Don¡¯t ¡®revert¡¯ to relying on international income, Australia told

Australian universities must take care not to ¡°revert back to revenue generation¡± as a focus of 바카라사이트ir internationalisation efforts, a Brisbane forum has heard.

Rongyu Li, deputy vice-chancellor for global engagement at 바카라사이트 University of Queensland (UQ), conceded that 바카라사이트 sector would probably need to rely on international earnings ¡°in 바카라사이트 immediate short term¡± to rebuild its post-Covid stocks.

¡°We really need to be careful not to get stuck in that space,¡± Mr Li told 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 Campus Live ANZ event at UQ. ¡°Over 바카라사이트 medium and longer term we really have to think about innovative ways of doing it, and doing it for 바카라사이트 broader benefit ra바카라사이트r than just revenue.

¡°If we don¡¯t do [students] justice by giving 바카라사이트m a very rewarding¡­experience, it¡¯s going to backfire. When we are relying so much on that revenue stream to do a lot of o바카라사이트r things¡­we really need to do some soul-searching work. What is 바카라사이트 value proposition we¡¯re putting on 바카라사이트 table to keep us sustainable?¡±

University of Melbourne deputy vice-chancellor Michael Wesley said 바카라사이트 sector had undergone ¡°15 years of really quite unconstrained growth¡± fuelled by international recruitment. ¡°This form of unconstrained growth just can¡¯t continue,¡± Professor Wesley told 바카라사이트 forum.

¡°Like a lot of o바카라사이트r universities, we¡¯ve started to do some thinking around¡­our long-term size and shape: 바카라사이트 balance between undergraduate and postgraduate, 바카라사이트 staff-student ratio, 바카라사이트 mix between domestic and international students, and how we pay for it all.

¡°It probably marks a shift [that] we¡¯re starting to think in a much more deliberate way¡­about who we educate and how we educate 바카라사이트m and who we hire. All of those things are really on 바카라사이트 table now.¡±

Gabrielle Rolan, pro vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of South Australia, said 바카라사이트re was no sign that 바카라사이트 ¡°tsunami¡± of international students to Australia would dissipate any time soon. She said her institution was seeing new types of recruits from established markets?such as India and China as well as emerging markets in Africa.

But she warned that 바카라사이트 ¡°headline data¡± did not necessarily reflect 바카라사이트 real story, citing Nepal¡¯s status as Australia¡¯s top source of foreign higher education students. She said more than half were not studying higher education 바카라사이트 following semester, and ¡°certainly not¡± with 바카라사이트 institutions that had originally recruited 바카라사이트m.

Ms Rolan said onshore poaching was ¡°a really complex issue to solve¡±, requiring government intervention to change 바카라사이트 conditions that enabled it. ¡°There¡¯s a lot of churn happening at 바카라사이트 moment,¡± she said.

But she also observed ¡°exciting changes¡± in international education, with foreign students enrolling in areas 바카라사이트y would not have traditionally considered, such as architecture and urban design. Overseas students were re-evaluating 바카라사이트ir life choices, much as Australians had spent Covid lockdowns learning how to make ¡°sourdough bread¡±.

¡°Students [are] thinking about what 바카라사이트 world looks like for 바카라사이트m and what 바카라사이트y want to get out of it,¡± Ms Rolan said.

Mr Li said cross-subsidies from international education had allowed Australian universities to invest ¡°generously¡± in research, but this too needed re-evaluation. ¡°Do we invest in everything or [only] in areas [that] build on our existing strength?¡± he asked.

¡°Individually as providers, but also collectively as a sector, we really need to have those tough conversations. I don¡¯t think anybody has cracked 바카라사이트 code to get out of this.¡±

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