澳洲超越英國成為全球第二大留學生目的地

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倫敦大學學院（UCL ）的一項研究表明，澳大利亞已經超過英國成為全球第二大留學生目的地。

UCL全球高等教育中心的研究人員表示，英國已經滑落至第三位，排在美國和澳大利亞之後。

澳大利亞一直在迅速擴大其國際學生人數。

UCL 的報告作者Simon Marginson教授跟蹤了留學生的最新動向，說澳洲正在趕超英國。他還警告說加拿大也在趕上來，在利潤豐厚的留學生市場上分一杯羹。

現任高等教育委員會國際學生調查項目的聯合主席Marginson教授表示，三年前英國招收的海外學生人數比澳大利亞多130,000人。但在過去的幾年中，澳大利亞的海外學生人數每年增加12％~14％，已經追上並超過了英國，而後者的增長速度要慢得多。

2018年聯合國教育機構聯合國教科文組織的官方學生數據將在今年年底公布。

但倫敦大學學院的研究人員「確定」澳大利亞即將在海外學生中領先於英國，而且這「可能已經發生」。

「英國高等教育在國際上仍然受到高度重視，但在過去的5年，政府通過限制新學生人數和學習後工作簽證來抑制國際學生人數增長。」Marginson教授說。「與此同時，競爭對手國家正在大力推動他們的國際教育。」

澳大利亞在推廣國際教育時，將自己打造成了一個擁有高水平的大學，氣候宜人，並為海外學生提供熱情的文化的英語國家。

今年的最佳學生城市排名將墨爾本和悉尼都排在前十位——儘管倫敦排名最高。

澳大利亞成功地吸引了來自歐洲以外的學生，特別是來自中國的學生。

Australia overtaking UK for overseas students

Australia is overtaking the UK as the worlds second biggest destination for international students, says research from University College London.

Researchers at UCLs Centre for Global Higher Education say the UK is being pushed into third place behind the United States and Australia.

Australia has been rapidly expanding its international student numbers.

The British Council says it shows the UK needs to "look again" at its policies towards overseas students.

An analysis this year found that overseas students added ￡20bn to the UKs economy - and universities in the UK have warned that immigration rules after Brexit will need to be more welcoming for students.

Catching up

The UCL study has tracked the latest movements in international students and report author Professor Simon Marginson says Australia is moving ahead of the UK.

He warns that Canada is also catching up in taking a growing slice of the lucrative overseas student market.

Three years ago the UK was recruiting around 130,000 more overseas students than Australia, says Prof Marginson, who is also co-chair of the Higher Education Commissions current inquiry into international students.

But he says successive years of Australia having increases of 12% to 14% in overseas students have seen it catch up and overtake the UK, which has been growing much more slowly.

Official student figures for 2018 from the UNs education agency, Unesco, will not be published until after the end of this year.

But the UCL researchers are "certain" that Australia is on the verge of moving ahead of the UK in overseas students and this "may have already happened".

Best student cities

"UK higher education is still highly valued internationally, but the government has held down the growth of international student numbers for five years, by limiting new student numbers and post-study work visas," says Prof Marginson.

"Meanwhile, competitor nations are strongly promoting their international education."

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Australia has been marketing itself as an English-speaking country with high-performing universities, with an attractive climate and a welcoming culture for overseas students.

This years Best Student Cities rankings put Melbourne and Sydney in the top 10 - although London was the highest ranked of all.

Australia has succeeded in attracting students from outside Europe, particularly from China.

The research from UCL warns that the UKs future intake of international students will depend on keeping its appeal for European students.

Post-Brexit plans

Last week, the government set out post-Brexit plans that would keep open the door to visa-free travel for European Union students coming to UK universities.

But there was no detail on whether EU students would have to pay full international fees.

Universities in the UK have been campaigning for overseas students to be taken out of net migration figures.

A spokeswoman for the British Council said that international students are "an immense source of long-term influence and soft power for the UK".

She said the UK was competing with countries with "welcoming visa policies" and "comprehensive international education strategies".

With the approach of Brexit, she said "it has never been more important to reinforce and open up international channels for the UK".

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