Yesterday
The education method that’s made this family millions
When Charles and Colette Assaf bought a Montessori childcare business in 2000, the IT entrepreneur never expected it would become his family’s future.
- Yolanda Redrup
This Month
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- International students
Visa crackdown halves student numbers from India, Nepal, Philippines
The odds are stacking up against potential students from some major source countries as the number of approved visas slumps.
- Julie Hare
Overseas students cap will protect integrity of universities: Varghese
While the university sector reels from a raft of measures designed to limit net migration, there is growing support for caps on overseas student numbers.
- Julie Hare
Foreign students hit; Citi’s weightlifting fighter; $4.8m property tip
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
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- International students
Teal MPs seek softening of foreign student cap laws
Legislation to cap the number of international students will be debated this week – even as visa numbers are in dramatic decline.
- Julie Hare
June
Alffie, Open Colleges seek new owner; Blackpeak on sell-side
The two businesses are 80 per cent owned by Peter Murphy’s Melbourne family office, Pan Group.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
How Trump’s Green Card promise could disrupt Australian unis
Donald Trump wants international students to stay in the US after graduation and while his campaign insists this is a qualified promise, it will interest many.
- Julie Hare
Why parents are forking out $40k for their kids to live on campus
Residential colleges used to be the preserve of country boarders and blue-blood families, but there’s a growing trend among parents who want their kids to have the kind of university experience they had.
- Michelle Bowes
Government moves to snatch control of students away from universities
The Albanese government is stepping into interventionist mode, planning to say how many students can study at a particular university and in what courses.
- Julie Hare
Online MBAs connect students to a global network
An online MBA’s flexible study schedule makes it an attractive option for busy professionals.
- Alexandra Cain
Higher education key to bigger pay, Labor MP argues
When it comes to the relationship between education and earning capacity, research suggests more is better.
- Julie Hare
Edtech Storypark invites bidders to take a peek at its books; taps RBC
Sources said Storypark makes about $10 million annual recurring revenue but has aggressive expansion plans across the Atlantic which could see it book up to $50 million in annual sales.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
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- International students
2000 jobs lost in foreign education sector the ‘tip of the iceberg’
The Albanese government’s migration cuts have triggered staff cutbacks at colleges and recruitment firms, and at least one university has imposed a hiring freeze.
- Julie Hare
IDP Education dives on fears international students will stay away
The country’s largest listed provider of international education services says the restrictions in Australia, Canada and the UK are “linked to election cycles”.
- Kylar Loussikian
May
Where top investment bankers went to school
Pedigreed high schools are on equal footing with less salubrious institutions when it comes to shaping future deal makers. One top banker didn’t even finish year 12.
- Aaron Weinman
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- Commercial real estate
Migration cuts scaring off investors in student digs: industry
A shortfall will exist even if international student numbers drop to as low as 25 per cent of 2019 levels, according to Savills.
- Campbell Kwan
Why this teen is bucking the trend and studying ‘the dismal science’
Kate Gibson hopes to work in public policy or health when she finishes her economics degree, but fewer of her peers are signing up – despite the high salaries.
- Julie Hare
Next Capital snaps up majority stake in education biz Scentia
The mid-market private equity firm has inked a deal to acquire a majority stake in the career training group which controls the Australian Institute of Management.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Google Research chief predicts children will soon be tutored by AI
Yossi Matias said healthcare, education and climate were the three areas most likely to be most changed by artificial intelligence in the near-term.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Female graduates beat males on all fronts – except salary
The gender pay gap is reducing – slowly – over time. But women who graduate at the same time as men can still expect to earn significantly less.
- Julie Hare