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During the consultation process, stakeholders provided feedback on eight broad areas of data that measure and evaluate the international education ecosystem. The most commonly cited concerns were:
The project aimed to provide an insight into where international education data currently lets education providers down, and where the sector believes there is most urgency and greatest potential impact for coordinated improvements in significant national data sets and national surveys, on a Commonwealth or state and territory level.
Australia is fortunate to have access to some high-quality data, particularly in relation to onshore international students. However, consultations with the sector found three key opportunities for strengthened international education data in Australia. From a provider perspective, improvements in these areas will have significant impact on policy, evaluation and quality assurance.
The report makes the following three recommendations to government:
Establish a single comprehensive repository or portal for all available data sets
Provide more detailed technical notes and user guides for existing data
Provide data in more accessible formats
Improve the timeliness, accessibility and granularity of visa data
Improve the timeliness, accessibility and granularity of enrolments and commencements data
Invest in new data sets
More closely align the Department of Education and Training and Department of Home Affairs data sets
Provide more support for analysis of data
Maintain ongoing dialogue between the sector and data custodians.
Since submitting the report last year, some exciting data developments are already underway to benefit the sector. For example, Austrade has made some changes to the Market Information Package (MIP), including:
IEAA is looking forward to working collaboratively with government agencies in 2019 to continue to improve international education data. Watch this space!
Published: February 2019
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