Knowingly, the designers getting hired in 2026 aren’t the ones applying more — they’re applying smarter.

A product designer with six years of experience, applying for senior UX roles at mid-size fintech companies, can now generate twenty tailored cover letters before lunch. Although, that’s not the win.

The win is what gets done with the time that saves —

And then, there’s a four-stage way to spend it well.

Discovery

Most job searches reward endurance over intelligence — hours of scrolling for a list that’s more tiring than useful. AI can turn that into a ranked shortlist in minutes. The part worth guarding: whose fit criteria the ranking is actually using.

Tailoring

Rebuilding a resume from scratch for every role burns the week; sending the same one everywhere gets ignored. AI can reshape the emphasis in minutes. What it can’t do is decide which five minutes of reading are non-negotiable before you hit send.

Outreach

A templated "I’m passionate about great UX" message reads as exactly what it is. AI can do the research fast. The line that actually lands still has to come from somewhere AI can’t reach.

Interview prep. Over-rehearsed answers sound polished and hollow; under-prepared ones fall apart under a follow-up. AI can build a rehearsal space that solves neither problem on its own — the fix is in how it gets used.

Here’s the pattern across all four: AI can reliably carry the busywork — call it 80% of the job search — but the last 20% is where the job actually gets won or lost. That’s not a measured split, just a useful way to hold the line between what to delegate and what to protect.

👉 The full four-stage stack — what to actually ask AI at each step, and the one guardrail worth setting before you touch any of it — is here on Consultaman. Read complete article

What if during an interview, the interviewer asks for metrics to prove the project’s effectiveness?

The interviewer asks for impact. Your project never quite wrapped — too many rounds, too many teams, too many moving pieces to call it “done.” And somewhere along the way, a stakeholder’s AI curiosity — “could this also do X?” — stretched the timeline even further.

But the question in the interview still stands — “So, what impact did your redesign have?” “Do you have metrics to show?”

You freeze!

Priorities shifted twice in this enterprise project. Nobody ever quite signed off on a “final” version — it just kept evolving until you moved on to something else. You genuinely didn’t know if you’d ever see the final numbers to tell that story.

That silence isn’t a gap in your work. It’s a gap in how the question gets answered.

Why the clean resolution rarely exists

This holds truest for enterprise apps specifically.

Enterprise projects don’t resolve like consumer apps. A “redesign the dashboard” brief picks up reporting fixes, a CRM integration, an audit-trail requirement — and a six-month project becomes a three-year one.

Traditional metrics assume a clean endpoint and a fast feedback loop. Enterprise UX rarely gives you either.

That doesn’t mean the value isn’t there. It means you’re measuring the wrong thing, at the wrong moment.

Final numbers are one kind of evidence — not the only kind

There are a handful of lenses that hold up in an interview even when nothing has fully resolved.

Two of them would be: efficiency gains — time or steps removed, even if only validated in testing — and risk reduction — errors your design prevents, visible before a fix is even rolled out. (There are two more seen in blog below, and they’re arguably the ones most designers never think to use.)

One example (hypothetical — not a real client project)

A claims-submission flow had a 40% rejection rate tied to one recurring input error. The fix: catch the error before submission, instead of flagging it after.

That’s a decision a designer made with evidence already in hand — error logs, not guesswork. What happened next, and how to talk about a result that’s real but not yet final, is where most people get the answer wrong.

👉 There’s reusable templates for turning exactly this kind of mid-project evidence into an answer that sounds confident instead of apologetic — plus the other two lenses, and a worked example carried all the way through. Read the full breakdown: Focus on Tangible Outcomes Over Vanity Metrics on Consultaman.

No Clean Metrics to Show? You Still Have an Impact Story was originally published in UX Planet on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Two years of good work. Banking or even other project flows. A healthcare product. A project you still can’t name publicly.

And as a result — your portfolio stays frozen.

The usual explanation is simple: “Everything is under NDA.”

Fair enough. But here’s the uncomfortable question: does an NDA actually prevent you from showing how you think?

Probably not.

The screen was never the whole story

When designers get stuck with confidential work, the first thing they usually think about is what they can’t show. No screens. No client logo. No product name. No screenshots.

So the portfolio waits. And waits.

