INDIA: 100 international education stakeholders descended on Parliament House, there was much to celebrate. With more than 450,000 fee-paying international students studying here and 160,000 enrollments in courses delivered offshore, Australia is doing exceptionally well in the global education market.
The government’s round table did not descend into a self-congratulatory talkfest. For there is still much heavy lifting to be done if this $17 billion a year industry is to thrive. There are policy areas where we could be doing a lot better or where we are falling behind initiatives being pursued by other student destination countries.
Nearly 70 per cent of students graduating from US universities can expect to have at least one paid or unpaid internship. Canada also has a long tradition of providing internships
