Towards 2020

There has been much soul searching about the nature of Australia’s international education sector. Now the time has come to look forward, writes Stephen Connelly.

Last year will be remembered as the year in which international education in Australia finally made the headlines - for all the wrong reasons. It was the year in which issues of international student safety, the financial failure of a number of private providers and the link between international education and migration were thrust into the public consciousness as never before. As a long-standing professional in this field, I can't remember a year in which I have had so many conversations about international education with people who would otherwise show no interest in the topic. The negative...