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◆ In order to attract Chinese students, the Australian government can be said to have racked its brains.
What happens to the world without Chinese manufacturing?
Recently, Australia faces a similar question: What happens when you leave the Chinese?
The Australian Independent Research Centre conducted an analysis of seven Australian universities whose income and financial growth are heavily dependent on Chinese students. Once the number of Chinese students going to Australia declines slightly, these schools will be in financial disaster.
How important is Chinese students to Australia?
Why should Australia rack their brains to attract Chinese students?
1. Chinese students get together in Australia
Speaking of studying abroad, the words must be called the United States and the United States.
However, from the data of recent years, more and more Chinese people are getting together in Australia.
Australian official data shows that in 2018, the number of Chinese students who chose to study in Australia has reached a historical record, growing from 147,000 to 173,000, an increase of 17% compared with the previous year, and the number of foreign students in Australia. The first.
(The number of Chinese students receiving Australian education is increasing year by year in 2015-2018)
Another data shows that more than 37% of Australian foreign students are from China. China has become Australia’s largest source of international students.
(Source of Australian students)
Chinese people get together in Australia and are associated with better educational resources in Australia. In the top 30 of the German university can not squeeze into the world: What is hidden in the Anglo-American university rankings? In the article, the positive solution side introduces the situation of Australian universities.
From the list, Australia is indeed very strong. Take the 2019USNews World University Rankings as an example. Among the top 100 universities, Australia accounts for 7%, second only to the United States and the United Kingdom, ranking third in the world.
(2019USNews World University Rankings, Top 100 Universities)
In the 2019QS World University Rankings, five Australian universities have squeezed into the top 50, and seven have squeezed into the top 100.
(2019QS World University Rankings)
Australia is recognized worldwide as one of the most advanced and innovative education and training systems in the world. In the United Nations Human Development Index and Education Index countries, Australia ranks second in 191 countries and regions.
Quality education resources make Chinese parents and international students eager for it.
2. Australia racks its brains to attract international students
Chinese students are getting together in Australia and there is an important “pushing hand”: the Australian government.
In order to attract Chinese students, the Australian government has been racking its brains.
The first move is to lower the threshold.
Australia has introduced an international student policy of “wide-in and strict-out”, and eight top universities in Australia have also lowered their admission criteria.
(A news headline reports that top Australian universities want to lower their entry criteria to increase the number of international students)
“Wide-in” lowers the threshold, making it easier for Chinese students to enroll and is naturally sought after. In the eyes of Chinese parents”Strict out” guarantees the quality of education and is willing to send their children to Australia.
Second move, do a good job.
The Australian state governments also have an English language course for international students who specialize in language training for international students from all over the world.
In addition, Australia has stepped up its efforts to simplify visas and welcome immigrants to seize the international study market.
As the European and American study abroad policy continues to shrink (For example, after the United States took office from Trump, the five-year visa for international students is gone, and it is directly changed back to one year. Visa), Australia took the opportunity to seize the market.
The third move is to reduce tuition fees.
The price of the service is spelled out, and Australian tuition has an advantage.
Australia has lower tuition fees than other English-speaking countries: According to 2017 statistics, the annual tuition fee for international students in higher education in Australia is about RMB 145,000. When studying in the United States, the annual tuition fee is about 210,000 yuan.
Review the cost of living. Studying in Australia requires an annual living allowance of around 80,000 yuan, and the United States exceeds 250,000 yuan. Coupled with the lower exchange rate of the Australian dollar, studying in Australia can save a lot of money.
(Details of study fees for each stage of study in Australia)
The fourth move, legal protection.
The Australian government alsoIt was the first to open the world’s first international student protection law, the Overseas Student Education Service Act, which is a legal guarantee for overseas students.
The Australian government’s “routinum” has indeed achieved remarkable results.
From a trend perspective, it is expected that the number of international students entering Australia will increase from the current 500,000 to 1 million in 2025. By then, Australia will go against the trend and replace the UK to become the world’s second largest destination for study abroad.
3. Australian Education Export Industrialization Strategy
Attracting Chinese to study, Australia is not doing charity, but doing business.
As we all know, Australia is also known as “Tu-Ao”. It is rich in natural resources and is known as “the country riding on the back of the sheep” and “the country sitting on the mine car”. It is an important raw material exporter.
The mountain relies on mountains to eat water, and the Australian economy relies on raw material exports. The word “export” is accompanied by the history of Australia’s development and still accounts for 20% of the gross national product.
However, with the depletion of energy and the decline in raw material prices, as well as huge external debt and a weak economy, the Australian government is also panicking and anxious.
(January 6-7, 2018 Australian Chinese Daily “Sing Tao Daily” published: “Hundreds of things are expensive, stagnant tax increases, Australians The standard of living has fallen back six years.)
At the same time, the issue of aging is sweeping across the globe, and Australia is no exception. As Australia’s aging is intensifying, foreign debts soar, and export prices of bulk commodities such as raw materials continue to fall, Australia’s days are indeed not good. Australia urgently needs to make up for the fiscal black hole by optimizing the export industry structure and realizing new foreign exchange earning.
(Australia’s 2017 fiscal tax and social welfare expenditures)
In the past 20 years, Australia has been working hard to optimize the industrial structure and develop new services and export markets for cutting-edge products.
Developing international education and achieving education exports is an important part of optimizing the industrial structure. The education industry has become a pillar industry for the development of the previous federal and state governments in Australia.
Today, the Australian education export industry chain has grown in size. In February 2018, the total number of international students entering Australia reached 542,000, compared with 481,000 in the same period in 2017, an increase of 12%.
(After April 2018, the number of international students in Australia reached 548,411)
China, which has more money and more money, is naturally the top priority of Australian education exports.
Attracting Chinese students, not only canDirectly bring in education income, and also stimulate Australian industry development through tertiary industry services (student housing leasing, car consumption, living service consumption, etc.) .
More importantly, the number of Chinese students studying in Australia is quite good. Many wealthy Chinese people come to Australia to study in Australia because they first learned about Australia, and then look at Australia’s vast land and livable environment, investing in Australia or immigrating.
First look at tourism data. In 2018, Australia received more than 1.43 million visitors from mainland China. With more than 500,000 visitors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, Chinese tourists are close to 2 million a year, accounting for Australia’s reception of international tourists. One-fifth of the time, the top international tourist source in Australia.
First look at immigration data. By 2018, the number of people born in China and becoming Australian residents exceeded 650,000, reaching 657,000, becoming the third largest ethnic group.
It can be said that education exports are a bridge to open up the channels for foreigners to come to Australia for tourism, investment and immigration, and help the Australian economy recover.
4. Study abroad, think twice before going on
With its rich educational resources and superior living environment, Australia has opened up an infinite overseas study education market and realized foreign exchange earning through exports.
It is understandable to make money by education, but the essence of education is to teach and educate people, and to ensure the quality of teaching is fundamental. In recent years, there have been voices of “more and more water” in Australia.
Is it worthwhile to study in Australia? This question is enough to write another article.
The solution is to remind you that study abroad requires two thoughts.
Especially for those who hold “golden plated and come back”, studying abroad may not be the right choice.
The reason is very simple. On the one hand, the level of education in the country is constantly improving, and the gap with foreign famous schools is narrowing. On the other hand, the domestic development situation is changing with each passing day, and reading in the domestic market is more suitable for the job market than in foreign countries.
The education of a country is closely related to the economic development of a country.
If you ignore the huge changes that have taken place in the current Chinese economy, blindlyStudying abroad will eventually pay tuition in vain.
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