Here’s the part most people miss:

Hiring managers aren’t really buying screenshots.

They’re trying to understand how you think when the problem is messy, the constraints are real and there isn’t an obvious answer.

That part of the work rarely lives in the final UI anyway. It lives in the decisions: why you changed direction, what you disagreed about, what trade-off you made and what you realised halfway through.

Those are often the bits that make a case study interesting.

An NDA doesn’t erase the problem

A designer can wait months for an NDA to expire before touching their portfolio. By then, the project feels old. The details are fuzzy. The decisions are harder to reconstruct. Starting again feels like starting from zero.

That’s the hidden cost of waiting… Not a bad interview. But simply — a bad year.

And with AI making companies even more cautious about sensitive information, “I’ll update my portfolio when I can show the screens” isn’t a strategy anymore.

So what can you actually show?

More than you might think.

You can remove the client name without removing the problem. You can blur the logo without blurring the reasoning. You can recreate a flow without reproducing the original product. You can describe the constraint without exposing confidential information.

And sometimes a simple diagram tells more than a polished screen ever could.

Instead of showing only the final onboarding flow, you can show the moment where three teams disagreed about what should happen next. You can explain what changed, why it changed and how you helped the team reach a decision.

That’s a case study. The diagram is just the evidence.

Want to know further?

👉Read the full breakdown that includes complete checklist — plus a trap even diagram-based case studies fall into with The Real Reason Your Design Case Study Portfolio Seems Stuck (It’s Not NDA) on Consultaman.

What Students Think Interviewers Want

UI/UX designers are particularly susceptible to one interview trap. Design education often focuses more on visual communication than verbal reasoning.

We saw this most clearly during post-COVID hiring boom, when demand for UI/UX designers was at its peak and couple of design institutes shaped the entry playbook. Candidates often arrived with pre-structured portfolio pieces built from same templates, frameworks and presentation patterns.

And the Double Diamond template at its best — did the rest.

In a nutshell, portfolios and case-study decks got optimised for polish:

• A clean process
• Confident delivery
• A textbook Double Diamond walkthrough
• Research insights that neatly lead to the solution
• A final slide with positive metrics

It looked good. But it sounded rehearsed.

…However, that is exactly the problem.

A polished deck can make it impossible to see the designer inside the work.

What Interviewers Are Actually Listening For

Judgment. Trade-offs. Constraints. Tension. Ownership. Decisions. And lastly —and how design decisions create impact beyond just the screen.

Put simply: interviewers want to hear about the messy middle — when competing voices were pushing different priorities, and what gets discussed most is usually what’s visible, not what’s underneath. How you built agreement around a design decision, and how that decision helped moved needle forward.

Those words point to a very different kind of case-study story — but knowing the words is not the same as knowing what interviewers hear in a strong answer.

The gap between a rehearsed answer and a strong one shows up fast in the room. Here’s what closes it: What Interviewers Actually Listen For When Designers Walk Through a Case Study → on Consultaman

AI tools can now generate tabs, status models, steppers, collapsible sections, and complete multi-step layouts in seconds. The output looks competent, adheres to modern design standards, and feels ready to ship.

However, it can also accelerate wrong kind of design decisions

Stakeholders see high-fidelity UI — assume the foundational complexity has been resolved, and sign off prematurely.

But speed is not clarity…

Polished interface can act like smokescreen

Because it creates the illusion that the thinking has already happened.

And the polished part looks way to go forward.

Yet beneath that layer of clean typography, balanced spacing, and modern designs, fundamental architectural questions remain unresolved:

• Can users complete the core task without cognitive whiplash?
• Are they being asked to commit to a decision before they have sufficient context?
• Does the system preserve state when someone leaves and returns three days later?
• What information must stay visible, and what can safely wait?

And much more…

When an interface looks finished, teams forget to stress-test how it behaves across non-ideal scenarios, messy edge cases, and fragmented operating realities.

That oversight turns costly later as app continue to scale.

AI can reproduce a fractured status model, misaligned decision gate, or a disjointed workflow across fifty screens with ruthless speed and consistency. Then, later on — what looked like a delivery shortcut becomes technical and operational debt.

The faster the output, the faster you can scale wrong decisions.

