Internationalisation

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

University says students and staff are not “immune” from local laws but academics say institution should do more to protect learners

Accord panellists’ ‘preferred options’ also include ‘equity levy’ on high-fee courses and no change to international education

Pre-election analysis shows greater concentration of international learners in major urban centres

Crackdown proposed without any forethought about the broader consequences, Press Club hears

Government’s proposal will intensify the problem it is supposed to solve while ‘wreaking havoc’ on universities’ finances, universities say

Viacheslav Morozov, former professor at the University of Tartu, convicted of ‘activities in the interests of a foreign security service’

Proposed visa caps, soaring rejection rates and ‘anti-China’ perceptions scaring off country’s most valuable student cohort

If rich countries poach your nurses you should ‘build more nursing schools’, conference hears

The proportion of non-EU graduates of UK universities who said their current activity was not meaningful has doubled in recent years

Australians are less convinced about the upsides of the educational relationship but also less concerned about the downsides, survey suggests

China offers reassurance after seemingly random attack

Head of Macau University of Science and Technology explains how strategic importance of region is growing as its economy matures

Caps being pursued ‘at universities’ request’ and will mirror treatment of domestic students, education minister says

International student caps will endanger research funding just as a leisurely R&D review considers how to fix it, Senate committee hears

If universities won’t cover immigration costs, they must at least help applicants make informed decisions about coming, says Tanja Wingenbach

Economic carnage looms as Australian political parties adopt unity ticket in treating overseas learners as cannon fodder

Institutions see steep drops in proportion of fee income paid by UK students amid continued expansion into international markets

The Universities Accord’s call for full funding is vital to avoid over-reliance on hazardous overseas relationships, says Brendan Walker-Munro

Incoming right-wing government plans to reduce spending by €1 billion, just as efforts to reduce precarity and overwork were starting to have an effect

Number of English-medium degrees on offer outside traditional anglophone destinations increases by 48 per cent in five years

Government proposes full-cost tuition plus application fees for non-EU applicants, while aiming for international recruitment increase

Lower work rights cut-off would have excluded most doctoral graduates, critics warned

Coalition agreement involves major cuts to research and university funding alongside harsh new measures for students

Lai Ching-te uses inauguration speech to ask for return of mainland students to island universities but installation accompanied by rising cross-Strait tensions

Key post-study work rights to be kept under review but reprieve puts off any changes at least until after coming general election

Eighty per cent drop in number of family members given permission to come to UK

European Commission’s plans for international qualification should not only prioritise in-demand technologies, says guild

Rishi Sunak looking at launching a clampdown on recruitment agents but has backtracked on reforms to UK’s post-study work rights, according to reports

More students are coming to Taiwan under the New Southbound Policy, but some believe both the quality of incoming students and the education on offer are being compromised

Canberra should not stifle university revenue while unrolling expensive equity reforms, says implementation committee member

Politicians apologise after tensions between international students and locals culminate in violence in capital

Ministers urged to resist policies that will ‘massively overcorrect’ student numbers as key migration statistics unlikely to reflect reality of institutions’ declining enrolments

Those of us who stay on post-study give far more to our adopted country than we have been able to give to our home nations, says Elena Rodriguez-Falcon

Education secretary uses Education World Forum speech to praise benefits overseas students bring as government considers making changes to the graduate visa

Ahead of proposed enrolment caps, foreign earnings fail to prevent a slide further into the red

Figures indicate limited scope for growth in international enrolments, as administrators strive to balance the books

Joint study by British Council and Universities UK International finds scale and significance of overseas delivery makes risk management increasingly important

‘Shockingly bad legislation’ gives ministers power to favour certain disciplines

John-Arne Røttingen warns that financial difficulties facing UK universities are putting research at risk

Tightening visa restrictions, language barriers and cultural misunderstanding have contributed to soaring numbers of complaints to OIA

Home Office notification of Sue Agazie highlights ‘weaponisation of immigration status’ by universities when students complain, say critics

Universities are crying out for consistency, something resembling certainty and a plan for the way forward, says Graham Galbraith

Twenty-three per cent target adopted by European Council despite calls for previous target to be lowered, not increased

Brian Bell tells reporters that scrapping visa would only have a modest effect on immigration numbers anyway, given large impact of changes already introduced

Politicians promise to support Hong Kong’s international education goals, while reminding universities to foster patriotism towards China

Universities call for end to ‘toxic’ uncertainty over future of post-study work route following publication of MAC report

Everything you need to know as the Migration Advisory Committee publishes its highly anticipated review

Highly anticipated independent report opts for status quo option in boost for universities, after finding no evidence system is being widely abused

Latest proposal, unveiled on eve of federal budget, highlights revenue constraints facing universities and colleges

Proposed legislation ‘unnecessary’ because existing arrangements already include caps, says strategist

Chinese nationals studying abroad report being subject to transnational surveillance by authorities, leaving them scared to speak freely

Universities losing income from international students would have to slash their R&D spending, letter to chancellor warns

Malaysia is learning from top student destinations like Australia and Canada when it comes to creating balanced immigration rules for foreign students

Universities’ financial get-out-of-jail card no longer works, as governments in Canberra and elsewhere turn their backs on foreign students

New requirement ‘just the latest lever to reduce net migration’

Even a favourable MAC report may not relieve political pressure on government to act further on international student numbers, risking ‘enormous damage right across the sector’

Right-wing thinktank argues government, not universities, should be put in control of student visa numbers to ‘reduce the potential for abuse’

Estimates suggest Russell Group’s Chinese fee income has quadrupled in recent years

Kyriakos Pierrakakis tells THE that controversial reforms will help to make country a higher education destination