Unprecedented competition & global surveillance

Australia may now be trying to unravel the link between education and migration. But for other countries it's full steam ahead, writes Lesleyanne Hawthorne. There is unprecedented competition for international students. In the context of demographic change, large numbers of APEC and OECD nations are developing high-skilled migration policies which include categories designed to attract and retain international students. Governments are constructing student pathways from temporary to permanent resident status, supported by priority processing and uncapped migration categories. They are...