No exemption from caps for students needed to be transferred to a new institution after a provider collapse (likely large numbers). The minister can vary caps in this case but that will add delays & uncertainties for stressed students.

Andrew Norton: Migration policy will keep international vocational education enrolments below the cap thekoalanews.com/andrew-norton-…

The website of the Senate Committee on Education and Employment has announced another day of hearings for Friday 6 September 2024, the day the Committee was due to report. thekoalanews.com/not-happy-jan-…

For anyone else rushing to write a submission on the HELP indexation etc legislation, a useful bills digest summary from the Parliamentary Library. aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_…

An explainer on the National Student Ombudsman legislation introduced last week andrewnorton.net.au/2024/09/16/a-n…

The private education sector, comprising both higher education and VET institutions, is facing a highly uncertain future. vist.ly/3mgjkyu

In the absence of the full 2023 enrolment data, I used the figures in capping documents to compare 2022 and 2023 onshore enrolments by public uni. Note that some of this increase is stuck-overseas students returning to Australia.