New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian expressed concerns last week that Australian universities may have to make further job cuts if the country’s borders remain closed to international students. Berejiklian said the situation could be improved if governments were prepared ...

Next year Monash University aims to become the first overseas university to break into the Indonesian market, with a new campus delivering both postgraduate and doctoral qualifications. The campus will help to foster more collaboration between Australia and its close ...

Much of the world was rivetted as the results of the United States presidential election played out live on screen last week. President-elect Joe Biden has identified four immediate priorities: confront the Coronavirus pandemic, promote economic recovery, advance racial equity and tackle the climate crisis. While ...

As Australia’s biggest trading partner, resetting tense political and trade relations between Australia and China is a key priority for Australia. And, according to a report released yesterday, both countries collaborating to address both the health and economic challenges caused ...

New modelling by education policy think tank Mitchell Institute at Victoria University shows a 50 per cent drop in Australia’s international student numbers by mid-2021 if the country’s borders remain closed. The 50 per cent drop, which equates to roughly ...

A survey conducted by the Australian National University (ANU) has found that four in five Asian-Australians have experienced instances of discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ANU survey, which involved 3000 people, found that 84.5 per cent of Asian-Australians reported ...

It’s the big question facing all Victorian universities right now: will international students return in 2021, and to what extent? The state’s International Education Advisory Council (IEAC) was disbanded nearly two months ago, and in June a five-year international education ...

Australian universities are set for what might be the most calamitous academic year of their institutional lives, according to Business Insider Australia. Having hedged their bets on the reliability of the international student market for some time now, COVID-19 and ...

The peak body for Australian education in India has released a report that shows promising signs for Australia’s beleaguered university sector. During August, the Association of Australian Education Representative in India (AAERI) surveyed prospective international students from both India and Nepal. ...

The latest Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report highlights that Australia’s public spending on education is shrouded by private investment and is below the OECD average. Dr Emma Rowe, an expert in school funding and education policy at ...