Universities claim Sydneysiders could end up waiting for longer in emergency rooms and struggling to find care for elderly relatives under new restrictions on foreign student numbers. Institutional caps are due to come into effect in 2025 and cut the number ...
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There is a belief widely held across the Western world: Chinese students are schooled through rote, passive learning – and an educational system like this can only produce docile workers who lack innovation or creativity. We argue this is far ...
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Scott Jones is the chief executive of global education provider Navitas and has worked with the company for more than 20 years, in partnerships with public universities. He believes that the way to grow student numbers for a future workforce, ...
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Since the Covid-19 pandemic that started in 2020, there has been a range of policy changes regarding international students that have been affected by Australia's home affairs and economic policies. The deputy head of school (research) in the School of ...
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The Senate committee in charge of scrutinising the policy that will allow the Education Minister to set international students caps has recommended the legislation be passed, but not without sizeable amendments. The Education and Employment Senate Committee tabled the Education ...
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The Department of Treasury last Wednesday said they have not modelled what impact the proposed amendments to the overseas education services bill will have on jobs in the university sector or on the wider economy. During the fourth hearing for ...
More »HEDx Podcast: ROI within two years for all learners – Episode 138
David Stofenmacher is the founder and CEO of the Online University of Mexico (UTEL), a Mexican private university that has established a global education company Scala. Scala partners with multiple Latin American universities to teach 120,000 students overall. Mr Stofenmacher ...
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The third and likely final Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill (ESOS Bill) hearing held on Friday saw senators put a harsh line of questioning to government departments about changes to international student rules after hearing ...
More »“Scarcity creates demand”: How will international students perceive the cap?
New strict rules for overseas students, including an international student cap of 270,000, have been met with concern that prospective foreign students will feel discouraged from coming to Australia, although one international student consultant says the effect might be positive. ...
More »Explainer: How the international student cap numbers were decided
Universities with more current international students received less room for growth than providers who have fewer current foreign enrolments, the formula for allocating cap numbers has dictated. The details of the pending international student cap legislation were announced last Monday ...
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