Noticias Oceanía

Australia: Foreign student enrolments 210,000 lower than expected

Publicado: 10 abril 2021

Australia/April 10, 2021/By: Geoff Maslen /Source: https://www.universityworldnews.com Australia’s universities have enrolled 210,000 fewer international students this year than expected, with the loss of AU$1.8 billion (US$1.4 billion) in income. More than 17,000 jobs have already disappeared from campuses across the higher education sector. To put the figure in context, according to government data, there were 442,000 […]

ACER to lead international teacher knowledge survey

Publicado: 7 abril 2021

Australia/April 07, 2021/Source: https://www.acer.org/ The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is pleased to announce its continued association with the OECD’s Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS). TALIS is a survey of teachers and school leaders that was conducted in 2008, 2013 and 2018. The most recent survey, TALIS 2018, reported on the learning environment and working […]

Australia: International student losses set to punch $18 billion hole in economy

Publicado: 5 abril 2021

Australia/April 05, 2021/By Farrah Tomazin, Royce Millar and Adam Carey/Source: https://www.theage.com.au/ The loss of hundreds of thousands of international students to Australia’s strict border closures will punch an $18 billion hole in the economy, as the Morrison government warns universities to be less reliant on foreign fees in the wake of COVID-19. Research commissioned by The Sunday Age has shed fresh […]

‘I feel like a commodity’: COVID hit only beginning for Australia’s unis

Publicado: 3 abril 2021

Australia/April 03, 2021/By Royce Millar, Farrah Tomazin and Adam Carey/Source: https://www.smh.com.au/ The sharp fall in international students, the hits to university revenue, and an apparently unfriendly government, have exacerbated an existential crisis. So whither Australia’s universities? On an autumn morning early in first semester, the grounds of the University of Melbourne should be buzzing with youthful curiosity and adventure. […]

Australia launches International Education Strategy consultation

Publicado: 1 abril 2021

Australia/April 01, 2021/by: Jennifer Menchin/Source: https://thepienews.com/ The Australian government is looking for input from students, educators and the higher education sector on a new strategy for international education in Australia. The Australian Strategy for International Education 2021-2030 will set the sector on a path to long-term success and guide its recovery from Covid-19, according to […]

Australia: Migrant parents call for support in sexual consent education as student-led petition gains momentum

Publicado: 19 marzo 2021

Australia/March 19, 2021/ By Wing Kuang and Samuel Yang/Source: https://www.abc.net.au/ Zhen Liang desperately wants to talk to her Australian-born teenage daughter about consent before she graduates from high school, but she doesn’t even know where to start. The 55-year-old Melbourne mum said she grew up in a traditional Chinese family where her parents rarely ever talked about […]