Yesterday
‘Politically brave’ Marshall gets sign-off for international students
South Australia is the first state to receive federal sign-off for its plan to return international students by as early as July.
- Julie Hare
This Month
Why it’s ‘Roll Over Beethoven’ for unis to cover costs
Universities around the world are in trouble and have a more insidious chronic ailment to deal with, often known as Baumol’s cost disease.
- Updated
- Stephen Parker
Australia’s education advantage evaporating as borders stay shut
Australia’s position as a global leader in international education is withering as students await certainty on borders.
- Julie Hare
May
Higher education facing challenges on all fronts
Future-proofing higher education in the midst of a crisis
- Alana Piper
Chinese students told to avoid Australia
International students are wary of how countries respond to COVID-19 outbreaks and are now hedging their bets. But Australia is off limits to many in China.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Education
International students are being fed lollipops
State and federal governments are sending conflicting messages to international students, and there is a deafening lack of genuine consultation with those already here.
- Angela Lehmann
- Opinion
- Federal budget
Border hardliners got their way. Now what?
It seems like life in Australia has continued as close to normal as possible, but our closed borders mark a significant shift in our approach to the outside world.
- Gabriela D'Souza
Frustrations remain as universities inch towards return of students
As states push forward with plans to return small numbers of international students, there are still barriers to overcome.
- Julie Hare
Fortress Australia to reopen from mid-2022
Downturns in big overseas economies could delay the reopening of the country as the government signals borders would gradually open from winter next year.
- Finbar O'Mallon
Offshore schools need national oversight
International schools account for a small fraction of Australia’s export education sector, but are an important pathway for students to onshore tertiary education.
- Julie Hare
Restrictions on foreign students’ work hours to ease
Foreign students will be allowed to work more hours to help tourism and hospitality businesses.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
- Exclusive
- Tokyo Olympics
Returning Olympians may shack up in empty student digs
Olympic authorities are proposing student accommodation be used to quarantine athletes and officials returning from Tokyo to avoid burdening existing quarantine facilities.
- Michael Bleby
April
Private colleges thrown lifeline as collapses begin
The federal government plans a support package as international student enrolments dry up.
- Julie Hare
A perfect storm is heading for university finances
A tumultuous 2020 for universities was a preview of years of coming disruption for the sector.
- Julie Hare
Plan hailed as first step for return of foreign students
A plan to bring 120 ‘economic arrivals’ a week to Victoria would take years to get the state’s international students back on shore but is being welcomed as a step in the right direction.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- University
What pandemic? UQ’s foreign enrolments peak
The University of Queensland has enrolled a record number of international students in 2021, defying predictions that closed borders and negative messaging from the Chinese government would dampen demand.
- Julie Hare
March
International students won’t return until 2022
Alan Tudge says disruption to the $37.5 billion international education sector from COVID-19 gives universities time to rethink their business models.
- Julie Hare
Melbourne CBD rents lower than 2011
Investors desperate to let inner-city Melbourne apartments have slashed rents to attract tenants as cuts to immigration and foreign students bite.
- Martin Kelly
February
Chinese student numbers to free-fall in 2021
The inclusion of education in the trade war with China was inevitable.
- Julie Hare
HomeBuilder booms as household formation busts
The pandemic has slashed the number of new households that would normally be seeking a dwelling by 200,000. HomeBuilder’s helping a bit, however.
- Michael Bleby
