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AUSTRALIA: Slower growth for higher education exports

19.06.2011

Growth in overseas student numbers for higher education, the last sector of Australia's education export industry still on the rise, has slowed to just 1.9 per cent.

In the year to April, there were 58,471 higher education starts, up 1.9 per cent on the corresponding period last year, according to the latest figures from Australian Education International.

However, there were deepening declines in overseas student commencements across all other education sectors.

Vocational education and training was down 4.3 per cent, English language colleges 18.4, schools 19.4 and a remnant category, including foundation programs, was down 8.9 per cent.

Sue Blundell, executive director of English Australia, which represents ELICOS colleges, said the decline in her sector was accelerating.

Starts for the year to April were 32 per cent down on the same period in 2009.

"All of the top 10 ELICOS source countries are in decline with six of the top 10 declining by more than 20 per cent,'' she said.

Source: The Australian

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