Australian colleges feel pinch of post-graduates shortage

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Updated October 27, 2009 13:31:09

Education is one of Australia's biggest exports, and at the more popular end, international students enrolled in vocational programs earn a chance to migrate to Australia in exchange for filling a skills shortage.

But there is also a shortage at the more elite end of the spectrum -- and Australian universities are paying heavily to fill their post-graduate programs with international recruits.

Presenter: Beverley Wang
Speakers: Bradley Smith, Director of the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies

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