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网易教育讯 据the australian 网站报道，澳洲的大学正在担心会有新一轮的国际生招生危机，因为一场关于会计是否应该保留在主要移民职业优先名单的辩论正在爆发。
澳洲联邦政府和财务部门工会称，澳洲充斥着大量的外籍会计师。他们说会计应该从192-重要技能职业清单中剔除，这个清单上的职业才有资格申请独立技术移民。
但是会计团体称，澳洲对会计师的需求超过供给，而且一些机构也担心剔除会计职业会造成收入上25亿美元的损失。他们担心2009年技术移民改革的问题会重现，当时因为技术移民改革造成了一场危机，使教育出口一年丢失了30亿美元。
最新的数据表明，28000个外国人在澳主修会计学位，这在230000个海外高等教育招生数量中占到了12%。但是澳洲国际教育协会说危害远远不止这些。它说，因为会计可以与管理和商业有效交换，所以加上管理和商业专业的国际生，主修会计的人占到了每年国际高等教育学生的1/2。
澳洲国际教育协会的执行主席Phil Honeywood说，许多人在站稳脚跟后还是会继续从事会计行业，制定金融和税务系统。会计师时商业学位的终极职业。
由于国际高等教育的学费每年一共可以达到50亿美元，因此单是会计就能为澳洲带来6亿到25亿美元的学费。
教育雇佣和工作关系局称，合格的会计师确实过剩，因此无论是普通会计、管理会计还是税务会计都应该从职业清单上剔除。雇主担保移民才比较适应澳洲劳动市场需要。
Honeywood说剔除会计会造成巨大的认知问题，它会暗示大家澳洲不惜要更多的会计了。那些想要获得雇主担保的学生可能将不再把澳洲当做一个留学目的地。
莫纳什大学的人口学家Bob Birrell说，澳洲接待了60000个25岁至34岁的管理和商业学位留学生，其中仅有30%最终在管理或专业岗位工作，这在他们的本国如果是相当数量的学生，大约有67%都会在专业岗位工作。他说，“在澳洲，我们确实存储着大量的管理和商业人才”。
明天(01月24日)在一个由澳洲劳动力和生产力部门组织的堪培拉焦点小组讨论会上，官僚、FSU、商业院院长、私立学校、顶尖行业组织和四大会计企业的代表将会研究解决这个问题。
AWAP每年都会重审一次这个职业清单，然后向联邦政府提议一些变化。它已经将会计标记（Flagged）为正在考虑剔除的职业。
AWPA预计将会在3月或4月向移民部长提议，新的职业清单可能会在7月早期实施。AWPA的首席执行官Robin Shreeve说，人们不应该这么快就会新的职业清单下结论。我们做了大量的研究和数据挖掘。明天的讨论会就表明AWPA有一个开放的心态，希望接纳每一方的发言。
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UNIVERSITIES fear another crash in international enrolments as a debate rages about whether accountants should stay on a key migration priority list.
The federal government and the Finance Sector Union say Australia is awash with overseas-born accountants.
They say the profession should be removed from the 192-strong Skilled Occupation List, which governs eligibility for independent skilled migration.
But accountancy bodies say demand for accountants is outstripping supply, while institutions fear the move could jeopardise up to $2.5 billion in revenue.
They fear a re-run of 2009, when skilled migration reforms precipitated a downturn that has stripped $3bn a year from education exports.
Latest figures suggest about 28,000 foreigners study accountancy at degree level, representing 12 per cent of about 230,000 overseas higher education enrolments.
But the International Education Association of Australia said far more were at risk.
It said accountancy was effectively interchangeable with the broader field of management and commerce, which attracts one in two international higher education students.
"Many segue into accounting once they find their feet and work out the finance and tax systems," said IEAA executive director Phil Honeywood.
"Accounting is the professional end game of a business degree."
With international higher education tuition fees totalling $5bn a year, accountancy alone could be bringing in between $600 million and $2.5bn in fees.
The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations said qualified accountants are in surplus and that all three categories - general, management and taxation accountants - should be removed from the Skilled Occupation List.
"Employer sponsored migration is more appropriate to meet labour market needs," it said.
Mr Honeywood said the move would create "enormous perception problems. It will indicate that Australia doesn't need any more accountants.
"Students who had hoped to get employer sponsorship will no longer see us as a study destination."
Monash University demographer Bob Birrell said Australia hosted about 60,000 25 to 34-year-old foreigners with management and commerce degrees. Just 30 per cent worked in management or professional positions, compared to 67 per cent of their domestic equivalents.
"We do have a very substantial stock of these people in Australia," he said.
Tomorrow bureaucrats, the FSU, business deans, private colleges, peak industry bodies and representatives of the big four accountancy firms will thrash the issue out at a Canberra focus group convened by the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency.
AWPA reviews the Skilled Occupation List annually and proposes changes to the federal government.
It has flagged accounting as an occupation being considered for removal.
It expects to forward its advice to the Immigration Minister in March or April, with the new list likely to apply from early July. AWPA chief executive Robin Shreeve said people shouldn't jump to conclusions about the new list. "We put a lot of research into this and we do a lot of data mining," he said.
Mr Shreeve said tomorrow's meeting demonstrated that AWPA had an open mind and was "exploring every avenue".
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