Universities will have to work with the government to "better educate" companies and the public about international students' visas if they want them to integrate into the job market, an education expert has said. The Albanese Government announced it would ...
More »International students show increasing preference for Australia
International students’ desire to study in Australia is gradually returning following the pandemic, according to a new survey. It also revealed that Australia is closing in on Canada as the most preferred destination country for students. Responses from more than ...
More »Sydney University announces study agreement with India
The University of Sydney has secured a new study partnership with India’s O.P. Jindal Global University, signalling deepening education ties between the two nations. Business students at JPG will be offered joint degrees to allow them to split their study ...
More »More international students to return after govt eases Covid rules
Australian universities will see more international students on campus after the government scrapped a raft of COVID-19 restrictions last week. In a statement last week health minister Mark Butler announced that people entering Australia would no longer be required to ...
More »A personal perspective on how we can better support international students
When international student Charlotte* chose to study at the University of Sydney, she did it for the prestige and the promise of a world class education, yet she feels like she has been treated as a “cash cow”. For years ...
More »English language testing for international students remains vague and subjective – opinion
The international student market in Australia is potentially worth some $39.6 billion in revenue. It remains its fourth largest export industry[1]. While the industry has taken a battering due to COVID-19 it is still an important source of revenue for ...
More »TEDI-London: three global research powerhouses transforming higher education in a teaching-only start-up
How many ideas and exciting bottom-up attempts to do something radical and different in professional education, or using educational technology or pedagogy, or experimenting with admissions practices, have been pulled back by the barriers of a university manual of procedures ...
More »International students a lifeline for Australian labour force
International students are returning to Australia’s shores, with just under 30,000 arriving in the past six weeks. Many of the students will be joining or rejoining the workforce, relieving pressure on small businesses that have struggled to find workers during ...
More »‘Student, interrupted’: New report highlights how keeping Australians safe gave our international education competitors the edge
A new report from the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University shows international students are flocking to Canada, the US and the UK in record numbers, while Australia’s international student population has dropped by more than 50 per cent from pre-pandemic ...
More »Government announces 10-year strategy for Australian international education market aimed at recovery, sustainability
On Friday the federal government released on its 10-year strategy for international education, hoping to position the country for a robust pandemic recovery and “create new opportunities” to foster a more diverse and sustainable sector. Called the Australian strategy for ...
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