Internationalisation

Canberra yet to clarify future of ‘ministerial direction 107’ despite touting enrolment caps as a replacement

The vast majority of the fall in student visa numbers can be attributed to large decreases in the number of applicants from India and Nigeria

After waiting years for their visas, Australia-bound PhD candidates find that their university places have evaporated

Holyrood government extends home fee status to 19 students kicked off courses after the Taliban banned women from universities

‘We all fare better if we work together,’ says Washington lobbyist, as US turns a corner in its approach to foreign students

International student numbers expected to drop following visa processing centre closures

Vice-chancellor says it is ‘fine’ for international students to make up nearly half of Melbourne’s enrolments

University lobby demands revocation of ‘ministerial direction 107’, after education minister insists student quotas will be a ‘better mechanism’

Security body cautions agents against unpatriotic messaging as Chinese applications receive greater international scrutiny

Degrees taught in Hindi might play well with Modi fans but this shift risks IITs’ global reputation for producing outstanding graduates, says Eldho Mathews

Short-stay students should be exempted from both quotas and fee hike, says representative body

City dwellers appreciate international students’ economic contribution but think they add to housing unaffordability

Prime minister announces more medical school places as part of vow to develop education system and retain young people

Baroness Smith suggests new UK government will not bail out at-risk institutions but says she wants to secure ‘financial stability’ of sector

QAA-led review of offshore teaching flags concerns about expansion of existing programmes overloading staff, and unfamiliarity of assessment techniques used

Fears nationwide unrest may deter prospective international recruits after turbulent period for overseas enrolments

Study visa issuance to Nepalese citizens has grown in three of the top four English-speaking destinations

Liberals ‘reserve position’ on international student bill, as Australian government pledges to release ‘indicative’ caps

As they brace for big policy shifts, inflation and flat domestic demand have left Australian universities more vulnerable than before Covid

UK advised to invest in transnational education as more east Asian students opt to study in nearby countries

Fee hike follows similar move in Australia, but from a much lower base

Politician renews lobbying for Indian-owned language exam as foreign companies make millions from study abroad craze

London Higher warns that 16 per cent drop in student visa applications could represent £1 billion in lost revenue for the sector

Universities must not use international education reforms as a smokescreen to jettison staff, Australian union says

Proposal denigrated as ‘wealth tax’ better than the alternative, architect says, as Australian universities unite to oppose caps

Environment, safety and friendliness prove pluses, but cost and work experience ‘remain biggest challenges’

Canberra should avoid unnecessary damage by waiting to assess the impact of no fewer than nine other policy changes, professor says

Structurally disadvantaged in teaching Australian students, new private colleges face international enrolment veto until they have taught domestic students

IE University takes over Glasgow Caledonian outpost that was branded a ‘white elephant’

More scientists only producing domestic work after collapse in collaborations with US and Europe and Chinese links remaining static

Industry links seen as key for one of the first foreign universities to set up a base in India

Survey highlights ‘price sensitivity’ variations among Australia’s crowded neighbours

Donald Trump’s idea is unnecessary and could denude international students’ native countries of their talents, warns Allan Goodman

Home affairs and skills portfolios in new hands, in first changes to Labor government’s ministry

Despite bold ambitions, Incheon Global Campus has been largely shunned by international universities and ignored by politicians – could the next decade see its revival?

State governments, policy experts and law council present united front against federal proposal

Go8 report outlines 10-year ‘roadmap’ to boost investment, arguing ‘substantial’ change needed

Sorbonne Paris North University to transform existing college partnership into non-profit university following passing of March law allowing private institutions

While Australia says it wants universities ‘going to the world’, its policies are making it harder

Five years after arrest in Trump crackdown, Chinese-born Franklin Feng Tao gets vindication – and wants his job back

International students not being offered a back door to prestigious institutions, review finds, but issues with progression and different conditions flagged

Some universities are in the final stages of agreeing branch campus plans while others are treading more cautiously

The government must recognise that lower international revenues will make research costs unsustainable, says John Carroll

Programme details released as Adelaide’s universities enter final stage of merger

Rising number of applicants from abroad secure visas but don’t show up at campuses

Blanket rules preventing master’s students from bringing family with them said to be harming UK’s world-leading specialist institutions

Increased discrimination may be hangover from pandemic, say researchers behind International Student Barometer

Big business and states join universities in opposing proposed limits

British universities look set to follow their Australian counterparts in expanding into India

Proposal an improvement on current ‘blunt tools’ that undermine policy and facilitate exploitation, says Australian Labor MP and former international education boss

Teaching UK degrees abroad promised adventure, sunshine and a regular pay cheque. But navigating an environment in which many students couldn’t speak English, senior academics acted like dukes and oversight from the UK was patchy at best left Anthony Killick disillusioned

Universities haemorrhage money as students face months-long waits

Slow easing of Covid border restrictions helped international education avoid purges elsewhere, figures suggest

Relaxed regulations will allow more universities to recruit researchers at different stages in their careers

‘Outrageous impost’ to fund domestic education initiatives is ‘robbing Ranjit to pay for Richard’

Asian superpower hopes recruiting more French students will help its position on the international stage

After Trudeau administration imposed sharp cut in student visas, institutions are now watching other restrictions having a much stronger effect

University requests to increase visa allocations should be rejected if expansion would exacerbate local room shortages, argues Social Market Foundation paper

Number of study visas issued halves after introduction of annual limit, with Indian issuances down 85 per cent

Canberra quietly scrapped plans to join world’s biggest research collaboration scheme in mid-2023