A couple of years ago I was working out of a local co-working space where one of the other tenants was an agency running a racket where they got international s

A couple of years ago I was working out of a local co-working space where one of the other tenants was an agency running a racket where they got international students to pay $1000 for the privilege of doing an unpaid internship [1]. It was a huge scandal and the agency was kicked out of the co-working space. On top of that it turned out that the interns weren't actually expected to do any work, they were effectively just buying a certificate saying that they had completed the internship which they could then use as documentation to prove that they had met the course requirements. For most international students in Australia the end goal is actually to get permanent residency. The degree/diploma is just a means to that end. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/comments/82sxp9/pay_1000_to_work_at_as_an_unpaid_intern/ https://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/comments/82sxp9/pay_1000_...