Australia and New Zealand

Report finds overseas departures among high-performing school-leavers have reached highest level in 15 years, with many heading to neighbouring Australia

Newly re-elected government urged to treat students with more compassion, with high visa costs ‘putting off a generation’

After comprehensive election win, Labor faces pressure to push on with wide-ranging agenda for higher education reform that stalled during last parliament

Australia re-elects governing party after it promises to rein in costs of graduate repayments, with foreign students greeting ‘least worst outcome’

Neither party has offered realistic estimates of fee increase windfalls or implications of loan scheme proposals, critics say

Proposed 60-hour limit another ‘cynical ploy’ to use students to balance the books, representative group says

Australia deemed the least-worst option, following sorrier changes elsewhere, but onshore demand dominates

Australian deficits fuelled by unnecessary costs, report argues, but universities say analysis lacks ‘financial rigour’

Buoyant figures reflect enrolment decisions made before politicians attempted to bring in restrictions, vice-chancellor says

Doubling of international fees, closing visa ‘loopholes’ and tying student debt to mortgages among the ideas proposed ahead of poll

Labor proposes A$400 hike to what are already the highest fees in the world with the opposition Liberal Party planning even steeper increases

Australian scholars with ongoing roles almost as fearful as casuals about being out of work