The Interface Is Only the Visible Layer

Talking about usual workflows:

Enterprise initiatives routinely arrive as backlogs of disconnected user stories, screen lists, and edge cases. Design teams divide the tickets, spin up prompts or UI kits, and start producing flows.

Because — till here, Speed and velocity dominate early delivery metrics.

However, then the systemic breakdowns surface:

• Redundant Intake: Users are forced to re-enter core business details simply because two internal teams built separate intake screens for the same customer.
• Conflicting Logic: Managers discover contradictory approval thresholds between the web portal and the mobile workflow, stalling high-value deals at sign-off.
• Ambiguous Ownership: A status tag reads Pending, but nobody knows whose desk it sits on — leaving the customer waiting and the operations team guessing.

None of these are UI deficiencies; they are breakdowns in experience architecture.

Experience architecture defines the operating system beneath the visual layout: how state is preserved across steps, how momentum survives human interruption, where accountability transitions between actors, and how business rules materialize as intuitive mental models.

Another example — it Started with a Question About Tabs

On a recent enterprise transformation, the initial engagement sounded purely tactical: “Which tabs should we put on this workspace?”

Looking under the hood, the reality was messy. A single record required weeks of intermittent work involving three separate roles: an author drafted the entry, a risk officer audited the data, and an executive approved the submission. People stepped away, waited on external feedback, and returned days later with zero recall of where things had paused.

The core challenge was never just placement of tabs. Infact, the architecture beneath tabs needed to hold progress while real life intervened.

Save-and-return had to become an explicit structural pattern, not an afterthought. Status labels needed to convey where the user stands currently on journey, rather than just knowing passive completion state.

So yes- adding tabs was just most visible stuff. What mattered most was how steppers, buttons for save/progress and even queries were being handled as part of workflow so as to ensure momentum to move seamlessly for users.

Where Human Judgment Leads

A progress stepper, a modal dialogue, or a data grid is easy to generate.

What’s hard to generate is the judgment underneath — what the experience needs to remember, who owns a decision once it crosses a policy gate, and when showing information early helps rather than overwhelms.

None of that gets solved by rendering layouts faster.

They are solved by understanding what an experience must hold — and designing the structural backbone capable of supporting it.

Tactical tools populate containers. Experience architecture decides what those containers need to carry.

The tabs question was never really about tabs — the full piece covers what “Where Human Judgment Leads” actually looks like in practice, and where architecture decisions get made before a single screen exists:

Screens Aren’t the Answer. Experience Architecture Is →

AI workflows are full of topic nodes, decision branches, fallback paths and human handoffs.

They are usually treated as technical diagrams.

But underneath the system logic is something familiar: a person trying to reach an outcome, encountering uncertainty and deciding whether to trust what happens next.

That is a journey map.

Not the workshop version with sticky notes and emotion curves. A new version — built inside agent canvases, automation tools and service workflows.

The diagram changed. The need did not.

The map changed rooms

Different teams use different labels:

• Engineers build decision trees.
• Automation teams create workflows.
• Product teams map service flows.
• AI teams define agent actions, fallbacks and escalations.

Each is trying to make a complex experience visible before users face its consequences.

Technology keeps changing the surface. Complexity keeps bringing the same design questions back.

What does the user expect?

What does the system believe?

What happens when the two do not match?

Every agent decision is a human moment

A workflow may look technical, but every node changes the experience.

A branch changes what the user understands.

A fallback changes whether they feel helped or abandoned.

A delay changes whether the system feels thoughtful or indifferent.

A handoff changes who they trust.

An incorrect action changes whether they return.

The agent can complete every programmed step and still leave the user confused! It can provide the right answer without explaining why. It can escalate a request without clarifying what happens next. It can act confidently when it should pause.

So here’s what happens eventually:

The workflow succeeds. However, the experience fails.

Boxes and arrows are not enough

The value of experience mapping was never the diagram itself. It was the discipline of asking what the diagram means for the person moving through it.

An agent canvas can show every system action and still miss the important questions:

• What does the user think the agent understood?
• What do they expect it to do next?
• When should it explain itself?
• Can they correct or reverse an action?
• When should a human step in?

Without that layer, the map is rich in system logic but thin in human meaning.

