The Market Monitor Digest (week 48/2025)
We're glad to bring you the key highlights from this week’s industry news. Thanks to the research from the BONARD Market Monitor team, you’re always in step with the latest market trends.
International Education
Australia: Senate Committee recommends Bill be passed
By The Koala News, Nov 24, 2025
The Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee has recommended that the Senate pass the Education Legislation Amendment (Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025.
US: Education Department dismantling sees study abroad initiatives transferred to State
By The PIE News, Nov 24, 2025
Under the new agreement, the programs will be brought under the authority of the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), the primary government agency administering educational exchange programs.
Global: The decline of international students in higher education
By Ed Circuit, Nov 24, 2025
The decline is most evident at the undergraduate level and in non-STEM fields, though graduate programs are beginning to feel the pressure too. At the high school level, international boarding schools in North America and Europe are seeing enrolment shrink or plateau.
UK: Visa squeeze dents UK business schools’ appeal
By The Financial Times, Nov 25, 2025
UK higher education, long one of the country's leading service exports, is experiencing its sharpest slowdown in years as visa curbs and proposed levies squeeze overseas demand and university finances.
Australia: Seven ‘large providers’ at risk of going under in the next year
By Times Higher Education, Nov 25, 2025
The regulator Office for Students (OfS) is closely monitoring 24 higher-education providers — warning they could exit the market within the next 12 months due to financial stress. Of those, seven are “large providers” (i.e. with more than 3,000 students).
US: Ex-universities minister bashes England’s international fee levy
By The PIE News, Nov 25, 2025
The UK must offer international students a stable policy environment if it is to remain competitive as a premier study destination. The levy – first mooted in May’s immigration white paper – would see a 6% tax on the fees international students pay to UK universities.
Indonesia: Indonesia to become ‘third largest sector by 2035’
By Times Higher Education, Nov 28, 2025
Indonesia is projected to become the third largest higher education sector in the world by 2035, surpassing countries like the United States and Brazil in total student enrollment. The number of university students in Indonesia is expected to grow by roughly 4.3 million, reaching more than 13 million students.
New Zealand: Study visa applications to NZ dip, approval rate jumps nearly 7%
By The PIE News, Nov 28, 2025
International study visa applications to New Zealand fell 5.3% in 2025, while approval rates rose 6.7% year-on-year. The country is looking to boost international student enrolments from 83,700 to 119,000 by 2034 and double the sector’s value to NZD$7.2 billion (GBP £3.2bn) under the recently launched International Education Going for Growth plan.
LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS IN YOUR MAILBOX
Stay informed via our complimentary Market Monitor
Tap into a personalised daily digest of recent developments, planing at destinations, market activity, and transactions in international education.
