International students
Treat us like mining: Universities warn of 4500 job cuts over student crackdown
Universities say they face a $500 million funding shortfall and are calling for the sector to be given the same bipartisan support as the mining industry.
- by Angus Thompson
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Let’s not be tossers to our foreign students. Looking at you, Randwick
We’ve opened our doors, but not our hearts, to international students. Now a Sydney council has joined the pile-on.
- by Jenna Price
WA international students ordered to fake own kidnappings in rising scams
The family of a 17-year-old student studying at a Perth university received recordings and images via WeChat of their son with visible injuries, his wrists and ankles bound by rope.
- by Holly Thompson
Australian universities are under siege from all sides. Are they powerless in the face of political attacks?
The federal government’s use of international student numbers to slash migration puts universities’ business models at risk. Here’s why.
- by Daniella White
Plan to transform Brisbane CBD office tower into student lodging
The tower, with tenants including the Australian Passport Office and Boeing Defence Australia, sold for almost $65 million last month.
- by Cameron Atfield
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Colleges face mass closures as students from whole continents banned
Hundreds of private colleges face closure as the government pushes ahead with its plan to slash migration.
- by Daniella White
Nearly half of Sydney Uni’s students come from overseas
The institution was the only NSW university to post a surplus in 2023, although it underpaid casual academics about $70 million.
- by Daniella White
‘Chaos reigns’: The countries that have dodged Australia’s student visa crackdown
The government wants universities to cut their reliance on this market. It’s also a country with one of the highest visa approval rates.
- by Daniella White
Universities face bans for breaching foreign student caps
The dramatic intervention, introduced by Education Minister Jason Clare in parliament, aims to force down migration.
- by Angus Thompson
Cut reliance on Chinese and Indian students, government tells universities
University chiefs are being told to channel international students into courses that fill Australian skills shortages, deepening a dispute over federal plans to cap their annual intake.
- by David Crowe and Daniella White
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Inside Labor’s drastic cap on overseas students – and the urgent meeting it’s triggered
Universities will be forced to stop a surge in overseas students, sparking fears about the impact on the $48 billion industry.
- by David Crowe