2025 Federal Election Platform
Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA) has today released its Federal Election Platform ahead of the upcoming election.
IHEA Congratulates Australian College of Theology as a New University
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…
IHEA Welcomes Coalition’s opposition to ESOS Bill.
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…
IHEA members again lead the way in the QILT Student Experience Survey
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…
IHEA Opposes Caps on New International Student Commencements
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…
Media Release: International Student Caps
Please read IHEA's media release regarding today's announcement on the level of international student caps for the independent sector.
IHEA concerned about the indicative allocation of international student commencements in 2025
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…
IHEA: Let’s talk some more about reducing student debt
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.…
IHEA: Government Legislative Amendments highly anti-competitive, and will stop creation of private providers
Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA), the peak body representing independent higher educationproviders, today expressed grave concerns over the proposed changes to provider registration requirementsunder the Education Services for Overseas Students…
IHEA rejects a flat 35% cap on international students
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…