Australia has signed its first international higher education treaty which recognises students’ education worldwide and improves studying opportunities abroad. Last week, Education Minister Jason Clare and Skills Minister Brendan O’Connor announced Australia was the 21st country to join the UNESCO ...
More »‘Student, interrupted’: New report highlights how keeping Australians safe gave our international education competitors the edge
A new report from the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University shows international students are flocking to Canada, the US and the UK in record numbers, while Australia’s international student population has dropped by more than 50 per cent from pre-pandemic ...
More »Why the international education crisis will linger long after students return to Australia
A series of recent announcements about Australia’s borders reopening mean there is hope of an end to the crisis in our international education sector. But there is still a long way to go. Over 145,000 international student visa holders are ...
More »Victoria submits plan to bring back international students by year’s end
The Victorian government has become the latest to submit formal plans to get international students back into Australian institutions. Overseas students will start coming to Victoria by the end of this year under the 'Victorian Government’s Student Arrivals Plan', which ...
More »International education post-COVID-19 must promote global understanding and co-operation – Opinion
The years 2020 and 2021 so far have been tough for many. There is no denying that countries and industries have been affected at different levels since the outbreak of COVID-19 in late 2019. For Australia, the impact on international ...
More »Australia’s Chinese students regularly practise “self-censorship” to protect themselves, families: report
Human Rights Watch has released a report that illustrates the pressure Chinese students in Australia feel to self-censor themselves, petrified that if they anger or annoy Beijing, serious consequences to themselves or their families could follow. This pervasive – but ...
More »What the lack of onshore international students in 2021 means for 2022 – opinion
The outlook for international student recruitment for onshore delivery in 2021 is indeed looking bleak. The current expectation is for another tight trimester 3 (from September 2021) followed by an optimistic upturn in 2022. In an article including data from ...
More »ANU expert warns about repercussions from Australia’s India travel ban
India could “rethink” its vital relationship with Australia if the Morrison government’s travel ban drags on, an expert has warned. Australian industries have been encouraged to strengthen their ties with India after significant trade tensions with China. But the higher education sector ...
More »How critical innovation in education will be to Australia’s higher education future – opinion
According to recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the Australian economy may lose a massive $40 billion by 2023 due to a significant drop in the influx of international students caused by the pandemic and border restrictions. ...
More »Monash moves closer to opening its postgraduate campus in Indonesia
Monash University is a step closer to opening its campus in Jakarta, Indonesia, with a formal agreement now in place to develop institutional and research ties between the two countries. The university signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indonesia's ministry ...
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