Universities say the government’s migration crackdown is already costing the sector dearly, even before proposed caps are implemented.
Universities are warning that 14,000 jobs could go as the government pushes ahead with its plan to cap international student numbers, a policy institutions say will have a “catastrophic” effect on institutions.
Sheehy said even without the proposed student caps, the government had already taken a sledgehammer to the international education sector, with visa grant rates down 23 per cent – or almost 60,000 students – over the past year.“The impact of having some 60,000 fewer international students arrive on our shores is significant,” he said.
In a dramatic escalation of its migration crackdown, Education Minister Jason Clare in May announced the government would seek to set caps on the number of international students able to enrol in universities and colleges.The proposed legislation would also give the minister the power to impose caps on a course-level basis, which has been described by universities as an unprecedented level of government intervention.
“Ironically, while the Australian government is effectively building a wall to lock out international students, the US presidential nominee Trump is demolishing one by promising Green cards to anyone who wants to study in the US.”
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