This bill signals the demise of student choice and university autonomy. As drafted, it gives the minister extraordinary powers to set international student numbers.
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This week, Education Minister Jason Clare made an announcement that could reshape the landscape of international education in Australia.
While caps will force some universities to reject students they would otherwise have enrolled, other universities may not be able to fully use their international student quota.
University courses are about a lot more than immediate employment prospects, or ‘degree equals job’.
We have a formula that would direct international students to institutions that also enrol large proportions of domestic students.
A new report argues a huge number of recent migration policy changes are already reducing international student numbers.
Don’t forget about your wellbeing as you plan your life beyond school. Prospective students should ask questions about academic, financial and health supports available at universities.
Throughout August, many universities have have open days as students investigate different courses and options for study.
The federal government wants to boost the number of Australians from equity groups at university. But its new funding plans lack some important details.
The cost to apply for a visa to study in Australia just more than doubled. This fee is non-refundable.
Education Minister Jason Clare has released more details on how the federal government wants to make changes to university funding and student places.
A major unanswered question is what the caps will be and how they will be calculated.
International students have come under fire for their supposed impact on Australian housing. Our research shows they are finding it stressful and difficult to secure accommodation.
Teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work students may be eligible to receive $319.50 per week while on placements. But experts say more help is needed.
There’s more to ‘survival migration’ than an escape from poverty or war: even the middle class can feel they have to leave to survive.
The push to increase enrolments to 1.8 million by 2050 comes at a time when classes are heading online. This makes it harder to foster a vital sense of belonging for students.
From commerce to public policy, cuts to New Zealand’s university humanities departments will have repercussions well beyond the so-called ‘ivory towers’.
The crisis in New Zealand universities is directly traceable to years of sustained underfunding and means they now lack vital research and development capacity.
Microcredentials are short courses in a specific area of study and are becoming more popular in universities. They offer quick study but may not be for everyone.
Why is there such a great discrepancy between what scholars of education have been telling us and what happens in the classroom?
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