Australia’s higher education system is optimised for foreign students. It is neither developing enough local skills, nor keeping the best of overseas talent.
International students are not the boogeyman. In fact, there is a vital role for these students to play in higher education in Australia.
Not only are they necessary to subsidise Australian students and research, they should help to fill our nation’s skills gap, particularly in areas such as science, medical research and STEM education.
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Tom Snow is chair of Canberra Airport, chair of the Snow Medical Research Foundation and director of the Rhodes Scholarship in Australia.
