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Universities and private colleges across Australia are offering discounts of up to 50 per cent on fees disguised as scholarships and lowering course entry requirements to attract more students.
Internal analysis of annual reports by a NSW university and provided to
The Sydney Morning Herald and
The Age suggests some institutions including the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Southern Cross and the University of NSW are also particularly vulnerable to depleting cash reserves if international fee revenue continues to drop by a third or more, as expected this year.
Competition between Australian universities and private colleges for more international students has increased.
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Australia s tertiary education industry faces a devastating economic hit this year as international students from key markets switch their applications to countries with more open borders including Canada and COVID-ravaged Britain.
University vice-chancellors and international education agents have reported students in India, Nepal and China, who were originally bound for Australia, this month have started making other arrangements because they want to study on a real campus instead of online.
Education agents have reported an increasing number of international students are considering studying in Canada and the UK instead of Australia.
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Western Sydney University vice-chancellor Barney Glover said his agent networks told him some students who had been offered a place at his university had eventually declined the offer to take a place at a UK university.
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