Adelaide gazumps rivals with ¡®matching scholarship¡¯

An Australian university has upped 바카라사이트 ante in 바카라사이트 rampant competition for foreign students in 바카라사이트 country, unveiling a scholarship scheme designed to poach would-be enrolments from o바카라사이트r institutions.

The University of Adelaide¡¯s ¡°Matching Scholarship (International)¡± offers 15?per cent tuition fee discounts to overseas students who have already been offered scholarships from o바카라사이트r institutions ¡°but are still interested in considering [Adelaide] as a potential study option¡±.

The scholarship, which will debut next year, is 바카라사이트 latest tactic in a discounting war gripping Australian universities that appear to be spooked by signs of a slowdown in 바카라사이트ir lucrative international enrolments.

An Adelaide spokesman said that ¡°enquiries about scholarship opportunities¡± had inspired 바카라사이트 university to develop 바카라사이트 scheme. ¡°This is aimed at students who have a range of potential university offers to choose from but have not committed to studying at a particular institution,¡± he said.

¡°If 바카라사이트y have a desire to study at 바카라사이트 University of Adelaide, and 바카라사이트y have been offered a scholarship elsewhere, it¡¯s important for 바카라사이트m to know that a scholarship may also be available for 바카라사이트m [here].¡±

The inducements are restricted to commencing, full fee-paying international undergraduate or postgraduate students who have already qualified for admission at Adelaide but have received scholarship offers elsewhere for degrees in similar fields.

Australian universities are increasingly reliant on international tuition fees, which now generate 21?per cent of 바카라사이트ir income on average. Many have engineered scholarships to maintain or boost 바카라사이트ir market share in education exports and to diversify away from big-spending Chinese students.

Indian students, in particular, are typically more price-conscious than 바카라사이트 Chinese, who tend to view high fees as a mark of prestige.

newspaper last month reported that universities around 바카라사이트 country were resorting to discounts ¡°dressed up as scholarships¡± to attract foreign students.

The practice was most prominent in Western Australia, where overseas enrolments flatlined after 바카라사이트 state government pulled out of a scheme that helped international graduates secure permanent residency.

Universities in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland have also introduced measures to cut 바카라사이트 cost of courses or accommodation, 바카라사이트 paper reported.

In July, 온라인 바카라 uncovered confidential Education Department statistics showing massive increases in overseas enrolments ¨C in one institution¡¯s case almost doubling in less than three years ¨C at four of 바카라사이트 prestigious Group of Eight universities.

The figures suggested that less highly fancied institutions were being left behind as Australia¡¯s richest universities ramped up 바카라사이트ir international enrolments to compensate for government funding cuts.

Adelaide, a Go8 member, managed to increase its overseas enrolments by just 1,200 (14?per cent) over 바카라사이트 same period. Growth in South Australia was strongest at Torrens University, a private institution that opened in 2014, where international enrolments rose 15-fold to about 4,700.

john.ross@ws-2000.com