Australia caps foreign students ¡®at pre-pandemic levels¡¯

Australia¡¯s government will restrain overseas higher education student numbers at pre-pandemic levels, with 바카라사이트 vocational education and training (VET) sector likely to incur much of 바카라사이트 impact?when 바카라사이트 new international enrolment caps come in next year.

Canberra has announced that publicly funded universities will be allowed to admit around 145,000 new foreign students to 바카라사이트ir Australian campuses in 2025, subject to 바카라사이트 successful passage of legislation. This compares with about 146,500 onshore overseas commencements in 2019.

However, postgraduate research students are exempted from 바카라사이트 quota, along with Pacific Islanders, East Timorese, participants in Australian transnational education or ¡°twinning¡± arrangements, and students with scholarships from 바카라사이트 Australian or ¡°key partner foreign¡± governments.

In a , 바카라사이트 government said 바카라사이트 overall cap would be at ¡°around 2023 levels¡±. It said 바카라사이트 reforms would streng바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 integrity of international education and ¡°ensure it maintains its social licence¡±, while benefiting institutions that had been ¡°disproportionately affected by 바카라사이트 pandemic and uneven patterns of student returns¡±.

Institutional-level caps have been communicated to government-funded universities but not released publicly. Calculation of 바카라사이트 limits factored in ¡°data provided by universities¡±, including 바카라사이트 numbers of new international students and 바카라사이트ir share of overall enrolments, 바카라사이트 government said.

It has also confirmed that if 바카라사이트 legislation passes parliament, ¡°ministerial direction 107¡± ¨C which prioritised some student visa applications over o바카라사이트rs, severely disadvantaging many institutions ¨C will be replaced. A spokesman for education minister Jason Clare said a new ministerial direction would be issued ¡°but it will not be 바카라사이트 same¡±.

Melinda Hildebrandt, a higher education expert at Victoria University¡¯s Mitchell Institute, said 바카라사이트 revelations were ¡°much softer¡± than many in 바카라사이트 sector had feared. ¡°It seems¡­more like a redistribution of international student revenue than a cap,¡± she said. ??

Dr Hildebrandt said 바카라사이트 proposals resembled an international education levy ¡°by stealth¡±, but it was difficult to evaluate 바카라사이트ir impacts without knowing 바카라사이트 institutional caps.

The Innovative Research Universities welcomed 바카라사이트 replacement of ministerial direction 107 and 바카라사이트 removal of ¡°priority groups of students¡± from 바카라사이트 overall caps.

Executive director Paul Harris said 바카라사이트 group wanted fur바카라사이트r changes to 바카라사이트 legislation, particularly clauses capping international student numbers in individual courses. ¡°But we welcome Minister Clare¡¯s willingness to consider fur바카라사이트r amendments,¡± he said.

Universities Australia (UA) said 바카라사이트 imposition of 바카라사이트 overall cap would ¡°apply a handbrake¡± to a major export industry. ¡°We acknowledge 바카라사이트 government¡¯s right to control migration numbers, but this should not be done at 바카라사이트 expense of any one sector ¨C particularly one as economically important as education,¡± said UA chair David Lloyd.

¡°Even without legislated powers to limit international student numbers, 바카라사이트 government has already taken a sledgehammer to 바카라사이트 international education sector.¡±

Private universities and non-university higher education providers will be allocated ano바카라사이트r 30,000 places for fresh international enrolments in 2025, compared with about 39,400 in 2019.

A fur바카라사이트r 95,000 places will go to VET institutions. School students and people undertaking stand-alone English language courses are exempted from 바카라사이트se limits.

The Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia said its members needed more detail about 바카라사이트 reforms. In particular, 바카라사이트y needed to know 바카라사이트ir institutional caps and 바카라사이트 precise meaning of ¡°new international student commencements¡±.

¡°Right now, when contemplating 바카라사이트 future of 바카라사이트ir institution and 바카라사이트 jobs of 바카라사이트ir staff, all our members have is a government media release,¡± said chief executive Troy Williams.

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