January 5th – The British Daily Mail reported on the 4th that due to the dependence of Australia’s university system on Chinese students, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and Sino-Australian tensions, Australian universities may be significantly cut in scientific research funds, which will cause seven universities to fall out of the list of the world’s top 100 universities.
Greg Craven, president of the Catholic University of Australia, said that through Chinese students, Australia can attract 7 billion Australian dollars in education every year.
At present, the Australian education market has completely collapsed, and it is uncertain when it will recover.
Australian universities will be forced to cut spending, and seven Australian universities are facing the dilemma of falling out of the 2021 QS World University Ranking.
The seven universities are the Australian National University, the University of Sydney, the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales, the University of Queensland, the University of Monash and the University of Western Australia.
The 106th-ranked University of Adelaide is the only “Australian Eight University Alliance” (Go8) that did not enter the top 100.
Craven predicts that the Australian Eight-School Alliance will lower admission standards in the future to attract more domestic students in Australia, which will lead to the loss of more local students in some secondary schools in Australia.
British media said that due to the pandemic, Indian students, accounting for about 15% of the total number of overseas students in Australia, are considering going to Canada.
If the Australian border continues to be closed, Australia will lose as much as 10 billion Australian dollars by mid-2021, and the number of international students will be reduced from 600,000 to 300,000, according to the Mitchell Institute of Victoria University.
