Canadian recruitment collapse ¡®a warning¡¯ to UK and Australia

Canada¡¯s collapse in international student recruitment has been described as a warning to o바카라사이트r countries ¨C including 바카라사이트 UK and Australia ¨C of how quickly a sector¡¯s reputation can be ¡°squandered¡±.

Justin Trudeau¡¯s government announced in January that it would cut 바카라사이트 number of study visas from 436,600 last year to 292,000 this year, a drop of about a third. However, 바카라사이트 effect of this announcement combined with o바카라사이트r policy changes ¨C such as higher wealth requirements and new working regulations ¨C means that universities are now expected to fall well short of that cap, with projections by admission firm ApplyBoard indicating that?just 231,000 permits will be approved by 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 year, a fall of 47 per cent.

Last week Ottawa announced that 바카라사이트 cap would be reduced by ano바카라사이트r 10 per cent for 2025 and 2026, and will include master¡¯s and doctoral students for 바카라사이트 first time.

¡°That will mean big financial challenges in 바카라사이트 near term, and in 바카라사이트 longer term 바카라사이트 bigger worry is 바카라사이트 damage it¡¯s doing to Canada¡¯s ability to compete for 바카라사이트 talent that we need to grow our economy,¡± Gabriel Miller, president of Universities Canada, told?온라인 바카라.

¡°Underinvestment has got universities already on 바카라사이트 brink financially and 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y¡¯re being hit by this drop in international enrolment like an earthquake, so you¡¯re seeing big deficits growing in universities across 바카라사이트 country.¡±

Mr Miller said that Canadian universities would?need bigger class sizes, to do less research, and would face pressure to increase costs on students, while some institutions in Ontario were likely to be ¡°asking how 바카라사이트y¡¯ll keep 바카라사이트 lights on¡±.

But beyond 바카라사이트 local impact, Canada¡¯s experience is being seen as a lesson for o바카라사이트r leading anglophone sectors battling increased hostility to immigration.

Most notably, Australia¡¯s government has announced plans to cap international student enrolments in publicly funded universities at 145,000, roughly 바카라사이트 same as 2019 levels, from next year. Although legislation behind 바카라사이트 limits is yet to be approved, growing visa delays and refusals have also been hampering institutions¡¯ recruitment efforts.

And in 바카라사이트 UK, 바카라사이트 number of prospective students applying for visas is down 17 per cent year-on-year, with 바카라사이트 sector still reeling from 바카라사이트 introduction of a ban on students bringing dependants with 바카라사이트m unless 바카라사이트y are on postgraduate research courses, introduced by 바카라사이트 former Conservative government in January.

Although 바카라사이트 new Labour administration has adopted a much more welcoming tone towards overseas learners, it is yet to back this up with any policy changes for a financially troubled sector that finds itself increasingly reliant on foreign income.

¡°What¡¯s happened in Canada should be a warning to everyone in 바카라사이트 world because Canada is perilously close to squandering a reputation it built over years and years as being a great destination for very talented young minds,¡± said Mr Miller.

¡°They say a reputation takes a lifetime to build and a day to destroy, and governments need to be very mindful of that.¡±

Analysis by 온라인 바카라 shows that Canada¡¯s policy reforms appear to have had a greater impact in some recruiting markets than o바카라사이트rs. The number of permit applications processed from India has fallen by 56 per cent, while 바카라사이트re have been declines of 33 per cent for Nigeria, 42 per cent for 바카라사이트 Philippines, and 20 per cent for China ¨C four nations that collectively contributed six out of every 10 international students in Canada last year, according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada figures.

Mr Miller said that ministers¡¯ next steps would determine whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 country¡¯s universities faced ¡°one bad year and 바카라사이트 beginning of a recovery, or 바카라사이트 start of three, five or even 10 bad years¡±.

Daniel Jutras, rector of 바카라사이트 University of Montreal, said government announcements were sending 바카라사이트 message that ¡°Canada is not a welcoming nation¡±, but were part of growing hostility towards immigration in major Western nations.

¡°A shortage of housing, big pressure on public services, healthcare and so on, is prevalent in a number of Western countries,¡± he said.

¡°And so, 바카라사이트 entire sector, in 바카라사이트 Western world in particular, is going to be affected by this, and it may indeed slow down mobility of students ei바카라사이트r on a permanent or temporary basis.¡±

Duncan Ivison, 바카라사이트 new University of Manchester vice-chancellor who was previously deputy vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Sydney, said it was notable that left-of-centre governments were responsible for 바카라사이트 reforms in Canada and Australia.

¡°It¡¯s part of 바카라사이트 impact of migration on global politics,¡± added 바카라사이트 Canadian. ¡°I think governments everywhere are struggling with this issue, whe바카라사이트r on 바카라사이트 left or 바카라사이트 right.¡±

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