now open – applications close 20 August (Click here for more info)
  • Endeavour Awards 2010 – applications open until 31 July 2010 (Click here for more info)
  • International Engagement Strategic Plan July 2010 - June 2012
  • 25 August – ACPET Asia Pacific Forum, Melbourne

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  Important dates later this year...
 
 

  • September – APEC Women Leaders’ Network (WLN) Meeting in Tokyo (Click here for more info)

  • September – Austrade Study in Australia Exhibition – Korea, China

  • October – Austrade Study in Australia Exhibition – Regional Indonesia, Brunei, Taiwan, Malaysia

  • October – the 14th UNESCO-APEID International Conference - Education for Human Resource Development (Click here for more info)

  • October – ‘Education Beyond Borders’ Exhibition in Bulgaria (Click here for more info)

  • October – Australian International Education Conference, Sydney (Click here for more info)                        

  • November – Skills Australia will commence reviewing the Skilled Occupation List (SOL)

  • November – the Inaugural Offshore Campus Management Forum, Melbourne – Informa (Click here for more info)

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  This coming week...

  • NQC Seminar in Sydney
  • NEAS Workshop for Principal Administrators in Brisbane

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  Last week...

  • ASEAN School Delegation (Study Tour)
  • NQC Seminars in Brisbane & Melbourne

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