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Data: Trump’s student visa revocations in numbers
Over 1,800 students from almost 300 institutions are known to have had their visas revoked to date – although the true number may be much...
Australia’s post-study work visa under fire in election pledge
If elected, the Coalition said it will look to review the Temporary Graduate Visa (subclass 485), arguing that current post-study work settings are being exploited...
The DFE versus the Home Office: who is right?
Students from overseas have very different effects on different bits of our higher education system. The system is now characterised by complex financial flows between...
Indian media mistakenly recycles outdated claims on student visa ‘ban’ in Australia
Several Indian media outlets this week began circulating claims that some Australian educational institutions are currently banning or restricting student applications from Indian states like...
UK commission calls for a more strategic and sustainable approach to international student recruitment – ICEF Monitor
The United Kingdom's most recent international education strategy was released in 2019. It set a target of attracting 600,000 overseas students by 2030 – a...
Why counting foreign students as immigrants is wrong
Please can the grownups in the room explain to everyone that foreign students are not immigrants – they are customers (Trump is pushing students towards...
Decline in interest in ‘Big Four’ study destinations
GLOBAL Interest by prospective international students in the ‘Big Four’ study destinations – the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia – declined by 14% in...
Franchising college loses access to student loan funding
A college that was investigated by the government over its franchised provision will no longer be able to access student loan funding after “falling well...
United States: Government enforcement action on schools, universities, and international students intensifies – ICEF Monitor
The Trump administration is intensifying its scrutiny of US higher education institutions and international students. As of April 14, reports NAFSA, “there have been almost...
US lawyers’ body lists 327 cases of student visas being revoked, half of them Indians
About 50 per cent of the 327 international students whose US visas were revoked or Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) records terminated recently...
