The universities set to lose millions of dollars in international student crackdown

The universities set to lose millions of dollars in international student crackdown

Universities and private colleges considered at “high risk” of recruiting students to Australia to work rather than study will be targeted under the government’s new migration strategy.

  • byClay Lucas

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Australia’s migrant intake blew out to 510,000. Students are central to the plan to halve that

Australia’s migrant intake blew out to 510,000. Students are central to the plan to halve that

Labor’s new immigration strategy will impose tougher tests on overseas students and turn away workers with low skills.

  • byDavid Crowe
Criminologist driving sexual violence reform named Monash Uni vice-chancellor

Criminologist driving sexual violence reform named Monash Uni vice-chancellor

Some universities have been pushing back against regulation to govern how they respond to sexual violence. Sharon Pickering was part of the group that designed it.

  • bySherryn Groch
‘Cruel,unethical and illegal’:How foreign students are being exploited

‘Cruel,unethical and illegal’:How foreign students are being exploited

Foreign students are increasingly reliant on education agents. But they don’t always have their best interests at heart.

  • byDaniella White
‘Sold to the university’:Agents paid millions to recruit international students
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‘Sold to the university’:Agents paid millions to recruit international students

NSW universities spent at least $147 million on agent commissions last year in a sector which is largely unregulated.

  • byDaniella White
Rent surge sparks investor stampede into student accommodation

Rent surge sparks investor stampede into student accommodation

Finding somewhere to live for the growing number of international students entering the country has reached crisis point,with a major supply shortage resulting in rents surging up to 50 per cent.

  • byStephen Miles
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Australian universities eye India presence,as minister champions in-country education
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Australian universities eye India presence,as minister champions in-country education

Education Minister Jason Clare will lead a delegation of university executives to India – his second this year – as they look to expand their presence in the country.

  • byLisa Visentin
Australia’s happiest students are not at sandstone universities

Australia’s happiest students are not at sandstone universities

Small,religious and private universities have the most satisfied students,a new survey shows,but the Group of Eight are pushing back on the findings.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan
Students cop penalties as universities turn to strike-busting tactics

Students cop penalties as universities turn to strike-busting tactics

Students who supported striking staff have been penalised at RMIT,while a union warns more unis are turning to aggressive tactics normally seen in the private sector.

  • bySherryn Groch
Their grades had slipped by less than 1%. The uni cut off their scholarships
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Their grades had slipped by less than 1%. The uni cut off their scholarships

Hundreds of international students have been stripped of their scholarships under the Swinburne policy. Some have been forced to leave Australia or change universities,while others are struggling to stay.

  • bySherryn Groch
Student accommodation sector faces critical shortage crisis

Student accommodation sector faces critical shortage crisis

Student accommodation is in crisis mode as the number of new visas being issued far outweigh the chronic level of low supply of available beds

  • byCarolyn Cummins