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TERTIARY FOCUS STUDYTRAVEL MAGAZINE AUGUST 2019

Top programmes favoured by overseas students these is that New Horizons is both a corporate train-
are in the fi elds of Management & Commerce, Soci- ing provider and an authorised international student
ety & Culture, Engineering and related technologies training institute, where international students study
and IT, according to DET fi gures, and, at New Hori- alongside Australian business professionals.
zons Australia Institute of Technology www.nhaus- More generally, educators point to a number of
tralia.com.au, Head of Marketing, Christine Thomson, factors behind the sustained growth. For Christine,
highlights a focus on delivering quality information the country’s attractive study/work policy is an
technology qualifi cations. “It attracts a diverse range important factor. Australia itself as a location – with,
of students, and we’re excited to see that diversity she says, fi ve of the best cities in the world for stu-
in our classrooms,” she says, adding that all markets dents, based on student mix, affordability, quality of
are represented, including Latin American, European, life and employer activity – also has a lot to do with
Indian continent and central Asia. the attractiveness of her institution, she believes.
Christine observes that the driving force behind Meanwhile, Chief Executive, Gerald Lipman,
its enrolment growth is the dual benefi ts its students at the International College of Hotel Management
gain from studying at the school. First is the fact that (ICHM) www.ichm.edu.au highlights the country’s
it holds training contracts with leading technology affordability in light of the recent performance of
vendors, such as Microsoft, Oracle and CISCO. This the Australian dollar, its stable visa environment and
means that students can gain globally recognised also positive encouragement of international student
vendor certifi cations and gain practical exposure us- participation, as refl ected in work rights.
ing technologies used in business today. Second of But what of the capacity for further growth?
“India will probably expand for the next few years,”
INTERNATIONAL ENROLMENTS AT ALL
Gerald suggests, “but at a lower rate…China might
HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS 2013-18
stay steady, or even shrink.” In terms of the future,
says Gavin, “For Australia, any market that has dou-
NUMBER OF ENROLMENTS % GROWTH ble-digit growth year-on-year it’s probably unsustain-
YEAR able. However, four-to-eight per cent growth can be

2013 230,723 < 1% sustained. We believe that we can enjoy a signifi cant
growth in the years ahead.”
2014 249,369 8%
“Students and education agents the world over
2015 271,664 + 9%
know that Australia offers an enviable mix of a rigor-
2016 305,344 + 12%
ous education, a great lifestyle, a beautiful natural
2017 349,152 + 14%
environment, and warm and welcoming, multicultural
2018 399,078 + 14% communities,” Catriona underlines. “That,” she says,

Source: Australian Government Department of Education and Training “is hard to beat.” jvs@studytravel.network

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