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Redfern Legal Centre is hiring a Practice Lead for our International Student Legal Service. The position involves providing legal advice to international students, supervising volunteer solicitors, and driving policy reform. Applicants must be NSW solicitors with 4+ years post-admission experience, and applications close 2 November.

When Adriana moved from Brazil to Australia three years ago she was sold: a world-class education, nice weather, good pay and a prosperous life.

The NSW government wants universities to take more responsibility for housing international students as Sydney braces for tens of thousands of arrivals for the return of face-to-face learning.

Universities and Australia’s biggest student housing provider are using a loophole in legislation to avoid tough laws designed to protect renters.

Sean Stimson, an international student solicitor at Redfern Legal Centre, described June 30 as D-Day, when remote study from abroad would no longer be permitted at the same time the Department of Foreign Affairs restricts international students to 48 hours of work per fortnight.

International students living and studying in Sydney are invited to apply for the 2023/24 international student leadership and ambassador program.

Momentum is gathering behind a campaign to demand universities cap rents and build residential cooperatives for international students.

Lord Mayor Clover Moore last night opened the doors to Sydney Town Hall for the first International Student Welcome since the start of the pandemic.

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Updated visa options were announced during the pandemic to assist international students whose studies have been impacted by COVID-19.