The number of Chinese students studying in Australia will decline over the next decade as a key competitor in the lucrative international education market - China - invests in itself, the vice-chancellor of a leading university has warned.
"Demand is still very high, and postgraduates is higher than ever. I am not sure if we have yet hit the peak. More and more students from China want opportunities and their system cannot yet respond to demand. But we have to face the fact that it gradually will." In this week's QS university subject rankings, Australia slipped slightly backwards "across the board", said UNSW's pro vice-chancellor Laurie Pearcey, while noteworthy gains came from mainland China and Singapore.
Some wealthy Indian families that once looked to top British and US universities were now looking elsewhere because of post-study work restrictions in the UK, and political uncertainty due to Brexit and Donald Trump's presidency.
JordsBaker Australia's higher education sector has experienced explosive growth in international students numbers Uni edu agents r dangling PR visa carrots to sign up students It is why d no of migrants intake shot up to 220k It is also pushing up rents Many students rent 2BR units for4boys
JordsBaker Unis r gouging foreign students to make money so quality suffers as they jam in more students in classes They promote their degrees as tickets to PR visa
JordsBaker What an absolute f-ing scandal, how did we get here: “Students from China make up more than a third of Australia’s university enrolments.” 60% at the top unis❗️Drop in Chinese students is great news.
JordsBaker What absolute rubbish.