Joyce promising international students jobs which don’t exist

International students were finding it difficult to get 20 hours of work under the current regime, Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association (VUWSA) President Rory McCourt said today.

“Youth unemployment is stubbornly high, and real wages are falling. Is now the time to be promising a land of milk and honey to unsuspecting international students? What happens when they get here and can’t find work?”

“It’s our foodbanks and hardship funds which pick up the pieces for the thousands of international students who can’t find work”

The Association acknowledges there are some students who would appreciate a relaxation of the work restrictions signalled in today’s announcement by Steven Joyce, but McCourt warned against the effectiveness of the changes in stemming falling student numbers.

“Fewer international students are attending New Zealand’s universities due to slipping quality and stories of real hardship in New Zealand making it back home rather than an inability to take up offers of work.”

“This Government needs to adequately fund quality public education in New Zealand. That’s how you attract international students. Four years of underfunding by Joyce and his crew has taken its toll: our institutions are slipping down the world rankings and we’re now competing on who can promise the longest work hours, rather than quality”

“It’s a recipe for disaster” concluded McCourt.

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