Higher education visa boom silences university lobby groups

6 Feb 2025 | While there was a flurry of media commentary from university lobby groups when the new Ministerial ...  

Record November grants extend Australia’s third student visa boom

13 Jan 2025 | If the extraordinary offshore student visa grants continue, the Government will have a challenge ...  

Elite universities cry wolf about new student immigration rules

23 Dec 2024 | The Go8 lobby group has created a straw man argument over a new Ministerial Direction to limit ...  

Countering the influence of 'mass man' with AI

20 Nov 2024 | A global trend of societies embracing mediocrity and eschewing free thought could be countered by ...  

What is sustainable growth of the onshore international education industry?

15 Nov 2024 | Recent unsustainable inflow of international students threatens to derail Albo's education stra ...  

Third stage of student visa boom grinds on in September

5 Nov 2024 | With a surge in student visa applications, Dr Abul Rizvi analyses the causes and effects of the ...  

Jason Clare wrong on net migration and student caps

29 Oct 2024 | Despite the Education Minister's assertion that student caps will reduce immigration levels, data ...  

Implications of student visa boom from Philippines

30 Sep 2024 | After an extraordinary surge in offshore student visa applications from the Philippines in 2022 ...  

Why offshore student visa grants in 2025 must rise to hit student caps

23 Sep 2024 | The recently announced student visa caps have not only caused hysteria in the media but proven to ...  

AAT drowning with appeals against student visa refusals

17 Sep 2024 | The number of onshore students appealing visa refusal decisions is surging, creating further ...  

Colombia enters top five asylum source nations

11 Sep 2024 | The Department of Home Affairs is struggling to keep up with a massive rise in visa applications ...  

Government rationale for student visa caps revealed

9 Sep 2024 | The recent announcement of student visa cap numbers highlights the power play between the Educa ...  

Temporary graduates in immigration limbo on the rise

5 Sep 2024 | Despite tightening student visa policy, temporary graduate numbers are rising, providing further ...  

Student cap hysteria overblown

2 Sep 2024 | Dr Abul Rizvi analyses the Government's new student visa caps and whether these will adequately ...  

Government agencies confused about overseas student policy

12 Aug 2024 | There is little common understanding across government agencies about the ideal contribution of ...  

June temporary entrant figures point to fall in net migration

5 Aug 2024 | While June temporary entrant figures point to a fall in net migration, other factors show that it ...