Articles by: Andrew Jones

Author Biography:

Andrew Jones has worked in the ELICOS sector for over seven years, performing various roles from teaching to compliance. He has a keen interest in all facets of the international-education sector, including international-student security and the rights of migrant workers.

‘We are disposable’: Casual work, low pay and low power

Arena Online

Orlando Forbes, Andrew Jones

25 Feb 2021

By deliberately misclassifying these workers as casuals, employers have been able to satisfy their ongoing labour needs, benefit from wage penalties, and withhold entitlements at the same time. Who should be regarded as ‘double dipping’ under such circumstances?

‘We’ve Been Sick for a While…’: English Language Education Industry’s Problems Run Deeper than COVID-19

Arena Online

Andrew Jones, Orlando Forbes

5 May 2020

Many have made the case that the COVID-19 pandemic poses an existential threat to English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) and therefore to these jobs, students and institutions. Although this is nominally true, the crisis has revealed the unsustainable and unethical business practices on which ELICOS colleges have always depended.