Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Review 2022: discussion paper

The Australian Strategy for International Education 2021-2030 [available in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 146.164] was released on 26 November 2021 to set an agenda for the future of the Australian international education sector. The Government is seeking to ensure that policy and regulatory frameworks keep pace with global developments and support the delivery of the strategy's objectives. As part of the strategy, the Government is undertaking a Review of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 (ESOS Act) and the associated legislative framework. The Review will support the strategy's priorities of diversification, meeting Australia's skills needs, placing students at the centre, sector growth and global competitiveness.

Forming a central part of the Review's sector and public consultation process, the Department of Education, Skills and Employment has released this discussion paper on the review of the ESOS legislative framework. The paper explores how the sector can remain competitive by ensuring the legislative and policy frameworks underpinning international education support diversification and growth into the future. The Department seeks expertise from sector stakeholders to share insights on how the legislative framework can be improved to allow for innovation in the international education sector and feedback on the proposed policy options identified within this paper. The paper and submissions will be considered as part of the Review and the final report to Government. Submissions close 29 April 2022.

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