Election 2022: Top universities in pitch for visas to lure the elite
The nation’s top universities are pushing for a new visa class to be established by the next government to attract high achieving international students.
The nation’s top universities are pushing for a new visa class to be established by the next government to attract high achieving international students and fill gaps left by the pandemic.
The Group of Eight, which represents the top eight universities in the country, called for whichever party took power on Saturday to “prioritise international education” and adopt measures to ensure Australia remained competitive. One such measures was for a “high potential individual visa” to be introduced, which would target high achieving graduates from top global universities in “areas of workforce need” such as the health sector.
Go8 CEO Vicki Thomson said global competition for talent was “intensifying” and Australia risked being left behind. “Our international competitors are rapidly positioning themselves as destinations of choice,” she said.
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