The Market Monitor Digest (week 27/2026)
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International Education
Australia: More international student enrolment curbs feared in Australia
By Times Higher Education, June 28, 2026
Legislation introduced into parliament gives the Australian Tertiary Education Commission (Atec) the power to set quotas for overseas enrolments at each university and higher education college. Meanwhile, the latest monthly visa processing figures show that one in four would-be higher education students were denied visas after lodging their paperwork abroad, together with the non-refundable A$2,000 (£1,044) application fee.
UK: UK unis must treat compliance as “strategic institutional risk”
By The Pie News, June 26, 2026
UK universities must be proactive in managing compliance risks if they want to avoid falling foul of the new BCA thresholds, an immigration expert has warned.
Belgium: Belgium announces stricter rules for international students
By Study Travel Magazine, June 29, 2026
Anneleen Van Bossuyt, Belgium’s Minister of Asylum and Migration, has announced stricter rules for non-EU students, including proof of progression and changes to switching courses as well as higher requirements for study at non-approved institutions.
France: Minister rules out explosive proposal to hike tuition fees
By University World News, June 29, 2026
French Higher Education, Research and Space Minister Philippe Baptiste has ruled out an explosive recommendation of the report he commissioned in January to analyse the dire state of French university finances and to propose remedies.
Australia: Student visa fees rise again as Australia adds ELICOS pricing tier
By The Pie News, June 30, 2026
Australia has hiked visa fees overnight, lifting the student visa to AUD $2,500 and introducing a separate $2,050 ELICOS rate.
Ireland: Ireland ELT work rights 'a financial safety net, not a labour-market programme', EEI survey shows
By Study Travel Magazine, June 30, 2026
ELT association English Education Ireland (EEI) has released a first-ever survey of academic year students focusing on their backgrounds, motivations, and views and usage of Stamp 2 work concessions, arguing that the system is a competitive advantage for Ireland in the global market and is a “financial safety net, not a labour-market programme”.
Belgium: Top Flemish universities hike non-EU tuition fees
By The PIE News, July 01, 2026
Several Flemish universities have raised tuition fees for non-EU students in response to stricter federal funding rules, in the latest policy shift affecting Belgium’s international education sector.
Italy: Italian government unveils new €420 million study abroad scholarship scheme
By Study Travel Magazine, July 02, 2026
The government of Italy has announced a new plan to boost language learning and internationalisation among school students, with the aim of supporting 150,000 students to study abroad on what Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described as “the most important mobility programme ever implemented”.
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