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Mark Scott

Let’s wait before we make rash decisions on foreign students

Universities are being asked to fix a housing problem they did not create, and the government’s haste will massively disrupt thousands of students’ lives.

For the past 20 years, universities have grown higher education into the nation’s largest services export sector.

Australian higher education is a global powerhouse. Three universities are in the world’s top 20 – and nine in the top 100. We are a destination of choice for students across the world and Australian universities are the cornerstone of our national innovation ecosystem.

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Mark Scott is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney and Group of Eight Chair.

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