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The rise of the Australia dollar is one of the key factors influencing the reduction of the number of admissions of foreign students down. The latest survey results, JWT, where Education has shown that the cheaper tuition and cost of living are factors that create incentives to admissions of international students is approximately 20%. This demonstrates the importance of the value of the dollar affects the selection of students.But it clearly shows that it is not the only influence in the selection of students.Changes to the administration of the student visa regime and General Skilled Migration program havecontributed significantly to a perception overseas that Australia no longer welcomes internationalstudents. This is illustrated well through a comparative analysis of student visa regimes recentlycompleted by the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy for the Australian Technology Network ofUniversities. This study provided a comparative analysis of the student visa programs of Australia, NewZealand, Canada, the United States and United Kingdom, looking at visa costs, financial requirements,evidence of funds requirements, processing times, work allowances and post-study work and residencyconditions.The Report found that Australian student visas are significantly more costly than the comparatorcountries; that funds and evidence of funds requirements are more onerous and that processing timesare generally longer. With respect to funds required, for an Australian three year undergraduate degree,funds required are approximately A$108,000 while for the United States the requirement is forapproximately A$40,000 and for the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada approximatelyA$25,000.The comparative upfront expense and extended time to process of an Australian student visacompared to visas for key competitors places Australian universities at a distinct competitivedisadvantage when seeking to attract the best and brightest international students to our shores.International Student Enrolment Data released by Australian Education International for year-to-dateOctober 2010 reveals substantial falls (-9.5%) in commencements across all sectors. The highereducation sector (which includes universities and private higher education providers) is the only sectorof the education industry not to record falls in commencements, though these are only up by1.9% onyear-to-date 2009 figures. This is contrary to an average year-to-date growth (since 2002) of 9.2% peryear and indicates substantial falls in overall enrolment numbers for 2011.At present all the evidence indicates a likely drop of a minimum of 10% in commencing highereducation students in 2011 and beyond. AEI data indicates that the study pathways to universities aresubstantially reduced with all other sectors experiencing negative growth compared to 2009. Englishlanguage training is often referred to as the canary in the coalmine in terms of student enrolments and
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