Australia’s 2025–2026 Migration Strategy is often described as reform. A closer reading suggests something sharper. It marks ...

Policy stability, global competitiveness and a renewed push to articulate the value of international students top the agenda ...

Australia’s new Ministerial Direction 115 has overhauled student visa processing by ranking applications based on the compliance record of education providers. With higher fees, tighter conditions, ...

Institutions and agents have largely welcomed Australia’s decision to close a loophole that allows international students to switch to cheaper providers shortly after arriving in the country, but some ...

Glenn C. Savage receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Pasi Sahlberg was a member of the Australian Government's Expert Panel to inform a better and fairer education system in 2023. As ...

Australia’s 2024 school year commenced last week with the public education system under ferocious assault. This is not a new phenomenon—successive Labor and Liberal-National governments have for ...

Australia’s reputation for world-class schooling has dimmed over the past two decades. Once strong in international assessments, the 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results ...

Pasi Sahlberg does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Monash University researchers recently issued two discussion papers highlighting untenable working conditions in public schools in the Australian state of Victoria. The papers were based on a survey ...

Migration Strategy reshapes post-study work for international graduates, tightening visa durations, student work limits, and ...

Recently an Australian parliamentary inquiry from the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters published its report, titled “From Classroom to Community.” The purpose of the inquiry was to ...

Australia has shut down eight vocational colleges and cancelled 25,000 qualifications, leaving thousands of students, many international, suddenly without valid diplomas. The crackdown, led by the ...