This is why UX fundamentals still matter. The skill is not drawing a journey map. It is tracing intent across a system and noticing where the designed process stops matching the lived experience.

The enduring UX advantage

AI can generate a clean diagram in seconds. The harder work is seeing the anxiety hidden inside a delay, the trust failure hidden inside a fallback, the organisational gap hidden inside a handoff. That is not decoration around the technical work — it’s part of whether the system succeeds.

The interesting part isn’t drawing the map. AI can help with that now. The harder part is deciding what the map needs to reveal — where people hesitate, where trust breaks, what should happen when the expected path fails, and where a human needs to step back in.

The full piece — including the three paths every AI workflow secretly runs, and what each one reveals about trust — is on my main site: Experience Mapping Gets More Valuable Over Time →

Whatever You Build With AI Is Already a Journey Map was originally published in UX Planet on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Regardless, Post study work rights are one of the most compelling reason for students to choose Canada for their higher studies. And there’s a significant factor that solidifies as to WHY:

Work obtained through the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program (PGWP) may help support your application to become a permanent resident of Canada.
- Canada immigration official source

To delve even deeper, studying in Canada is all about affordability.

Yes, Canada stands out as one of the most budget-friendly destinations for studying abroad. Moreover, you’ll enjoy three years of work rights even while pursuing diploma courses like post-graduate certificates and similar programs and that too — with even 8 months course.

SOUNDS AMAZING!

Before we explore what the future holds for international students in 2023 for PGWP, let’s go back a bit to back days — as to how Canada’s immigration policies have consistently supported the PGWP program:

When it all started?

The Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) program was initiated in May 2005, and it has been going strong for approximately 18 years.

Amazingly, the key provisions — including the three-year work rights and a requirement of at least eight months of study, have remained unchanged throughout this period.

In a show of additional support, Canada even extended post-graduate work permits by an extra 18 months recently. Source — pienews

Clearly, Canada’s commitment to these reforms has been unwavering.

What’s in Store now for International Students

Not much has changed — except that Canada has become more vigilant!

Here’s why:

As some recent fraud schemes where students got admitted with fake letter of acceptance — came into light…

As a result — certain measures have been implemented:

In Quebec’s post-secondary institutions, where some of these institutions may no longer offer programs eligible for the Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP).

Furthermore — to assist you in the right direction, I’ve added the right page from where you can locate how to find appropriate designated learning institute which actually offer PGWP programs now

Note: Where’s there “Details” seen, that institution isn’t offering PGWP eligible course now

So, before embarking on your journey to pursue your dreams of studying abroad and planning for an extended stay, make sure to verify if the institution where you intend to study still offers PGWP-eligible programs.

And yes — Do take admission assistance from certified and knowledgeable education agent otherwise, you could risk your hard-earned money going to waste or get trapped in some fraudulent scheme

Biggest advantages of PGWP in Canada

Let’s quickly reiterate some key points to keep your motivation high throughout your extended journey:

1. There’s PGWP even available for vocational courses (diploma, certificate).
2. Lower tuition fees and even overall costs — compared to US, UK, and Australia.
3. Abundant scholarships for undergrad and grad students.

And did I say — the most rockstar point :

Canada immigration has just kept it simple with few of criteria to meet out. You won’t find it difficult even if have to apply it yourself.

The main key pointers you have to maintain are:

1. You have to be studying at DLI and that also, which truly offers PGWP courses
2. The minimum duration — 8 months long study would be there in place

Are you determined to avoid becoming a victim of any sort of fraudulent scheme where there’s unwanted and catchy pitch being told such as job guarantee?

The internet is awash with evidence of such scams and schemes.

Some even pointed out by me in my earlier article : The Future of International Study in Australia | by Amandeep singh | Sep, 2023 | Medium

If you’re committed to making the right choices and think about long term prospects, you’re in the right place.

Starting your study journey with a course that leads to better job prospects will make your transition into a promising career smoother.

Interested in getting started?

You can always reach out to me ⬇️

As a certified education agent counselor, Canada — I can provide guidance right from the beginning for selecting best course options from diversified range of locations and institutions. Simply drop me a line at aman@fly2victory.com

And yes- Admission assistance is COMPLETELY FREE!

