Noticias Oceanía

Australian universities made $2.3bn profit in 2019 but $10bn of revenue was overseas student fees

Publicado: 25 noviembre 2020

Australia/November 25, 2020/By: Daniel Hurst – @danielhurstbne /Source: https://www.theguardian.com/ Under financial pressure from international border closures, the sector wants a staged return of international students Australian universities pulled in $10bn in fees from overseas students last year, according to new figures that point to the financial pressure the sector is now experiencing from international border closures. Financial […]

Australia’s long-running problem with financial literacy revealed

Publicado: 21 noviembre 2020

Australia/November 21, 2020/By: Matt Johnson/Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/ Australia has a problem with teaching children financial literacy – and long-running school banking schemes are struggling to bridge the gap. RateCity data provided exclusively to The New Daily revealed roughly half of Australian adults signed up to a program such as the Commonwealth Bank’s Dollarmites program during their younger years. […]

Australia: New teacher model needs union expertise

Publicado: 16 noviembre 2020

Australia/November 16, 2020/By: IEUA NSW/ACT Branch/Source: https://www.miragenews.com/ The Independent Education Union of Australia is deeply concerned that NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell’s plans to spend $400,000 on a new model to attract mid-career professionals from other fields into teaching is yet another token effort to address the teaching profession’s significant concerns. With more than 32,000 […]

New Zealand: Education Minister wishes high school students well for exams after Covid-disrupted year

Publicado: 15 noviembre 2020

New Zealand/November 15, 2020/Source: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Education Minister Chris Hipkins has acknowledged the “unprecedented disruption” and extraordinary challenges faced by students this year before NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship exams begin on Monday. About 140,000 high school students will be taking the exams, which are being held 10 days late because of the impact of Covid-19 […]

Australia will not now allow foreign students to return

Publicado: 14 noviembre 2020

Australia/November 14, 2020/Source: https://www.livemint.com/ With foreign students worth about A$35 billion ($25.3 billion) a year to the Australian economy, Canberra had hoped to slowly allow overseas students to return in 2021. Australia will not allow foreign students to return as Canberra prioritises the return of locals stuck overseas, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday. […]

Australian universities ‘should tithe earnings from international students’

Publicado: 13 noviembre 2020

Australia/Novermber 13, 2020/By: John Ross/Source: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/ Foreign student flows will bounce back even better, strategist says, and sector should put profits aside to help visitors in need. n three years Australia will host 35 per cent more international students than it had in 2019, and universities must set money aside to support them, according to […]