The Australia vs UK Issue
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We are publishing this first newsletter at a time of unprecedented challenge for international education globally. With the rise of populist governments and in what has been a record year for elections worldwide, widespread anti-immigration policy and rhetoric from politicians of all colours, particularly in the largest English-speaking study destinations: Australia, Canada, UK and the USA, and in the UK significant social unrest.
With this in mind we feel the international education sector is on the verge of pivoting, away from a fixation on the benefits of post-study work, to date widely unfulfilled when it comes to international graduates obtaining graduate level jobs in their field following their graduation, and a move towards universities supporting international graduates transition to successful careers back in their home countries, straight after graduation or following a period of post-study work in their country of study.
Now is the time to make the change, governments are increasingly looking to higher education to prove their value and “earn their keep.” What has been made abundantly clear is that despite increasing financial challenges for universities, more government funding is unlikely to be forthcoming-universities “are on their own!”
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