International students
Visa backlog ‘under control’
JOHN ROSSThe government says a backlog in student visa processing has been reduced following a surge in applications.
Foreign students’ impact unclear
JOHN ROSSThe Productivity Commission has called for an inquiry into the impact of international students on the labour force.
Chinese to warn of visa delays
JULIE HAREA prestigious Chinese scholarship program is set to advise students to avoid Australia because of extensive visa delays.
Start-up develops India VET role
JOHN ROSSAn Australian company has established a base camp for an assault on India’s gargantuan offshore VET market.
Lax leadership missed market
JULIE HAREVariability in universities’ reponses to the demand-driven system are due to quality of leadership, a study claims.
Subject rankings scrutinised
JOHN ROSSOverseas-bound students choose universities for prowess in their chosen fields rather than overall prestige.
Brexit may send students our way
DARRAGH O’KEEFFEAustralian universities could nab a share of Britain’s $6.9 billion European student market.
Raw deal for foreign students
KYLAR LOUSSIKIANDiscrimination against international students is one issue unearthed by a University of Wollongong review.
China accounts for PwC’s TOP pick
KYLAR LOUSSIKIANWhen PricewaterhouseCoopers bought a 15 per cent stake in TOP Education late last week, it wasn’t thinking small.
Minister to grow overseas market
JOHN ROSSVictoria’s newly installed International Education Minister plans to spend less time behind the desk.
Melbourne’s massive sign-up
JULIE HAREMelbourne University has surpassed its millionth MOOC enrolment, just three years after its first course went live.
Flexibility to boost recruitment
JOHN ROSSUniversities must personalise overseas student recruitment rather than relying on the usual suspect markets.
Insularity mars outreach ability
Peter WilsonThe US, Germany and Malaysia outshone Australia on national policies to “promote intercultural awareness’’.
Strategy sticks to the mantras
DENNIS MURRAYIt’s been a long time coming, but the new paper is short on vision.
Internationals worth $935m more
JOHN ROSSInternational education has been undervalued by almost by $1 billion and is verging on a $20bn industry.
Million foreign students tipped
JULIE HAREUp to one million overseas students could be enrolled in local universities, colleges and schools each year.
Foreigners dominate postgrad STEM
JULIE HAREToo few local students coming through school into undergraduate programs with the requisite skills.
Health premiums deter students
SEAN PARNELL, JOHN ROSSHealth insurance fee hikes may be jeopardising the repositioning of Australian international education.
Firms battle for heads in beds
JOHN ROSSThe e-economy has hit student accommodation as tight supply and sky-high rents threaten enrolments.
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Foreign levels hit new heights
JOHN ROSSA sense of austerity in a career-conscious world is helping push foreign student numbers to record levels.
Crackdown on security qualifications hailed
JOHN ROSSAction against a Queensland college will help close a thriving interstate trade in dodgy qualifications.
Intueri faces crash after audit
Daniel PalmerIntueri Education threatens to be the next vocational domino to fall after its shares plunged 80pc.
Brains trust has to decide
RACHEL NOWAKGazing down the barrel of history, it’s clear that brain science is unique in the speed of its current progress.
VET hotline a flop: KPMG
SEAN PARNELLA hotline to deal with complaints about the vocational education and training sector was a mess, a review has found.
‘Tackle cause’ of mega bushfires
GREG BROWNBushfires the scale of Black Saturday could occur every two to three years in Victoria, new research shows.
Holes in ethics of analytics
DARRAGH O’KEEFFEUniversities are turning to learning analytics as the latest innovation to help identify students at risk of failure.
