The 29-year-old, who grew up in Jiangsu Province before moving to Australia in 2020 to study anthropology at the University of Melbourne, says Chinese students, who make up 22 per cent of the country’s international cohort, may consider looking elsewhere.
“Chinese students are quite cautious about their overseas study, so those who want permanent residency might not consider Australia their top priority any more,” Ms Li told“There is a feeling that the government takes international students as a cash cow and scapegoat for their own failures to supply housing.“But it is a deep-rooted issue and I think singling out the foreign population is like blaming the guest for your own housekeeping problems.
If universities want to enrol above that cap, they need to provide additional purpose-built student accommodation.Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has also promised to cap student numbers by an undisclosed amount, but one estimate suggestsWeihong Liang, a 31-year-postgraduate studying politics and public policy at the University of Sydney who grew up in Tianjian, a 30-minute train ride east of Beijing, said he was flabbergasted to read about the bipartisan clampdown on international students.
“These students contribute significantly to the economy and cultural diversity. Australia should be enhancing its international education sector to bolster its global reputation, rather than damaging it by placing undue blame on international students.”competing plans to harshly cut migration will stymie the ambitions of Adelaide University,