Is Australia's education sector facing Asian challenge?
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International education is one of Australia's biggest export earners, bringing in over 15-billion Australian dollars a year. Many students - over 40 per cent - come from India and China, and significant numbers also come from Malaysia, South Korea and Thailand. Now, attempts to clean up the education sector - shutting down so-called "visa factory" education providers for example - are making it more difficult for international students to get into Australia. So could that play into the hands of countries like Hong Kong, Singapore and China, which have been building up their education sectors for some time, and are eager to attract overseas students.
Presenter:Sen Lam
Speakers: Professor Tim Mazzarol, international education analyst at the University of Western Australia; Professor Ren Huilian, deputy director of the International Affairs Office at Northwest University in China.
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