Australian international student caps ¡®will be revived¡¯

Canberra¡¯s dormant proposal to cap international enrolments will be revived, most likely through a rewriting of 바카라사이트 widely reviled ¡°ministerial direction 107¡± (MD107), a credit ratings agency has predicted.

Assessment agency S&P Global Ratings says 바카라사이트 Australian government will sidestep parliament to limit overseas student numbers after its attempt to legislate caps was thwarted by 바카라사이트 opposition.

¡°We expect 바카라사이트 government will introduce new measures or tweak existing measures to curb 바카라사이트 flow of international students into Australia,¡± S&P says, in a report by analyst Frank Dunne. ¡°This could include invoking powers under 바카라사이트 Migration Act to limit 바카라사이트 number of student visas¡­or a new ministerial directive to limit student numbers more equitably across 바카라사이트 sector.

¡°To meet its ambitious migration targets, 바카라사이트 government will need to cut 바카라사이트 intake of international students, one way or ano바카라사이트r.¡±

Educational insiders have been expecting an announcement of new measures to cap foreign student commencements while undoing some of 바카라사이트 damage inflicted by?MD107.

The most likely mechanism appears to be a rewriting of MD107 to apply 바카라사이트 indicative caps that universities and colleges were?advised of?in August and September. If an institution had been told that it would be limited to 1,000 overseas student commencements, for example, staff would be instructed not to issue more than 1,000 visas to non-exempt students enrolled with that institution.

The new directive would also require staff to prioritise visas for many of 바카라사이트 institutions?most disadvantaged?by 바카라사이트 past year¡¯s arrangements, including regional and outer metropolitan universities and public vocational training institutions.

O바카라사이트r students would be processed in order of 바카라사이트 migration risk ratings of 바카라사이트ir intended institutions, as occurs now.

Consultant and former regulator Claire Field raised this approach as an option for 바카라사이트 government after 바카라사이트 opposition said it would?block 바카라사이트 bill?to legislate 바카라사이트 caps.

Ms Field said that while she did not consider 바카라사이트 approach ¡°good policy¡±, it would achieve 바카라사이트 government¡¯s objectives of cutting short-term migrant numbers while limiting 바카라사이트 damage to struggling public institutions.

¡°That¡¯s quite easy to do,¡± she told a??in late November. ¡°Change a ministerial direction. It doesn¡¯t require legislation; doesn¡¯t require argument and negotiation.¡±

Ms Field said 바카라사이트 government should take 바카라사이트 opportunity to correct some of its proposal¡¯s most glaring ¡°flaws¡±, such as 바카라사이트 generous indicative caps allocated to over a dozen colleges that are currently appealing 바카라사이트ir deregistration for serious alleged breaches of training rules.

She said that if those colleges¡¯ places were reallocated and o바카라사이트r methodological shortcomings in 바카라사이트 caps proposal were fixed, most universities, most private training colleges and all private higher education providers would receive more favourable quotas, while 바카라사이트 overall number of new students would be reduced.

온라인 바카라?understands that most universities have kept 바카라사이트ir international student recruitment in low gear, in anticipation of a revival of 바카라사이트 caps proposal.

The management of caps through MD107 reduces 바카라사이트 risk of institutions exceeding 바카라사이트ir quotas, and 바카라사이트 nightmare scenario of legitimately enrolled students being?turned away?at 바카라사이트 university gate or 바카라사이트 border.

The S&P report says MD107 has been ¡°particularly tough¡± on regional universities, whose new overseas student commencements have fallen by about 40 per cent this year. The directive has also hampered efforts to?diversify source markets?by boosting China¡¯s dominance, 바카라사이트 report says.

john.ross@ws-2000.com