In continuation of my previous article posted recently :

The Future of International Study in Australia | by Amandeep singh | Sep, 2023 | Medium, which delved into recent changes like the revocation of the concurrent study rule and more, I now have some exciting developments to share

Specifically, there have been significant amendments to Post-Study Work Rights (PSWR) (some implemented and others upcoming) that I’ll touch upon in this article.

Around 220,000 enrolments across 500 qualifications are expected to be in scope for the extended TGV measure between now and mid-2025, based on current enrolment patterns. This translates to around 12,000 graduates who qualify and take up the TGV extended offer each semester through to December 2024
- Post-Study Work Rights Working Group report 2023

So taking above stats into picture, there’s BIG numbers envisioned to contribute to Australian education export…and plans had already been underway since 2022 to cover up for skill shortages since Labor party come to power in Australia.

Here’s where it is to be seen :

Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil called for overhaul for migration system where it is emphasised that skilled temporary migrants get converted into permanent skilled workforce

In this article, I’ll delve into the following key areas:

1. Exciting developments for international students planning to study in Australia.
2. How the Australian Labor government aims to transform temporary migrants into permanent residents and glimpse of what’s expected based on recommendations from the working group.

But before we get started, our primary focus will be on the Post-Study Work Stream, as the list of changes we’ll discuss applies to bachelors, masters and doctoral degree programs, which fall under this specific visa category.

3 Types of PSWR Visa in Australia

1. Post-Study Work Stream
2. Graduate Work Stream
3. Skilled Recognised Graduate Visa

Exciting development with extended TGV

And guess what MAGIC it bought…

…approx 3264 courses got listed as part of special degrees with qualifications pinpointing to graduate outcome — professions in healthcare, engineering, teaching or information technology

The core outcome the list brings :

Enabling international students with eligible qualification from list to gain extended years of stay with specific Bachelor courses taking to 4 years and Master courses being 5 years, respectively.

Now, let’s dive into something remarkable with regional study:

If you choose a degree from the list I’ve just referred above and choose to study in one of regional campus in city outide Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbance, you’re in for some fantastic news :

Australia has long established a list of regional cities, and with this designation, students have the chance to extend their Post-Study Work Rights (PSWR) by an extra two years.

Yes, you read that correctly!

In essence, this translates to a grand total of six years or potentially more for you to flourish and build your career after successfully completing your studies.

All this point to one thing :

Something much awesome has already started to happen for international students who can be part of Australian workforce!

All the revolution is coming for international students as soon as they graduate…with qualification of one of courses specifically rolled out or even be generously rewarded whilst graduating from campuses in regional cities.

So yes- if someone’s academic background had been from science stream or even had been in similar related job or did bachelors from related line, now is the time to map your journey…

Mapping professions from list to Skill level 1 identified

As I mentioned about the broader level of professions pulled from the published list:

Here’s the intriguing connection — these occupations all fall under Skill Level 1. Historical trends reveal a persistent shortage of such professions, which has steadily driven up demand over time. As a result, qualifications related to these occupations have found their way onto the list!

So, as per my analysis — qualifications leading to professions in healthcare, information technology, engineering or education are here to stay for longer period!

Truly, the graduate outlook and trends in these fields remain consistently strong.

However, there are two important points to keep in mind:

1. The list of eligible courses is updated annually, and the specific courses may change. But don’t worry, as per the working group report — if you’ve already enrolled, these changes won’t affect international students already in the program. However, you need to ensure that you graduate with the respective qualification deemed eligible — no more course hopping this time :)
2. It’s worth noting again that the list published doesn’t include diploma, graduate certificate, or vocational training courses.

So you can always keep this in mind when selecting your program.

The best news coming out of reform…

And how the current government aims to transform temporary migrants into permanent residents?

But before delving into the details, let’s rewind and understand why this emphasis has been placed and why it’s considered crucial:

Yes, the critical challenge at hand is to ensure that the stakes are raised for international students, encouraging them to stay for extended periods and contribute to the economy.

Why?

…the working group report highlighted three crucial factors- age, english proficieny levels and interational students opting to become professionals after studies.

All that underscore why transforming temporary migrants, particularly graduates, is considered the most effective strategy to address and bridge skill shortages in Australia.

