Cockroaches and balconies as bedrooms:How foreign student Valentina survived Sydney

Cockroaches and balconies as bedrooms:How foreign student Valentina survived Sydney

A report has found significant problems with migration and education agents’ practices,which are often marred by high costs and incorrect advice.

  • byDaniella White

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Overseas students are flocking to WA. Here’s where they’re not living

Overseas students are flocking to WA. Here’s where they’re not living

With 27 students for every bed,you could quadruple the amount of purpose-built student accommodation in this area and still not meet demand,experts say.

  • byHolly Thompson
‘Unjustifiable risk to the nation’:Elite universities lash student caps
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‘Unjustifiable risk to the nation’:Elite universities lash student caps

Group of Eight universities have accused the federal government of creating a lasting legacy of political interference in higher education.

  • byDaniella White
Treat us like mining:Universities warn of 4500 job cuts over student crackdown

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.

  • byAngus Thompson
Let’s not be tossers to our foreign students. Looking at you,Randwick

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.

  • byJenna Price
WA international students ordered to fake own kidnappings in rising scams

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.

  • byHolly Thompson
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Australian universities are under siege from all sides. Are they powerless in the face of political attacks?

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.

  • byDaniella White
Plan to transform Brisbane CBD office tower into student lodging

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.

  • byCameron Atfield
Colleges face mass closures as students from whole continents banned

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.

  • byDaniella White
Nearly half of Sydney Uni’s students come from overseas

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.

  • byDaniella White
‘Chaos reigns’:The countries that have dodged Australia’s student visa crackdown

‘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.

  • byDaniella White