Author : Dilip Nooney

Australia is safe for foreign students and immigrants

The United States-based blog for Indo-Americans, “Sepia Mutiny” (http://sepiamutiny.com/sepia/) has frequently carried alarming accounts of unprovoked attacks on Indian students. Recently there has been some bad press for Australia in the Indian news media about similar-seeming events. Is the situation comparable? Should prospective Indian students (and their parents), investors, and independent skilled migrants feel any […]

Research and Teaching of Australian Universities

You will find considerable differences in the approach taken at Australian universities from what you are accustomed to in India. Silent note-taking is everywhere understood to be the least effective way of learning, but active learning requires resources that are not available everywhere. Australian students, though, cannot sit through lectures and then study up for […]

Why Choose Australia?

Economic opportunities in Australia are very vast. Australia’s economy is increasingly integrated into those of the ASEAN countries (originally Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand) and more recently, in addition, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. It also has a free trade agreement with the USA. As in India and Canada, Australia’s financial […]

Why choose Australia for university and vocational studies?

Australia can be a very desirable place for overseas students to take up tertiary studies. The best Australian universities rank close to the top of the Times Education Supplement rankings of world universities. The Australian National University, the University of Melbourne, the University of Sydney, the University of Queensland, the University of New South Wales, […]

Australia: Is it a safe place for international students?

International students stand to experience all of the above and have the time of their lives. First, however, let’s answer the one question every international student (and their parents) has in mind: Is it a safe place for international students? Australia is the only continent covered by one country, and it is famous for the […]

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