All the factors mentioned above are closely aligned with the following statistics:

Now, taking it from when there’s low conversion rate for temporary migrants getting converted for permenant residency and this is where Government is already working to overhaul the migration system in this respect.

And then, above factors have already recounted for recommendations which are being envisaged :

The keywords highlighted in the recommendations make it abundantly clear that the newly formed government intends for genuinely skilled graduates to seamlessly transition into work rights after graduation, eliminating the need for visa hassles.

Quickly summing up now by saying that most odds are now in favour of upcoming international students going forward in Australia…

And yes, Australia education has the longest post study work rights going up till 7 years!

No country can beat that…

Considering the substantial investment international students make in their overseas higher education, it all comes down to one crucial aspect: the desire for a longer stay to offset the costs associated with higher education.

Fortunately, Australia has already STARTED TO offer you that very opportunity with longest duration to work and stay after study!

To make the most of your international education in Australia and ensure a longer and more fulfilling experience, follow these steps:

1. Complete qualifications from the specified degree list
2. Selecting regional study destinations.

This strategic approach could guarantee the highest return on your investment in international education in Australia

Additionally, learning how to navigate the labor market strategically is essential so as to ensure you have yourself geared up for long term career outcome aligned with right qualification!

Starting on the right path would involve aligning your academic background with the appropriate qualifications, making the anticipated transition easier.

Interested in getting started?

You can always reach out to me ⬇️

As a certified education agent counselor, Australia — I can provide guidance right from the beginning. Simply drop me a line at aman@fly2victory.com

And yes- Admisson assistance is COMPLETELY FREE!

As being affiliated with Registered Migration Agent in Australia, she can take it further to assist with your student visa application process!

Let me know in the comments. I’d be interested to get your standpoint or perspective of how you feel about these upcoming changes that are coming with Australia student visa.

Exploring Visa Reforms 2023

History is dynamic!

Going flashback ⚡⬅ the liberal party initially brought welcome news by relaxing student visa work restrictions post pandemic earlier :

“Student visa work restrictions were relaxed throughout the pandemic, and completely removed in January 2022. This allowed student visa holders to work over their normal limit of 40 hours per fortnight to address workforce shortages.”

Well, the above changes got amended, with new government on 30 June 2023— although with certain leverage where limit had been increased to 48 hours a fortnight from 40 hours.

Basically, the change amendment had been done to strike a balance between work and study. Read more here

And now going forward →

Several reforms have been constructed in due course with mostly oriented towards betterment of international students…

…in form of recommendations coming up from working group constituted precisely for this purpose.

Expecting them to roll out in fag end of year 2023!

Firstly, let me quickly pull up list of recommendations at a nutshell taken from ICEF:

Now from the above list — we can be outrightly sure that most (if not all) recommendations will be favorable for international student aspirants.

But, there’s bit of catch here:

The outcomes will be favorable for POTENTIAL genuine graduates- that’s the “narrowly defined group of students”…

Taking it on flip side, the reason is pretty much known for such reforms:

The sole attempt here is to stem down rise in fraudulent applications, course hopping (where students usually change their course and move to some cheap, inexpensive one after arrival) and that’s actually performing frivolous activities.

I will continue to talk further through this article for the tough stands taken to address such frivolous activities (out of which some have already been implemented)

Australia certainly cares about international students' influx however, maintaining the quality and integrity of this sector is critical for the Australian economy.

Now, let’s address the tough stands taken which are quite linked with intent to curb down fraudulent applications or such frivolous activities.

Stats of rising applications

As the pandemic eased — various irregularities also sprung up with surge in student visa applications post pandemic.

Tough stands

Don’t worry :) I will also come to great anticipated news in the next article , and the news or recourse being taken will be all linked with recommendations shown above ⬆

Stand#1 — Ban from 5 Australian universities :

As serious irregularities began to surface with refusal rates soaring over time, five universities had to ban students from five Indian states (atleast till further notice).

Check out in detail here:

Indian students face restrictions from 5 Australian universities amidst surge in fraudulent applications — India Today

The primary reason stated had been course hopping and fraudulent applications: a practice where several students, often in collusion with unscrupulous agents — attempted to misuse the system.

