Skill Path's 2025 year in review
2025 was Skill Path's founding year. We started to build something new from the ground up: an organisation driven to create a better future for refugees, and a skilled future for Australia. Read our Impact Report here.
A new student loan scheme to support refugee students
Skill Path and Spark Finance have launched a low-interest loan scheme exclusively for students in our Refugee Student Settlement Pathway program.
Calling future students: Applications for refugee pathway now open
Calling refugee students in Malaysia, India and Thailand: We are excited to announce that applications for the 2026 Refugee Student Settlement Program (RSSP) intake are now open.
Refugee Student Settlement Pathway Support: What to expect?
This guide outlines the financial, relocation and settlement support you can expect as a Refugee Student Settlement Pathway (RSSP) student.
A week of welcome for refugee students in Sydney
A recap of the Welcome Forum in Sydney, where the inaugural refugee student cohort came together for orientation, connection and a shared start to life and study in Australia.
Arrivals, arrivals and more arrivals!
This month Skill Path is welcoming refugee students to Australia every week. It’s been a long road to get here, but the rush of airport arrivals makes it all worth it.
Osama Arrives: A New Door Opens for Refugee Students
Two weeks ago, Osama became the first student to arrive through a new migration program making it possible for refugees to study and settle permanently in Australia.
Australia must turn promising refugee pilots into bold policy to meet the moment
At the Global Refugee Forum in 2023 Australia pledged to increase community sponsored and other complementary places for refugees to 10,000 per year. Now is the time to do it.
Welcoming refugee students across Australia
Refugee students will be arriving in Australia through the Refugee Student Settlement Pathway (RSSP) to study at university later this year. You can help them feel welcome by joining a Student Welcome Group (SWG) at your uni.
Launch of Youth Advisory Group for the Refugee Student Settlement Pathway
This World Refugee Day Skill Path has joined forces with the Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network (MYAN) to launch a new Youth Advisory Group to guide the development of the ground breaking Refugee Student Settlement Pathway.
Stepping Stones: Building education pathways from Thailand to Australia
Refugee students like Dar Dar Moo are already showing what’s possible, but to scale the Refugee Student Settlement Pathway, we need investment in the stepping stones that get students from the classroom to university. Here’s what we learned in Thailand.
Innovation in Refugee Education on the Thai-Myanmar Border
Some experiences fundamentally shift your perspective on the world. Last week's journey from Bangkok to the Thai-Myanmar border brought into sharp focus both the immense challenges facing refugee communities and the extraordinary resilience of those who refuse to let circumstances define their futures.
Skill Path and Ethical AI
We’re in a moment where AI is radically accelerating efficiency, and that’s a game-changer for organisations like ours. Read about Skill Path’s approach to using AI in an ethical, human-centred way to expand refugee access to education, training and licensing.
Refugee students dream bigger: Reflections from Malaysia 🇲🇾
Six days. One country. 130 schools defying the odds to educate refugee students, though most here can't access classrooms. Most unforgettably, 13 refugee students bound for Australia.
Last week I travelled to Malaysia with Dr Sally Baker to meet Refugee Student Settlement Pathway (RSSP) Awardees, schools and partner organisations. These students are bold, brilliant, and determined. They remind us what’s possible when barriers are removed and potential is given space to grow.
First 20 Students Selected for Refugee Student Pathway!
An exceptional group of 20 refugee students is bound for Australia as part of the first intake of the Refugee Student Settlement Pathway (RSSP)—a pilot program enabling refugee students to migrate permanently to Australia for tertiary education.
Refugee Student Settlement Pilot Launched
The Australian government has greenlit the Refugee Student Settlement Pathway (RSSP), a new pilot program allowing refugee students to migrate to Australia to take up tertiary education opportunities in 2025.
Introducing Skill Path Australia
Wouldn’t it be amazing to build a workforce for Australia’s future, while giving refugees an opportunity to fulfil their potential? That’s what Skill Path Australia sets out to do.
