The Senate inquiry into the welfare of international students is juggling two proposals on the amount of hours international students should be allowed to work: raising the current 20-hour limit to 24 hours a week, or lifting restrictions altogether. Under ...

Has education been caught in the crossfire over uranium sales to India, asks John Ross. Claims that Australia is racist, based on incidents of violence against Indian students, have left education figures bemused. After all, no Australian officials have denied ...

German PhD scandal German prosecutors are investigating over 100 senior academics at a dozen of the country’s top universities on suspicion that they awarded doctorates to hundreds of mediocre or unqualified students after taking bribes from a firm of educational ...

The University of Phoenix’s parent company has taken a toehold in the UK market, writes Lucy Hodges. A huge, private, US higher education company has established a foothold in the UK market. Apollo Global has just paid £303 million ($590 ...

The Greens have called for an Australian student card to be introduced nationwide to facilitate consistent travel concession entitlements for all tertiary students in Australia. Education spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said she wanted concession rates extended to all tertiary students ...

There are signs that the federal government’s income support package could be headed the same way as its campus amenities package. This is despite Julia Gillard’s concession to gap-year students last week – and even though the income support revamp ...

The federal government risks more harm to international education if it’s too heavy-handed in regulating the use of agents, according to the peak body for English language training colleges and professionals. Sue Blundell, executive director of English Australia, said unnecessarily ...

The study of languages from primary school would engender understanding and compassion, writes Stephen Connelly. When I lived in Malaysia, my picture was often in the local newspapers, either on advertisements for the college at which I worked or attached ...

Consultation is a key theme in a 10-point “action agenda” released late last week by a coalition of six peak bodies, in an effort to strengthen international education and “resolve current short-term problems” in the industry. It will guide negotiations ...