Limiting International Student Number Will Dampen Australia’s Reputation: Education Group

The education sector has pushed back against the Australian government’s move to limit the number of new international students admitted by education providers. According to a media release on May 11, the legislation will allow the education minister and the minister for skills and training to cap international student enrolments to “support the integrity and sustainability of the international education sector.” The government said the move would ensure the sector is managed more strategically over the long term and crackdown on un-genuine agents, but Australian university representatives argued it would cost jobs, reduce funding and damage research in the country. Critics Argue International Students Invaluable To Economy Phil Honeywood, chief executive of the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA), said education providers deserve at least “six or seven months to cut their cloth according to any new government policy framework.”...