Two days back, the Koala looked at March numbers nationwide; two states stood out. As reported yesterday, WA achieved 47.1 per cent growth across all sub-sectors, SA achieving 25.2 per cent. The high-level stats are: SA is up 25.2 per cent overall, up 21.6 per cent in High Ed, up 113.8 per cent in VET, down 25.1 per cent in Schools, up 26.1 per cent in ELICOS ad down 41.7 per cent in Non-award.   What is underpinning SA’s growth in commencements? When looking at the level of study of students choosing SA two stood out. These are Masters by Coursework…

Indian visa agent who scammed international students faces criminal charges dating back to 2016 – New Canadian Media Source

Parul Yadav saw Canada as a pathway to her future. The 23-year-old, who arrived in Toronto alone but bright-eyed in late 2021, had pored over post-secondary programs around the world from her home in Delhi, India, carefully selecting a public relations course at Humber College for its hands-on learning opportunities. Toronto, she was told, was a multicultural city — one where newcomers like her would be welcomed. What she didn’t expect was a housing crisis, one that would become an ever-present stressor as she began her studies. She struggled, during those first days in a Mississauga hotel, to even book…

Australia’s second-most populous city has released its new framework for international engagement, which sets out seven priority areas for global relationships and recognises the role that the international education sector plays in Melbourne’s economic development.  In particular, Melbourne plans to facilitate foreign investment by leveraging diaspora and alumni communities, including international students in Melbourne.  This includes “nurturing international student talent, entrepreneurship and leadership skills” as well as improving pathways to employment and establishing life-long relationships with graduates and alumni. The city has yet to provide details of what this entails.  Earlier this year, Melbourne ran an Open Innovation Competition among…

Following on from the European digest that was launched in March 2023, the latest edition features an exclusive interview with Phil Honeywood, CEO of the International Education Association of Australia. The report also contains a list of 50 voices either domiciled or operating in Australia or the wider ASEAN sector that we think offer an interesting commentary on the international education ecosystem. The list includes a range of experienced leaders, rising stars, disrupters and policy makers who have something to say. The report is part of an increased focus on the region and preempts The PIE Live Australia conference taking…

Having avoided the “Erasmus contamination” of Brexit and currently benefitting from a huge corporation tax windfall, Ireland is in an enviable position that could provide a “once in a generation” opportunity to invest in education. Simon Harris, minister for further and higher education, research, innovation and science, addressed the QS Higher Education Summit in Dublin. “The focus of the previous strategy was overwhelmingly on attracting inbound students” “The focus of the previous [international education] strategy was overwhelmingly on attracting inbound students. This strategy will not only seek to continue to grow students coming to study in Ireland, but will also…

GLOBAL University leaders are concerned that “current global university rankings often result in an unhealthy use of competition that reproduces and reinforces social inequities and global science inequalities”.That much is evident from the Hamburg Declaration, a statement issued at the conclusion of the fifth biennial Global University Leaders Council Hamburg held in Germany from 14-16 June at the invitation of the German Rectors’ Conference, the Körber Foundation and the University of Hamburg.More than 30 university leaders gathered in the German city to discuss how higher education institutions should manage the key processes of competition and collaboration for the benefit of…

But those ideas were incorrect, Mr Honeywood said, noting that international students were willing to do the jobs – such as aged care, picking fruit and commercial cleaning – that domestic students refuse to do.And because international students pay full fees, there are no caps on how many places universities can offer, so they do not displace locals, he said.“We wanted to educate the wider community on some of the tangible benefits of having international students,” Mr Honeywood said.International education is Australia’s fourth-highest export industry, generating $40 billion a year, and the largest that does not rely on mining.Among those…

The letter was signed by some 19 migrant Justice organisations and South Asian diaspora groups from across Canada. Signatories of the letter called for a “definite stop” to the deportations and said the students should not have to bear the burden of proof because of fraud committed by consultants and recruiters. “The burden of proof should not be on the students, the victims of the fraud,” the signatories said. “Receiving deportation orders and the precarity of having to live with a constant threat of being separated from their families and uprooted from their communities and the associated struggle and turmoil…