Australia’s third largest export industry –
$13.7 billion in international education – can survive a global
recession, said Anthony Pollock, chief executive of IDP Education,
Australia’s leading recruiter of international students.
International students in Australia’s top
universities do every bit as well as their Australian counterparts,
according to a comprehensive study of Group of Eight student pass
rates.
24 September 2008
THE REAL EDUCATION REVOLUTION: AUSTRALIAN
EDUCATION EXPORTS GROW TO $13.7 BILLION A YEAR
Ahead of
the biggest international education conference in the Asia-Pacific
region which will be held in Brisbane next month, the Australian
Bureau of Statistics has reported that Australia’s education
exports grew by a massive 23.4% in the past year to $13.7 billion
in 2007-08.
Education Replaces Tourism as Australia's No. 1
Services Export
The value of Australia’s education exports
grew 21 per cent in 2007 to replace tourism as the top services
export and become Australia’s third largest export
overall.
