I dont see any changes for students who want to apply for PR after their studies are over, the process remains same and the recent changes whatsoever have been with respect to 457 visa and few occupations being removed.However key here is to keep a check on whether the occupation code with which student is thinking of applying PR at later stage is available in skilled occupation list not, if not then the student should think whether or not to take up the course as it wont help him/her at PR stagefor 189Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL)for 190 - occupation list vary state to state and can be referred from stateu2019s website - NSW/WA/QLD/NT/VIC/TAS/ACT