Australian Universities are bracing for the return of tens of thousands of Chinese students to campus after the government announced an online study ban last week. On Sunday, the Chinese government announced an online learning ban for students enrolled in ...
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Australia is failing to capitalise on the potential for international students to remain after they graduate and help alleviate technology skill shortages, according to new research by federal government agency Austrade. The 2022 Australian International Education Conference was told last ...
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 »How linguistic racism can hinder your academic career: podcast
Linguistic racism on campus is affecting international students and researchers mental health, career prospects and motivation, experts say. “On Australian campuses, linguistic racism happens in the form of social exclusion, interpersonal and institutional rejections and other microaggressions," Curtin University associate ...
More »Australian education is a ‘sham’: ghostwriter sounds alarm on contract cheating
A ghostwriter who has written thousands of essays for students at major Australian universities is highlighting the issue of contract cheating, saying he worries about medical students who have never completed an assignment. For more than five years, the Kenyan ...
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 »Over half of NSW overseas student enrolments from China
Universities' reliance on international student revenue poses a “concentration risk” for the higher education sector, the state's auditor general has said. Figures tabled in the state parliament on Monday revealed that Chinese students currently account for over half of overseas ...
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 »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 ...
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