As Australia’s newest University, the ACT has a long history of offering inter-denominational students access to study over 30 courses across 16 colleges. Having joined IHEA in 2002, the ACT…

Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA) welcomes the Coalition’s decision to not support the Government’s Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Bill. This stance aligns with IHEA’s longstanding position that the…

Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA) member institutions continue to be rated the highest in the latest Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) survey, which was released on Friday 1…

Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA) has today repeated strong opposition to the proposed Bill granting the Minister new powers over the indicative caps on international student commencements for the 2025…

Please read IHEA's media release regarding today's announcement on the level of international student caps for the independent sector.

Today the Government has announced that, subject to the passage of legislation before the Parliament, it willset a National Planning Level (NPL) for new international student commencements of 270,000 for…

Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA) CEO, Dr Peter Hendy, today urged the AustralianGovernment to abolish the 20 per cent FEE HELP loan fee imposed on students attending independenthigher education providers.…

In recent weeks a number of public university vice chancellors, and at least one chancellor, have reacted to the Federal Government’s decision to impose a hard cap on the number…

Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA) endorses and welcomes the comments by Australia’s two peakbusiness groups – the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and the Business Council of Australia(BCA)…