Industry News

South Australia claims space in international education

Monday, 19 July 2010 00:00

International enrolments grew faster in South Australia than any other state or territory over most of the last decade, increasing the state's share of overseas students by over 30 per cent and making education the state's fourth largest export earner, according to a new report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. (sub req'd) [Campus Review]

Sceptics start to see the other side of Second Life

Thursday, 15 July 2010 00:00

Access to virtual worlds has become easier, and online locations are now being used to connect students across the world. [Times Higher Education]

Oveseas Students Shun Australia For The US

Thursday, 15 July 2010 00:00

The US is now in a bid to woo the international students that Australia is turning away. [Embrace Australia]

The Growth of Private and For-Profit Higher Education in Britain: Competition or Collaboration?

Thursday, 15 July 2010 00:00

Today [Universities in Britain] are facing two imminent threats to their near-monopoly of higher education. [The Chronicle]

Education not a commodity: Austrade

Monday, 12 July 2010 00:00

International education might be Australia’s fourth biggest export earner. But its new promoters will be talking up people, not purses. (sub req'd) [Campus Review]

English language schools win court battle over visas

Friday, 09 July 2010 00:00

English language schools have won a High Court battle over visa restrictions which they say are absurd and damaging to their businesses. [BBC]

Foreign-Student Enrollments in U.S. Rise Despite Global Recession

Thursday, 08 July 2010 00:00

The enrollment of foreign students at American colleges climbed in the most recent academic year, according to new visa data, confounding expectations that international-student numbers would drop because of the worldwide financial crisis. (sub req'd) [Campus Review]

Is Australia's education sector facing Asian challenge?

Tuesday, 06 July 2010 00:00

International education is one of Australia's biggest export earners, bringing in over 15-billion Australian dollars a year. Many students - over 40 per cent - come from India and China, and significant numbers also come from Malaysia, South Korea and Thailand. Now, attempts to clean up the education sector - shutting down so-called "visa factory" education providers for example - are making it more difficult for international students to get into Australia. So could that play into the hands of countries like Hong Kong, Singapore and China, which have been building up their education sectors for some time, and are eager to attract overseas students. [Radio Australia]

Think you’ve got brain drain problems? Check out China.

Monday, 05 July 2010 00:00

China’s university system is expanding fast – but the continuing exodus of students suggests its appetite for higher education is expanding faster.

International education magnets like Australia, the US, Canada and France are benefiting from a massive brain drain from China, where students are rejecting the top universities in favour of overseas institutions, according to recent reports from the official Xinhua news agency. But Australian international education experts say it's more a case of too much demand for too few prized local places. (sub req'd) [Campus Review]

DAAD President Kunst calls for cosmopolitan education: “International experience is vital to survival in times of globalisation!

Monday, 05 July 2010 00:00

Today, at a press conference in Berlin, Sabine Kunst presented the focal points of her future work: "I look forward to heading the largest organisation for academic exchange and academic co-operation world-wide. In the course of globalisation, international experience and, therefore, cosmopolitan education are becoming virtually vital to survival. Our aim ought to be that at least 50 percent of German students go abroad for a while during their studies and, also, that the numbers of foreign students and academics at German higher education institutions grow steadily." [Alpha Galileo]