For bachelor degrees, the pass rates between international and domestic students are similar. But a more complex picture emerges in the postgraduate space.
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International and domestic students have similar pass rates at the undergraduate level, but this shouldn’t be our only concern.
A number on a standardised test is not enough to make sure international students succeed – they need ongoing support even if they have a basic grasp of English.
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Senator Pauline Hanson raised concerns about immigration and social cohesion, saying ‘more than a million people’ in Australia ‘cannot speak English well or at all’. Let’s look at the numbers.
Purpose-built English language tests should be applied only to the proficiency they were built to test.
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