CONFUSION reigns in the country's business schools and TAFEs following the Rudd government's dramatic downgrading of priority migration disciplines last month.

About half of all overseas student enrolments are in management and commerce, but there are signs they will be most affected by the changes.

Immigration agent Karl Konrad said key business occupations used by students for residency had been excluded from a draft list released this month. "The most generic occupations that business and commerce students use seem to be particularly excluded from the draft list, such as business and information professionals, marketing officers and management consultants," Mr Konrad told the HES. Full Story