Australia’s international student cap legislation stalls as Coalition opposes bill
The Australian government’s proposed Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Bill, which sought to introduce caps on international student enrolments, has failed to pass in the Senate. With opposition from both the Coalition and the Greens, the bill is unlikely to progress – a development welcomed by the international education sector. This paves the way […]
Understanding Australia’s indicative public university caps
On the third day of the ESOS Bill hearing on 6 September, the Australian government released its proposed enrolment caps for public universities. This gave a peek into indicative allocations of the 270,000 cap on new student commencements, called the National Planning Level (NPL), announced on 27 August. Caps for public universities The Australia […]