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Kia ora koutou! Are you interested in #intled research in NZ? Welcome to the International Education Research Forum 2025! Whether you are an experienced academic, a postgraduate student, or a practitioner, this is an opportunity to connect with others & share your insights. Register now (it's free)!

International student numbers in Australia will be controlled by a new informal cap. Here’s how it will work Immigration officials will manage student visa applications using a “prioritisation threshold”. Here’s what that means for international students, universities, private colleges and TAFEs.

Immigration officials will manage student visa applications using a “prioritisation threshold”. Here’s what that means for international students, universities, private colleges and TAFEs.

Hah. Maybe. But I have already reviewed for them before, so they didn't need to do this! If all publishers start using this, we'll all start receiving a lot of emails after each publication....

"Thank you for citing an article we published" - I just received an email from Wiley thanking me for citing an article published in one of their journals. That's a first! Is this a new practice? They then explain why their journal is a great fit for my next work. Not quite sure how to feel about it

The govt can afford 3 billion for landlord tax cuts. The *entire Marsden fund* is 78 mil or so. & Soc sciences & humanities were only ever a fraction of that. The govt implicitly saying it can't afford it is not credible.

They just don't want critic & conscience work from academics.

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Climate tech is full of grifters making ridiculous claims.

Do y’all remember when this company claimed that they remove 20 tonnes of CO₂ to make a 1-carat diamond? 😆

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Alchemy indeed!

RIS Online Conference 2025. 10 - 13 March 2025. Finding Purpose in Research with International Students. Abstracts due 24 January 2025.

📣 Announcing: RIS Online Conference 2025!

"Finding Purpose in Research with International Students"
10 - 13 March 2025 (online only)

Abstracts due 24 January 2025
Details about the theme and call for abstracts are available at: researchintlstudents.com/conference20...

NZ Policy Quarterly issue exploring various environmental sustainability issues, including climate change, is now out. Fully open access! ojs.victoria.ac.nz/pq

Have other countries developed climate scenarios for their #highered sectors? NZ unis & tertiary providers collaborated on this to see how climate change could impact the sector (including #intled) The scenarios are (very kiwi!): 'Sweet As', 'She'll Be Right', 'Yeah, Nah' & 'Oh Bugger'.

Created a starter pack in Comparative and International Education

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Does your research explore #intled in Aotearoa/NZ?

🔊 The International Education Research Seminar is an interdisciplinary forum for the active exchange of ideas revolving around international education in NZ.

📅 The first session is held tomorrow (7 May). Register here forms.gle/x8DWSqXxwcJ8...

Are you a researcher exploring the intersection of international education & climate change? What's the climate impact of the sector? How can we reduce it & take action on climate, e.g., by educating students & decarbonising our operations? Join us to learn more us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This seems to be for domestic, not international learners? But yes, if the statements about easiness are misleading, universities have to reflect on their agent training & monitoring practices as they are clearly failing to manage their agents....

This question is part of the UK agent training module - the correct answer (to pass the test) is 'true'...Also, a number of other "interesting" claims, such as how affordable UK is, information on the Openplus route etc. So, who should we blame if agents provide inaccurate information? #intled

Cheers, what's the best data source to use to explore this for international learners? If learners with C/D grades (somr with limited English) are equally successful, then it is really hard to justify those domestic entrance grade requirements....?

Well, the unis fail either way? They are obliged to make sure that any agents they work with give accurate information to students. So, if this is incorrect, they are not doing their jobs. Would be good if samples of the tests/exams & pass rate data were made public to enhance transparency?

They may say that, but they also admit "that the exams were so easy that passing was a formality" and the "course was 70 to 80 per cent easier to pass than the normal first year of a degree"....

Cash for courses: top universities recruit foreign students on low grades While Britons need straight As to get onto prestigious Russell Group degree courses, their international classmates can buy their way in through secret routes

An undercover investigation on how universities in the UK are recruiting international students on far lower grades than those required of domestic applicants #intled #highered #agents #pathwayprogrammes www.thetimes.co.uk/article/c19d...

A Journalist’s Must-Read Books on International Education Global-ed scholarship is flourishing. Here are three titles that made me think deeply and differently about the field.

A journalist's must-read books on international higher education by Karin Fischer #intled #highered www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...

Australia wants to halve its net migration figures within two years to overhaul a "broken system". A lot of focus on reducing the number of international students, including a higher IELTS score & a genuine student test. The government also remains open to a cap on student numbers. #intled

Te Pūkenga to be replaced with 8-10 institutions - minister The new tertiary education minister says Te Pūkenga will be replaced with eight to 10 individual institutions, and hopes legislation will be in place within eight months.

#highered reform continues: Te Pūkenga to be replaced with 8-10 ITPs to remove the "big bloated head office and lots of money being spent on consultants (which have) been writing strategies and preventing the individual institutions from making sensible choices" #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Government confirms its 100-day plan The new government has confirmed its plan for its first 100 days, with 49 items Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says are "ambitious for New Zealand".

#Nzpol. The new government has decided to disestablish Te Pūkenga - I guess we'll hear soon how that will look like...return back to 16 independent ITPs or something else? Massive reform (again), if that's what's happening.
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Our chapter "Digital Approaches to Sustainability" is part of the new book Digital Internationalization in Higher Education. We explore digital alternatives for international student mobility, #intled operations & marketing, and agent engagement. Book website: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

Well, National promised tax cuts before Christmas. This is from today (RNZ) "National's tax cuts will continue, but the parties do not promise any further tax cuts beyond 2024". I'm sure they are discussing various cost cutting measures at the moment....

I mean, it's far from the only bad policy, so I'm not that surprised....

It is stated that there will be no changes before 2025, so I don't think that's the reason if the policy continues normally until then? Or have I misunderstood what that 2025 statement means?

#nzpol so the new government is going to replace the 1st year Fees Free with a final year Fees Free. Why? If the aim is still to reduce #highered barriers, then the 1st year makes more sense. But what we really need is better student allowances (& loans) so that students can focus on their studies

LUT Business School is hiring two(!) doctoral students who are interested in sustainable business with a focus on philosophy or politics. Great opportunity for someone who is intrigued by political CSR, corporate political activity or corporate activism!
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