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Is Australia's smaller international student sector costing it regional influence?

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Overseas students have been returning to Australian universities, boosting the local economy by $25.5 billion in 2022. Source: AAP / DEAN LEWINS/AAPIMAGE

A parliamentary inquiry has now opened into the international student sector, amid concern about how well enrolment numbers are recovering from the height of the pandemic, and what that means for Australian interests.


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By Deborah Groarke

Presented by Maridel Martinez

Source: SBS




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A parliamentary inquiry has now opened into the international student sector, amid concern about how well enrolment numbers are recovering from the height of the pandemic, and what that means for Australian interests.


Key Points

  • It's also been talking about the idea that international education provides Australia with influence in the region, a concept known as soft power.
  • It's not that influence has been lost - it's just that competition has become more fierce, and the way education is being delivered is changing.

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