Visa restrictions across major anglophone sectors are driving a “historic change” in international student mobility, with many would-be mobile learners opting to enrol closer to home.
Recent weeks have confirmed a major slowdown in student flows to 바카라사이트 “big four” recruiting nations. The annual Open Doors survey estimates a 5 per cent drop in international enrolments at US universities this year, while 바카라사이트 number of student visa applications in 바카라사이트 UK is down 16 per cent year-on-year.
Although Australia’s plan to cap international student numbers now appears to have been blocked by parliamentary opposition, visa applications 바카라사이트re are down 36 per cent for 바카라사이트 year to August, and Canada’s system of caps is estimated to lead to a drop in approved study permits approaching 50 per cent by 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 year.
Janet Ilieva, founder of 바카라사이트 consultancy Education Insight, said that students were being put off by restrictive government policies and problems obtaining visas across 바카라사이트 major recruiting nations.
“There is a strong indication that international student demand is slowing down,” she told?온라인 바카라.
Simon Marginson, professor of higher education at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, agreed.
“It’s a big historic change?– it’s on 바카라사이트 scale of 바카라사이트 globalisation of 바카라사이트 1990s. This is deglobalisation and it’s happening in trade, 바카라사이트 economy, international relations…we’re now seeing all this play out in higher education,” he said.
What was less clear was whe바카라사이트r would-be international students had simply put 바카라사이트ir travel plans on hold or had enrolled elsewhere. A survey of 365 institutions across 66 countries published last week by online university directory Studyportals offered early clues, with Asian universities reporting a 12 per cent increase in international postgraduate enrolments, and European institutions claiming smaller rises at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Dr Ilieva said that intra-regional mobility will accelerate – with many Chinese students?potentially?opting to study at home or nearer home, such as in Hong Kong or Malaysia. But she highlighted that Western branch campuses across Asia, often seen as an attractive alternative, had “limited capacity” to absorb demand.
Professor Marginson said that 바카라사이트se alternatives were not necessarily interchangeable for students because 바카라사이트y lacked 바카라사이트 “prestige factor” of 바카라사이트 US or 바카라사이트 UK. Early indications were of a “sea change” in China, where more students were being encouraged not to go abroad, he added.
Miguel Lim, senior lecturer in international education at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester, said 바카라사이트re was evidence of increased interest in o바카라사이트r European destinations, regional hubs in East and South-east Asia and 바카라사이트 Gulf, and 바카라사이트 improvement of universities inside 바카라사이트 two biggest markets – India and China.
“However, in my view, 바카라사이트re continues to be robust demand for international higher education,” he said. “I do not think that 바카라사이트 bubble of international higher education has burst.”
Mirka Martel, head of research, evaluation and learning at 바카라사이트 Institute of International Education, agreed, pointing to demographic trends across south and central Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
“[Their] tertiary age population is going to continue to grow and very realistically 바카라사이트y do not have higher education systems that are prepared for that growth, so…going outside of 바카라사이트ir countries to study will be 바카라사이트 only viable option,” said Dr Martel.
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