Ironically, it seems geographical and cultural gaps permit students and parents to view one another more holistically than episodically.
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But when I think of my friends across that vast ocean, there’s something I know for sure –- that no matter how delayed it is, the voice from them will always be delivered to me.
The cap impacts both higher education and vocational education providers and is the latest of many policy proposals aimed at reducing the number of international students in Australia.
Looking at the responses, I can see that we international students have the same worries around money – we are always paying, paying a lot to those big institutions. We’re students, suffering from unfairness. But we are considered as numbers that need to be capped, who’s going to listen to the story of us?
Many of my own friends suggested to me that a ‘campus’ theme lacked energy, and it is easy to see why people are not always enthusiastic about USyd, but it’s our job to sift through the forest.
“Fightback,” a militant caucus within the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) launched a petition to oppose job cuts and hiring restrictions on Tuesday, August 13 in response to a letter Vice Chancellor Mark Scott sent to staff on the same day.
The government’s plan puts universities in a dangerous bind. On the one hand, Liberal and Labor governments have slashed direct funding to the tertiary sector, which forced universities to rely on other revenue sources. On the other hand, they are now targeting the money universities have learned to rely on.
The Budget has unveiled new measures to regulate the growth of international student migration including awaited increases to student visa fees and financial capacity requirements as well as a new formula which will cap international student enrolment at each university.
Government insiders and immigration experts have flagged an increase in student visa fees and financial capacity requirements in the budget as a new push to meet ambitious targets to cut migration numbers.
Are engaging classes the secret to better interactions between international and domestic students?