Quickly, summing up the list here for universities that imposed ban:
Victoria University, Edith Cowan University, the University of Wollongong, Torrens University, Federation university, Western Sydney University

As a matter of fact, WSU even released a press release in line:

In essence, the press release centered on the issue of course hopping, as observed when students sought education from low-cost or budget-friendly providers parallelly and went on to opt completely for them.

In due course, that specific international student ditches main university where they enrolled for principal study.

Quite simply stated by spokesperson of WSU :
The decision was not taken lightly but was necessary to protect the integrity of the institution’s international student program.

Stand#2 — Certain Course change amendments with ministerial content:

Stand#3 —Concurrent CoE revoke

International students were till date permitted to enroll in cost-effective vocational courses along with principal course upon their arrival in the country.

In a nutshell, they had the option to pursue additional courses alongside their main studies. This rule was specifically designed to equip students with practical skills and prepare them for the job market through short courses.

BUT, that’s where the CHAOS started…

Several international students started to ditch their university courses and permanently switch to cheaper courses.

Now, this is what somewhat Western Sydney university also pinpointed ⬆️

Magically, the concurrent CoE saw a huge surge post pandemic which even raised eyebrows further for concerned authorities.

Henceforth, the revoke for such concurrent study has already been done!

Now, the 1st and 3rd stand talks about how to protect — an integrity issue for the international sector by Australian Government!

Stand#4 — Suspension in line for high-risk education providers

Now, again to protect integrity, the Australian government has planned to invoke special powers using Section 97 of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act (ESOS Act) to issue suspension certificates

,where refusal rates has been on much higher side

Financial increase from Oct.01

Furthermore, from Oct.01.23, International students will have to show more proof of funds ($24,505 with sharp uptick of 17% from current figure)

Respective decision had been taken in light of rise in living costs over past few years where proof of funds to show for Australian study had not been changed since 2019.

Let’s shift our focus now from the tough stands that may cause concern among the cohort.

I plan to delve soon into the positive developments (news) in the next article — emerging from policies and reforms, with a primary focus on the remarkable post-study work rights — an essential catalyst for student success 😊

Just a quick recall — reforms like automatic transition for eligible students without additional documentation could be in place!

By the way, did you know that studying in Australia can grant you one of the lengthiest post-study work rights, extending up to 7 years? Quite an opportunity, isn’t it?

All you need is the right guidance to choose the most suitable course, considering location and the recently updated eligible course list as of July 2023.

Remember, course list providing additional post study work rights will keep on updating over time!

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Continuing from my previous article about writing related to “Write essay” , this one dives into next one in the series — Summarize written text aka SWT…

What’s all being covered here

We’ll explore how it’s different from essays and what they have in common. Then, I will continue to talk about time management and how it’s graded in par with write essay

Furthermore, I will deep dive to inform about deploying appropriate strategies along with debunking certain myths as usual :)

Exploring the Differences and Commonalities with write essay

Time Management: Summarize written text typically has a time frame of 10 minutes to complete, emphasizing quick yet effective comprehension where there’s 20 minutes for Write essay

Methods: Both essay and summary writing necessitate a sequential planning approach, often employing techniques like the POWER (Planning, organizing, writing, editing, revising) technique.

If you can recall, I already talked about POWER technique earlier in my previous article about write essay :)

Scoring Criteria: The evaluation criteria for both share striking similarities, encompassing factors such as content, form, grammar, vocabulary, and spelling for assessing purposes.

Furthermore, both WE and SWT demand the exclusion of any off-topic information, thus enforcing a streamlined approach

Now, I will quickly take you to overview, so on and so forth enabling to uncover strategies and even debunk myths :

Overview

Summarize written text majorly checks your reading and writing skills. Over here, PTE scoring looks at how well you write and if your summary captures the main ideas.

And did I mention — main ideas should be coming from introduction of the passages going till conclusion henceforth, you have to be quick and fast with “skim and scan” technique!

Including phrases or keywords from the conclusion is where you hit the jackpot and create a concise, accurate summary.

Strategy

Again, just wanted to quicky emphasize that the core strategy goes quite in line with the POWER technique I talked about earlier for writing essay.

I have divided the strategies to be deployed in 3 stages — Before writing, while writing, after writing. This is to make it easy to follow..

