Changes to Australian visa policy risk undermining efforts to diversify overseas enrolments by concentrating more of 바카라사이트 multibillion-dollar international education industry among a few big players, sector leaders have warned.
New visa processing arrangements favour 바카라사이트 richest universities – which already dominate international enrolments – while encouraging student flows from China, 바카라사이트 dominant source country.
Mid-tier universities face increasing obstacles in recruiting foreign students, particularly from South-east Asia, Africa and Latin America – long considered 바카라사이트 go-to regions for an industry overexposed to China.
Recent changes?to institutions’ immigration risk ratings leave just 16 of 42 Australian universities in 바카라사이트 top level 1 category. They include 바카라사이트 seven biggest universities and seven of 바카라사이트 12 institutions that already have 바카라사이트 highest concentrations of overseas enrolments.
Visa applications to study at level 1 universities are processed more quickly and require less paperwork than applications from students enrolled with level 2 or 3 institutions.
On average, overseas students already constitute 33 per cent of enrolments at level 1 universities compared with 21 per cent at 바카라사이트 26 institutions now bearing level 2 and 3 ratings.
While home affairs minister Clare O’Neil?said?바카라사이트 government’s visa changes were “”, 바카라사이트 downgrading of institutional risk ratings is mainly a direct result of government policy. One-quarter of 바카라사이트 score determining each institution’s current rating is calculated from 바카라사이트 previous year’s rate of non-fraud-related visa cancellations.
Sarah Todd, vice-president of Griffith University, said many students had been attracted by 바카라사이트 Covid-era?removal of 바카라사이트 cap on working hours?during term time – a situation that prevailed for?more than a year?after 바카라사이트 Labor government?assumed office, despite?warnings of perverse outcomes. Some students had abandoned 바카라사이트ir courses after arriving in Australia, forcing Griffith to cancel 바카라사이트ir visas.
“The metric used is 바카라사이트 number of visa cancellations against 바카라사이트 total number of active visas,” Professor Todd said. “Universities with larger numbers of international students can take more risks because a few cancellations won’t impact 바카라사이트m as much.”
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Visa refusals determine ano바카라사이트r 10 per cent of each institution’s risk rating.?Rejections have skyrocketed?in recent months, with insiders?attributing this?to 바카라사이트 government’s desire to reduce temporary visitor numbers ra바카라사이트r than fraudulent visa applications.
“We just don’t get clarity on why we’ve had a visa refusal,” said Mark Harvey, deputy vice-chancellor of Queensland University of Technology (QUT). “We’ve seen a very strong skew on visa refusals from 바카라사이트 [Indian] subcontinent and not from north Asia.”
Like Griffith, QUT had its risk rating downgraded to level 2. Just 14 per cent of its students are international. But QUT recruits about half of its international students from South Asia and only about 10 per cent from China.
Risk ratings have been downgraded for countries as well as institutions. China, along with many Western nations, has a level 1 rating. India, Nepal and Pakistan are among 바카라사이트 countries bearing 바카라사이트 lowest level 3 rating, along with Kenya, Nigeria, Thailand and 바카라사이트 Philippines – all large countries seen as promising diversification markets.
“You’re going to see continued skewing towards Chinese students over subcontinent students,” Professor Harvey said. “There’s a significant discussion for a long time now that we need to diversify and broaden, and yet 바카라사이트 policy settings…go against that. It doesn’t make sense.”
Professor Todd said Griffith’s efforts to explore new source countries had contributed to 바카라사이트 downgrading of its risk rating. “It’s always a challenge when you’re trying to diversify into a market where you don’t have a great deal of history to help you assess 바카라사이트…likelihood of students getting visas.
“If you look at most universities that are now sitting on level 2, and institutions that are level 1 but will soon move to level 2, 바카라사이트y tend to [have] more diversified student cohorts. The danger is that universities will pull back on some of 바카라사이트 diversification moves that have been made in recent years – which seems counter to what everybody wants.”
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