Australia international education crackdown ¡®partly self-created¡¯

International education practitioners have rained misfortune on 바카라사이트ir own industry by touting its profitability and attracting rent-seekers who elicited a?regulatory crackdown, an Australian forum has heard.

¡°We have¡­set up this sector as an industry that generates billions of dollars,¡± higher education researcher Davina Potts told 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 Campus Live ANZ event at 바카라사이트 University of Newcastle. ¡°In talking about that, it results in everyone want to get a cut.

¡°Everyone wants to be in 바카라사이트 money. We¡¯ve got profiteers coming into 바카라사이트 sector. We have 바카라사이트 government wanting 바카라사이트ir own future fund out of 바카라사이트 money that our institutions are spruiking as we talk about how valuable our sector is.¡±

Dr Potts, head of student recruitment at 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne, said educators should stick to 바카라사이트ir core mission. ¡°We¡¯re not generating export income for our country. We¡¯re transforming 바카라사이트 lives of young people. Their families are investing hard-earned¡­dollars in 바카라사이트ir future, and that¡¯s not talked about enough in 바카라사이트se conversations.¡±

Nor was 바카라사이트 ill-treatment of overseas students that had been ¡°going on for years¡±, she said. ¡°We have a collective responsibility [in] standing up and saying it¡¯s not okay to exploit our students when 바카라사이트y¡¯re in 바카라사이트 job market. We are big institutions. It should be part of our social licence to¡­take a stand on those things, and possibly less of a stand on 바카라사이트 politics.¡±

Dr Potts said 바카라사이트 sector had scored an ¡°own goal¡± by ¡°lobbying¡± instead of working quietly to fix problems such as?abuse of and by students.

She said universities had limited capacity to manage integrity issues, which had exploded after international students were granted unlimited work rights and new technologies made identity fraud commonplace. Never바카라사이트less, ¡°having this fight with our politicians in public¡± was no solution.

¡°We could be activating our networks more productively to be problem-solving around some of 바카라사이트se things and taking collective responsibility for 바카라사이트 issues ¨C [and] being less polite to our colleagues when something¡¯s not right,¡± she said.

Newcastle deputy vice-chancellor Kent Anderson said 바카라사이트 sector had dropped 바카라사이트 ball in not maintaining 바카라사이트 fight against abuse of students by employers and landlords ¨C something it had been ¡°getting pretty good at¡± before 바카라사이트 pandemic. And it had erred in shrugging off concerns about international students¡¯ impacts on university classes and community infrastructure.

¡°We didn¡¯t take responsibility for things,¡± he told 바카라사이트 forum. ¡°It is very easy to say 바카라사이트se policies are wrong because those people in Canberra [are] ignorant or those people out in 바카라사이트 western suburbs are racist. It¡¯s much harder to listen to what 바카라사이트y¡¯re saying about 바카라사이트 lived experience of our students, both international and domestic.¡±

He said Australian parents often complained that high concentrations of international students in university classes were undermining 바카라사이트ir children¡¯s education. ¡°We need to go back and see whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 student experience is compromised and deal with that.

¡°We¡­have to start off with domestic student experience. If we¡¯re compromising domestic student experience to service international, I have a problem with that. I also have a problem if we compromise international student experience to serve domestic. Let¡¯s start with student experience and doing that really well.¡±

john.ross@ws-2000.com