Yesterday
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
This Month
- Exclusive
- Accommodation
Australian Unity, MaxCap join to create $1b student digs portfolio
Their push into student accommodation comes as part of a broader push by institutional investors into residential-for-rent as an asset class.
- Nick Lenaghan
GPT to run $1b student digs portfolio as rents rise
GPT’s move into rental housing in the form of student digs comes amid increasing institutional interest in that sector.
- Nick Lenaghan
- Opinion
- Opinion
The problem with the boom in international students
Contrary to pandemic-era claims, international students are back in a big way. The Albanese government wants to clamp down on visa rorts and shonky agents, but that’s only part of the challenge.
- Jennifer Hewett
Commissions banned, students monitored under visa fraud crackdown
The government says the “roots and loopholes” plaguing the visa system will be over after a raft of reforms and changes this week.
- Julie Hare
September
Chinese students terrified as scammers reap millions
All scams are horrible, but what is going on here is particularly horrible, says the ACCC’s Catriona Lowe, as international students scammed of $8 million.
- Julie Hare
International student numbers hit a record, proving unis wrong
One in every 40 people in Australia is on a student or graduate visa. That’s helping with skill shortages but not with the rental crisis.
- Julie Hare
August
O’Neil cancels COVID visa to stamp out rorting
Immigration minister Clare O’Neil has put an end to the 408 visa that has been abused by migration agents and students as a backdoor to the jobs market.
- Julie Hare
Crackdown looms on rogue students, colleges
The federal government has stepped in to ward off growing cases of rorting and corruption in the student visa system.
- Julie Hare
‘Envy tax’ on universities dismissed as ‘abhorrent’
Imposing a levy on revenue raised from international students has been rejected as ‘sending the wrong message’ that could cause those considering Australia to look elsewhere.
- Euan Black
The data that signals ‘students’ are coming for work, not uni
Universities are bleeding money as thousands of international students enrol in dodgy colleges as a means of accessing paid work.
- Julie Hare
Poaching of overseas students rife, regulator warns
The higher education regulator is investigating several providers over “risks to compliance” and has warned all universities and colleges to abide by their registration conditions.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
July
More than 105,300 people use loophole to work via this free visa
A visa designed to help people stranded in Australia during the pandemic is being exploited and undermining the integrity of the international student system.
- Julie Hare
The sting in the tail of Jason Clare’s vision for universities
The interim report into the university sector holds some big ambitions but the process will require major trade-offs.
- Julie Hare
Universities ‘sleepwalking’ towards more government control
The interim report into higher education has been lauded by vice-chancellors, but it contains a sting in the tail.
- Julie Hare
Life is about to get tougher for the record 1m foreign students here
International students have returned in record numbers, but a softening economy has sparked warning of “visa limbos” and blowback for the uni sector.
- Julie Hare
Australia’s reputation as a great educational destination is at risk
Everyone has their two cents worth to contribute to the federal review of higher education. But some ideas are more dangerous – and destructive – than others.
- Phil Honeywood
June
Ad campaign to show human face of $40b export sector
A new social media campaign hopes to redress some misconceptions about international students.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- University
Australia’s first ‘lifestyle’ university eyes off Central Coast
A plan to establish Australia’s “first and only lifestyle university” on the NSW Central Coast is in need of investors to develop the private institution.
- Julie Hare
How this company grew from school tutoring to help 70 unis worldwide
Studiosity focused entirely on the Australian market until 2017. It has since moved into the UK, Canada, New Zealand and now Dubai.
- Julie Hare
