The Market Monitor Digest (week 09/2025)
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International Education
Australia, Indonesia & UK: Deakin and Lancaster launch first UK-Australia campus in Indonesia
By The PIE News, Feb 27, 2025
Deakin University and Lancaster University have officially launched their joint international campus in West Java, Indonesia. It marks the first UK-Australian transnational education (TNE) venture in Indonesia, and means that students will be able to undertake dual undergraduate programs from Deakin and Lancaster Universities without having to leave their home country.
Global: IDP revenue falls as students turn away from top destinations
By Times Higher Education, Feb 27, 2025
Major student recruitment firm sees drop in placements and English language tests after immigration changes in Canada and elsewhere. International student recruitment giant IDP has announced a 16 per cent fall in revenue in the second half of 2024, driven by declining student placements in the wake of immigration policy changes in popular destinations.
Canada: Canada’s official languages and bilingualism central to Languages Canada’s strategy to move sector forward
By Study Travel, Feb 26, 2025
Raising the profile of Canada's English and French language programs and increasing public awareness of their contribution to the vitality of Canada's official languages were the overarching themes at Languages Canada’s Annual Conference last week. Canada’s position in the global ELT market and its future were explored in a session by research partner BONARD. According to 2024 market projections, student numbers will drop by 15-to-20 per cent and 19 per cent in student weeks for Canadian providers.
Netherlands: Inspectorate of Education - plenty of reasons for English-language instruction
By U Today, Feb 26, 2025
The government is planning a language assessment for all English-taught Bachelor’s programmes. A significant majority of MPs believe that the influx of international students is too high and, therefore, Bachelor’s programmes should alter their language of instruction: English will only be permissible if there are compelling justifications for its use.
Australia: Universities must be top of agenda for growth
By Universities Australia, Feb 25, 2025
International students are in the crosshairs more than others, having been positioned as cannon fodder in the political battle over housing. Never mind these talented people accounting for half of Australia’s tepid 1.5 per cent economic growth in 2023. Without them, we would have come dangerously close to recession.
Hong Kong: Hong Kong universities asked to return reserves to government
By Times Higher Education, Feb 26, 2025
Government announces 2 per cent cut to university budget in efforts to row back public spending. Hong Kong has asked public universities to return some of their reserves in a cost-cutting budget aimed at shrinking the city’s fiscal deficit.
China & Taiwan: Taiwan bans academic exchanges with group of Chinese universities
By Times Higher Education, Feb 24, 2025
Taiwan has told universities they must end academic exchanges with Chinese universities affiliated with an influential arm of the Beijing government or risk losing government subsidies. The Ministry of Education (MoE) has forbidden the island’s universities from collaborating with three mainland institutions, including through academic and student exchanges, citing concerns about their connections to Beijing’s United Front Work Department (UFWD).
Canada & Dubai: Zayed University Partners with Canada's International Business University to expand international learning opportunities for students
By Zayed University, Feb 25, 2025
Zayed University, the UAE’s flagship higher education institution, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with International Business University (IBU), a dynamic institution dedicated to innovative business education in Canada. This new collaboration will offer students a range of international academic opportunities and promote cross-cultural learning and research initiatives. They will also explore the development of joint undergraduate and graduate degree programs to expand academic offerings.
Europe: Germany enters the digital age in visa processing
By The Koala News, Feb 24, 2025
The digitization of visa applications marks a groundbreaking step in modernizing German administration. As of Monday, all applications for a study visa can be processed entirely online, not only reducing bureaucratic hurdles but also significantly accelerating the overall process.
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