Australia urged to tweak visas so international students stay

Removing ‘speed bumps’ and abolishing the ‘bamboo ceiling’ would help to overcome Australia’s ‘self-inflicted brain drain’, forum hears

Published on
October 25, 2023
Last updated
October 25, 2023
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This looks like an attempt to increase numbers as local student numbers plummet - mainly STEM where classes can have more than 90% international students. The standard of graduate (noting the best go to the UK and US first) is around the 10-15% so the amount settling appears related to employability not on free visas (conversations with employers would support that). But as well as standards at universities and overseas societies increase overseas why would they settle away from the markets and therefore the growing money? The looming problem is where are the locals going to study? Time to look at home, what a uni is for, and away from the hip pocket.

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