Internationalisation

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’

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

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

The final report’s scant recommendations and mooted interventions are uninspiring, unhelpful and, at times, alarming, says Michael Wesley

Nafsa head says universities must recruit more proactively as election looms, competition mounts and unrest grips campuses

Councillors urge government not to place restrictions on post-study work rights

While the government plans measures to relieve placement poverty and student debt, observers also expect higher visa fees and financial capacity bar

The government should help universities diversify their source countries as it works towards a fix for domestic student funding, says Connor Horsfall

Filipino students look elsewhere as Australia downgrades risk rating

End of prime minister’s two-decade term brings reflection on sector’s rapid development but also its enduring challenges

Former universities minister attacks ‘sheer incoherence and self-destructiveness’ of deterring international students from coming to UK

Number of family members allowed to enter UK down 80 per cent after tightening of rules

Royal Irish Academy calls for fresh push to develop higher education in north-west of island

Gendering and decolonising curricula requires a nuanced consideration of learners’ diverse perspectives and cultural contexts, says Heather Jeffrey

Students looking closer to home for international education, but immigration rules and price points remain barrier

As part of ongoing efforts to reduce abuses and controversies in nation’s huge programme of international enrolment, Trudeau cuts back Covid-era 40-hour-a-week policy

US, with the looming possibility of a second Trump presidency, deemed a more reliable education prospect than its anglophone rivals

New legislation opens the way for quality-focused branches to drive up standards across a traditionally public HE sector, says Ianis Matsoukas

Radical restructuring of higher education would see lower-tariff institutions focus only on vocational courses, under plans outlined by right-wing thinktank

Proposed Astana outpost responds to country’s call for greater internationalisation of its higher education system

Students carry the can for rental spikes and record low vacancies while alternative causes are overlooked, says accommodation lobby

MI5 director general warns vice-chancellors that hostile states are targeting UK universities

Borderland development set to foster enhanced collaboration with mainland institutions

Legal reforms to enable creation of ‘European degree’ the next step towards closer cross-border integration, THE summit hears

Studying abroad set to become more expensive in key target markets for universities looking to diversify intakes

Study concludes that learning how to pronounce students’ names properly should be included in diversity and inclusion policies at universities ‘because it goes to the heart of people’s identities’

University leaders warn they often find themselves stuck between the US and China

Latest changes encourage more recruitment from China for universities that already have the market cornered

Overseas students’ respect for learning helps restore some of the authority that consumerism has stripped from UK academics, says Rania Hafez

Overseas institutions opt for partnerships with local counterparts rather than going it alone, despite regulatory incentives

State law against foreign scholars allows institutions to pursue exceptions, but faculty and students are largely left to wage protests

Significant drop in North American enrolments mirrored by increased recruitment by UK and Australia

Sibrandes Poppema shares how his institution is strengthening links across countries and with industry and society

Military is investigating whether international students in province adjacent to Taiwan pose national security risk

European Commission scheme would improve mobility between EU and UK for young people

Almost half of European workforce surveyed doubt whether cross-border goals are clearly defined, with one in three lacking faith in managers

Deputy prime minister to brief vice-chancellors on findings of review

Overseas students’ rebounding satisfaction rates coincide with Australian policy moves to keep them out

Stung by alumni reaction to his intervention on Israel-Gaza crisis, new dean of Insead says creating a ‘cauldron of cultures’ is a better way of contributing to the world

Offshore venture will neither require funds from nor contribute to its struggling New Zealand parent, at least in the short term

Higher education sectors born out of empire fail to meet local skill needs, says professor

Agents had not kept their clients in the loop despite pocketing thousands of dollars in fees, survey finds

Companies will partner with global institutions under a government plan to speed up the development of new technologies and boost international collaboration

While enrolment rates are set to surge at the island’s universities, progress on the development of student housing has been slow

Early data suggest number of international students starting taught postgraduate courses is down 6 per cent, but some individual campuses hit much harder

Universities Netherlands announces new measures to limit international student numbers, but needs politicians’ help to introduce quotas

Scamsters enlisted dozens of Indonesian universities to embellish the educational benefits of a German holiday jobs programme, police say

Student recruitment firm AECC warns that restricting graduate visa route could be ‘catastrophic day’ for UK higher education

Delays and baffling rejections are leaving their mark, analyst warns

‘Low-risk’ institutions now in the minority as universities carry the can for non-fraudulent visa refusals