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Australia introduces cap on international students

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Australia has announced a cap on international student enrolment at 270,000 for 2025, with the aim of making the international student sector "better and fairer". Education Minister Jason Clare stated that the cap is intended to address growing public discontent over rising housing costs. The cap will be implemented in a way that prioritizes universities over private vocational providers, with each higher education institution receiving an individual restriction on the number of new international students they can accept. This decision follows a series of measures implemented since last year to end COVID-19-era concessions for foreign students and workers in Australia.

  1. AU
    David Lloyd
    1. International student fees help drive Australia's economy and support universities to operate, making up a shortfall in government funding for research, teaching and campus infrastructure.
    2. Every dollar from overseas students is reinvested back into Australia's universities. Having fewer students here will only widen the funding gap at a time universities need greater support.
  2. AU
    Jason Clare
    Australia Education Ministry
    1. To create the impression that this is somehow tearing down international education is absolutely and fundamentally wrong.
    2. There'll be more in our universities and there'll be fewer in our private vocational providers.
    3. Students are back but so are the shonks, people who are seeking to exploit this industry to make a quick buck.
    4. What this means is next year there will be about the same number of international students starting a course here as there were before the pandemic.
    5. These reforms are designed to make it better and fairer, and set it up on a more sustainable footing going forward.
    6. There's about 10 per cent more international students in our universities today than before the pandemic and about 50 per cent more in our private vocational and training providers.

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sources

  1. 1.The Times of India
  2. 2.Al Jazeera
  3. 3.CNA News
  4. 4.BBC

perspectives

  1. 1.Immigration
  2. 2.Australia under Anthony Albanese

countries

  1. 1.AustraliaAU
  2. 2.ChinaCN
  3. 3.IndiaIN
  4. 4.PhilippinesPH

organizations

  1. 1.Education for All
  2. 2.Essential Research
  3. 3.Australia Education MinistryAU
  4. 4.Sydney University

persons

  1. 1.Jason ClareAU
  2. 2.David LloydAU
  3. 3.Vicki Thomson
Australia introduces cap on international students