Before writing

That’s where the timer starts and you can start to plan — so on and so forth.

Now, don’t jump directly into adopting favorite shortcut — copy+paste two sentences and connect them. And voila you are done :) Because, there are negative consequences which I have stated below in “Debunking SWT myths” section.

1. Keyword Skimming and Scanning: Begin by swiftly skimming and scanning the passage for keywords, particularly those that are repeated, rephrased. Or wait — they could be even in form of synonyms. These keywords often hold the essence of the text and should not be overlooked.
2. Capture Topic Sentences and Keywords: Take the time to identify the topic sentences and underline or note down the keywords associated with them. These topic sentences act as anchors for the content.
3. Intent and Purpose Keywords: Pay special attention to keywords that convey intent or purpose in the text. Recognizing these words can provide valuable insight into the author’s message.
4. Comprehensive Reading (yet quick and fast) : Ensure you quickly skim and scan the entire passages, including the conclusion. The main sentence that holds the key to crafting an appropriate summary is often found in the conclusion. It’s essential not to miss this crucial piece of information.

While writing:

Quickly reiterating the previous important points from “before writing” section for one specific reason : they would be foundation or blueprint for your summary going foward to hike your score here.

Finding appropriate keywords that are stressed, repeated or are in form of synonyms and even capturing topic sentences — majorly, the ones conveying intent or purpose are the game changers.

If done well with the above — let’s move ahead:

1. Do not write anything additional beyond what could be stated through the passages. Your summary must only include information present in the original text, and refrain from incorporating any additional content or personal viewpoints.
2. Make use of connectors such as fanboys but again, don’t make your sentences too fluffy, tough to understand.

In a nutshell, your sentence should be compound sentence connected with just one conjuction.

Regardless, you have to be bit careful with using but or yet. Because, they can even take your summary in another direction — where it would be seen that you are trying to state something opposite.

Best and simple straightforward way would be to use “and” for sentences. But — again, you have to be careful not to overuse it.

3. Lastly but most important, do not overstretch or neither make the sentences too short. Perfect balance should be around 40–50 words as this is where you are safeguarded from commiting naive spelling mistakes or grammatical errors. Longer the sentences — more the chances for mistakes.

After writing

1. Alignment with main Ideas verification: Verify that your summary accurately reflects the passage’s main ideas. It should encapsulate the core message.
2. Sentence Structure: Ensure your sentences incorporate a mix of main and subordinate clauses (like and — fanboys) for comprehensive responses. This balance enhances the quality of your summary.
3. Punctuation and Spelling (most important) : you should double-check for precise punctuation, including capitalization at the beginning of sentences and full stops at the end. And even spellings — as this is where you get penalized pretty quick without even getting cue or hint.
4. Word Limit Compliance: Keep a close eye on your word count to ensure your summary stays within the 75-word limit. Count your words after crafting your response to stay within the prescribed limit.

Debunking SWT myths

If someone claims that copying and pasting your favorite sentences guarantees a 100% score, that’s entirely false.

False: It’s not just copying sentences…

True: It’s about crafting a concise, coherent version. Copy+paste works till the time, you are able to make sense from your sentences.

False: It’s not about lengthy or overlong sentences. And, yet I have seen many students writing such sentences and making similar mistakes again and again. We call them — overlong, run-on sentences.

Remember that such sentences won’t fetch you any additional mark. Infact, they look messy and tough to understand, even breaking your sentence coherent flow!

True: It’s about conveying your point clearly.

Remember, practice portal scores don’t always reflect content quality.

Are your sentences sensible summaries, or do they fall into the traps of overlong, run-on, or fragmented sentences?

I’ve included definition, example of overlong right vs wrong example…

So yes — I leave it to you to be the best judge now.

From my side, just make sure, you have compound sentence!

Adding further, Fragmented sentences are where you don’t reach till the very end (conclusion) with your summary and the sentences look broken or fragmented.

If you are committing the mistake of writing such sentences as above — it’s time to reassess your strategy, reorient, practice and get it right towards crafting well-phrased, linear, simple, logical, and understandable compound sentences.

Conclusion:

Summarizing written text, a crucial skill, demands planning and precision. You can master specific skills to simplify complex passages, enhance your writing, where you need to convey your message effectively.

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