Media: releases and speeches

The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio media centre contains media releases issued by the portfolio ministers and parliamentary secretaries.

Frequently asked questions

• Why is it important to the Australian Government and education providers to attract international students?
  
  
• What kinds of students is Australia attracting? In what fields? From what countries or regions?
  
  
• Do international students affect the quality of education that universities offer? Are entrance standards being lowered and/or educational programs changed to attract more international students?
  
  
• Are changing demographics of the student population having an effect on recruitment?
  
  
• Does the Australian Government have an international education policy that encourages international students to come to Australia?
  
  
• How are universities dealing with the growth of ointernational student populations on their campuses? How are students from other countries/regions being integrated into campus, local and national life?
  
  
• How do the new visa arrangements and the law to allow international students to work part-time impact international recruitment? Will these measures attract more international students to Australia?
  
  
• Once international students graduate from Australian universities, is there a strategy to try to keep them in Australia in jobs in their chosen fields?
  
  
• Why do international students choose to study in Australia? 
  
  
• What do international students think about their Australian education?
  
  
• How do Australian education providers recruit international students?
  
  
• How does the Government encourage and support Australian students studying overseas?
  

Higher education

• How many international students are enrolled at Australian higher education institutions? What percentage are they of the total number of students? 
  
  
• Are international student numbers capped at universities? 
  
  
• What are the three most popular degrees for international students? 
  

 

Last Modified: Thursday, 20 November 2008

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