This Month
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- Education
Indian students given exemption to work in Australia
A free trade agreement has been given precedence over Clare O’Neil’s migration review, exacerbating a problem she was hoping to fix.
- Julie Hare
100,000 foreign ‘students’ won’t come or will go home under reforms
Over the next year, an estimated 100,000 ‘students’ will either not arrive under new migration rules, or will be pushed to return home.
- Julie Hare
‘Non-genuine’ foreign students to be weeded out
The student visa system will be overhauled with the focus on quality students and providers, but numbers won’t be capped.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Opinion
Overseas student tax is a spiky idea that needs the boot
The universities accord went looking for big ideas that build on our reputation as a clever country. This is no time to be dumb.
- Merlin Crossley
- Exclusive
- University
Coalition considered, then rejected ‘envy tax’ on foreign students
The idea to place a levy on international students did the rounds under the Coalition, but was scrapped. Now it’s on the cards again.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- Immigration
Foreign uni enrolments rise again amid visa crackdown
Universities say demand from overseas students is “going through the roof”, but a clampdown on non-genuine students will dampen temporary migrant numbers.
- Julie Hare
November
The Chinese students primed to deliver soft power
Thirty high-achieving international students are being given an insight into how Australia’s democracy works.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- Vocational training
Foreign student crackdown could force hundreds of colleges to close
A proposal to suspend colleges if 50 per cent or more of students have their visas refused would see a glut of colleges going bankrupt.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- Immigration
Australia has reached ‘peak migration’
Migrant numbers are likely to decline within months, but the issue will remain politically fraught.
- Julie Hare and John Kehoe
‘A lot of flexibility’: Why Asian students choose Australian unis
The boom in international students has been a success story for the university sector. Here’s what they like about our education system.
- Michael Smith
Melbourne earns top marks for research
The vice-chancellor’s pedigree and the blossoming of the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct help to explain why Melbourne University has ranked number one in both the research and reputation categories.
- Patrick Durkin
- Analysis
- Best Universities Ranking
The Financial Review’s ranking of best universities explained
The Australian Financial Review’s Best Universities Ranking evaluates performance under five pillars: student satisfaction, research performance, global reputation, career impact, and equity and access.
- Tim Brown
- Opinion
- Best Universities Ranking
What to look for in the Financial Review’s Best Universities Ranking
By providing a balanced scorecard across five measures, students can hone in on what matters most to them.
- Victoria Thieberger
Calls to cap international students ‘nonsensical’
Foreign student numbers are at a record high, but capping them would be a simplistic solution to a complex problem that might resolve itself, experts say.
- Julie Hare
Wary employers ignore bank of international talent
Overseas students are attracted to Australia thanks to generous visas that allow them to stay and work after graduation. The problem is, employers won’t give them a go.
- Julie Hare
Student housing rents to keep rising as demand outstrips supply
The returning overseas student cohort makes up a large proportion of Australia’s overseas arrivals - and they need somewhere to stay.
- Michael Bleby
October
- Exclusive
- University
Labor grapples with surprise spike in foreign students
Labor is under backbench pressure to reverse policies that make it easier for “lower quality” foreign university students to stay in the country, as a dramatic spike in numbers alarms policymakers.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- RMIT University
At this Aussie uni, students are happy to turn up 7 days a week
At RMIT in Vietnam, nearly every student finishes their degree and many turn up seven days a week — even when they don’t need to — and stay all day.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Skills shortage
A waste of talent: international graduates struggle to find work
Only a third of international students gained full-time work in their field of study after graduating, 40 per cent are stuck in low-skill jobs, and it’s worse if you’re from China.
- Ly Tran, George Tan and Xuchun Liu
Overseas student boom shows signs of slowing
There are very early indications that the seemingly unstoppable growth in international students might be tapering off.
- Julie Hare
