前段日子有澳媒报道中介费过高,如今又出澳洲教育部整顿中介以降低虚假学生的消息了。
当美国,英国和澳洲一边竞争更多的海外学生,一边又在防范虚假的学生签证申请者时,根据英国卫报6月15日的报导,最近的调查显示此种欺骗率已经可以变得很低。包括澳洲,英国正在努力改善留学代理机构的质量,代理机构基本负责五分之一的海外学生。一位英国议会创始人已经集合多个主要留学生来源国家的留学代理通过提供英语课程使他们可以之间能更好的合作包括对政策的理解。
原文如下:
While the US, UK and Australia compete for international students and fears of bogus applicants abusing visa systems persist, recent research suggests fraud risk levels could be low, according to The Guardian (15th June 2010). Along with Australia, The UK is also keen to improve the quality of agents, who are responsible for placing one in five foreign students. A British Council-led initiative has brought together representatives from the main countries offering English language courses to work on co-ordinating policies.