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 ...

One of the first impacts of a coronavirus pandemic being declared was the immediate closure of Australian international borders, coming soon after the Lunar New Year. It came when so many of the international students planning to come to Australia ...

The Four Corners 'Cash Cows' program, which aired in May, caused a scandal throughout Australia's higher education sector. The program focused on how universities were treating international students as proverbial "cash cows" and waiving or simplifying English language requirements to maximise ...

While many of Australia’s vice chancellors have kept mum on the subject of universities’ reliance on Chinese students to fill their coffers, others have tried to temper concerns. The public dialogue was sparked by a report by Associate Professor Salvatore ...