Posted to The Age (18/12/2011) on 18/12/2011 at 12:36 PM (Not published by newspaper)
Commenting on "Julia Gillard: not becalmed, just calm"
http://www.theage.com.au/national/julia-gillard-not-becalmed-just-calm-20111217-1p04p.html
The second largest export earner, international education industry, worth over 18 billion dollars has turned in ashes by the not-so-smart policies. This is a godsend for Great Britain, Canada and United States to pick up all the international students. Just look around the CBD's and she'll see "For Lease" sign posted outside the empty multi-storey office buildings once used as campuses. She should also ask those former teachers and trainers from private and TAFE colleges what they are doing with their spare time, or get Alan Fell to probe further why shortage of taxi drivers was not a serious problem during the past decade.
The sudden rise in high-ed intake is not due to good marketing or improved education system. The last of the overseas students were forced to pursue higher degrees, and soon this feeder will dry up in 2012. In fact enrolments in private and TAFE colleges are so low, and together with the funding cut, more jobs will be lost not only in the education industry, but also the real estate industry and industries required to service the 300,000 students. The negative flow-on effect is ginormous.
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Commenting on "Julia Gillard: not becalmed, just calm"
http://www.theage.com.au/national/julia-gillard-not-becalmed-just-calm-20111217-1p04p.html
The second largest export earner, international education industry, worth over 18 billion dollars has turned in ashes by the not-so-smart policies. This is a godsend for Great Britain, Canada and United States to pick up all the international students. Just look around the CBD's and she'll see "For Lease" sign posted outside the empty multi-storey office buildings once used as campuses. She should also ask those former teachers and trainers from private and TAFE colleges what they are doing with their spare time, or get Alan Fell to probe further why shortage of taxi drivers was not a serious problem during the past decade.
The sudden rise in high-ed intake is not due to good marketing or improved education system. The last of the overseas students were forced to pursue higher degrees, and soon this feeder will dry up in 2012. In fact enrolments in private and TAFE colleges are so low, and together with the funding cut, more jobs will be lost not only in the education industry, but also the real estate industry and industries required to service the 300,000 students. The negative flow-on effect is ginormous.
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