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May 09, 2005
The falling standards of Australian University
The Herald is running a series of very interesting article about international students and Australian universities. Interesting to read, especially for me since I was an international student myself:
English tests faked to cheat on residency
With all the funding cuts from the government, international students are becoming more and more important for monetary purposes. The article reports that more universities are lowering their IELTS requirement for international students which some only ask for 6. Even the 6.5 standard that they have now is still too low. I had 7 on my IELTS and I still struggle during the first few months, heck I still struggle with English even today. 6.5 is bare minimum I think, 7 should really be the standard we need to use. If it were to me I will impose English school requirement for IELTS 7 and only let IETLS 8 to go straight to uni. Unfortunately the universities can’t afford it without their international student cash cow …
Interpretation of IELTS results: http://www.ielts.org/candidates/results/default.aspx
Posted by vhadiant at May 9, 2005 07:41 AM
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