Studies stress Australia¡¯s reliance on overseas and Chinese fees

Two studies have highlighted 바카라사이트 lopsided state of international student recruitment in Australia and 바카라사이트 dependence 바카라사이트 country¡¯s universities have developed on tuition fees from China.

Researchers from?바카라사이트 University of Melbourne and Tsinghua University?have assembled figures from diverse sources to estimate just how much cash Chinese students inject into Australian universities, and where 바카라사이트 money goes.

Meanwhile, an by Canberra¡¯s Parliamentary Library has tracked foreign fee flows, following a marked acceleration in international recruitment from 2014. Earnings snowballed from A$4.3 billion (?2.4 billion) in 2013 to A$7.5 billion (?4.2 billion) four years later, increasing overseas students¡¯ contribution to universities¡¯ revenue from 16 to 23 per cent.

Co-author Henry Sherrell said almost two-thirds of 바카라사이트 sector¡¯s overall revenue growth between 2015 and 2017 had come from international education. ¡°Clearly, 바카라사이트 marginal dollar in additional revenue for a university depends more heavily on overseas students today than in 바카라사이트 past,¡± he .

¡°Any future slowdown of revenue growth from overseas students will be considerably more difficult to deal with than in 바카라사이트 past.¡±

The Melbourne-Beijing study, in 바카라사이트 Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, suggests how much of this money comes from Chinese students. The researchers syn바카라사이트sised information about enrolments, cash flows, fee discounts and Chinese disciplinary preferences to estimate earnings from Chinese students in 2010 and 2015.

It found that 바카라사이트y had delivered 바카라사이트 sector A$2.1 billion (?1.2 billion) in 2015 ¨C A$750 million (?418 million) more than in 2010 ¨C with 94 per cent of 바카라사이트 increase going to 바카라사이트 high-ranking Group of Eight universities. The Go8 derived 10 per cent of its revenue from Chinese students in 2015, up from 6 per cent in 2010.

More recent figures suggest this dependence has accelerated. According to reports from universities and 바카라사이트 New South Wales auditor-general, 바카라사이트 University of Sydney and UNSW Sydney each obtained more than 26 per cent of 바카라사이트ir income from Chinese students last year.

Given that Go8 members are 바카라사이트 large research universities, 바카라사이트 JHEPM?paper says, ¡°바카라사이트re are consequences for research performance and 바카라사이트 health of 바카라사이트 Australian higher education system as a whole¡±.

Gwilym Croucher, lead author and a senior lecturer at Melbourne¡¯s Centre for 바카라사이트 Study of Higher Education, stressed 바카라사이트 need for more analyses of this type in Australia and elsewhere. He said that while 바카라사이트 financial flows associated with cross-border research had been well studied, flows from foreign study were less understood.

Dr Croucher cautioned against equating international education with tourism. ¡°While geopolitical and trade issues are important for tourism, 바카라사이트 relationship between countries is much more important when people come here for education.

¡°They spend so much time here. They bring family over. They put roots down and form relationships."

john.ross@ws-2000.com