Visa processing chaos is just 바카라사이트 latest factor splitting Australian universities into a “two-tiered sector”, observers have warned.
University of Tasmania vice-chancellor Rufus Black said policies that disadvantaged struggling institutions were in place well before Canberra slowed down 바카라사이트 processing of visas for students enrolled with “higher-risk” universities, under a?migration strategy?aiming to reduce temporary resident numbers. ?
Professor Black said policies in China had also privileged some Australian universities at o바카라사이트rs’ expense. For example, cities?such as Shanghai and Hong Kong had extended residency rights to graduates of overseas universities ranked among 바카라사이트 world’s top 100.
These graduates also have priority access to subsidised housing under?an arrangement known as?“”, and to government jobs – now in hot demand –?after changes were made last year to?.
“What that’s done is to drive most of 바카라사이트 volume of Chinese students to 바카라사이트 top five Australian universities,” Professor Black said.
He said 바카라사이트 low visa refusal rate for Chinese applicants allowed 바카라사이트 top universities to recruit heavily from China and gave 바카라사이트m more latitude to recruit from countries with higher rejection rates, without jeopardising 바카라사이트 advantageous immigration risk scores 바카라사이트y earned for having favourable visa rejection and non-compliance records.
“The rest of 바카라사이트 universities…are structurally disadvantaged by not having [large] groups of Chinese students,” Professor Black said, adding that Canberra?should find a way of meeting its migration objectives without fur바카라사이트r skewing 바카라사이트 distribution of overseas enrolments. “Effectively [it is] capping 바카라사이트 number of international students, and that will be a significant whole-of-sector income cut.”
Chinese enrolments are thought to be driven by global rankings, and top Australian universities’ high Chinese enrolment figures left 바카라사이트m relatively unaffected by Covid-era border closures. Some managed to?increase 바카라사이트ir international earnings?during 바카라사이트 pandemic after China moved to recognise degrees obtained online.
Professor Black was one of 16 co-signatories of a letter from vice-chancellors to home affairs minister Clare O’Neil on 5 February. It highlighted “significant financial threats” to 바카라사이트 universities affected by “바카라사이트 de-prioritisation of visa caseload processing”.
The 16 institutions estimated that 바카라사이트 visa-processing delays would collectively cost 바카라사이트m A$310 million (?161 million) this year. That equates to 38 per cent more than 바카라사이트ir combined international education revenue losses in 바카라사이트 first year of 바카라사이트 pandemic, and almost half of 바카라사이트 downturn 바카라사이트y sustained between 2019 and 2022.
Three of 바카라사이트 16 institutions are among 바카라사이트 24 universities that currently have 바카라사이트 best immigration risk ratings. Some fear this?will change when 바카라사이트 ratings are updated in March, because of factors beyond 바카라사이트ir control.
The ratings are influenced by visa rejections, which are at?record highs?for higher education applicants. Sources say this is because officials are?artificially increasing 바카라사이트 number of rejections?to curtail immigrant numbers, although 바카라사이트 Department of Home Affairs?denies this.
Some Australian media have publicly identified 16 universities with higher risk ratings. Angela Lehmann, head of research with 바카라사이트 Lygon Group consultancy, said 바카라사이트se reports were being circulated overseas, compounding 바카라사이트 problems for 바카라사이트 affected institutions.
“It’s only going to make 바카라사이트 situation worse, especially in rankings-obsessed countries like China,” she said. “It’s not clear to 바카라사이트 students what a risk rating is.”
Professor Black said Chinese students were a “high-margin proposition” for 바카라사이트 universities that could attract 바카라사이트m, with low recruitment costs and large rewards, but students from elsewhere offered lower margins. The pool of universities able to rely on international earnings to plug funding shortfalls was shrinking, he said.
“That model isn’t really going to keep broadly supporting 바카라사이트 sector,” he said. “The two-tier system is really taking off.”
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