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 academic year. In the event the Govern …

The submission was an opportunity to re-prosecute a number of key issues, such as abolishing the 20 per cent loan fee for FEE HELP and extending eligibility for the Commonwealth Prac Payment beyond CSP/Table AQ and B providers. As such this submission …

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 the 2025calendar year.While IHEA is reviewing th …

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. This call comes at a pivotal momen …

Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA) appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback on theDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFaT) A New Roadmap for Australia’s Economic Engagement withIndia Discussion Paper, which is provided as an A …

Independent Higher Education Australia appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback on the Department ofEducation’s (DoE) Needs−based Funding Implementation Consultation Paper, for which submissions are due by9 August 2024. Thank you to the IHEA mem …

Independent Higher Education Australia appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback on the Department ofEducation’s (DoE) Managed Growth Funding System Implementation Consultation Paper, for which submissionsare due by 26 July 2024. Thank you to the …

Independent Higher Education Australia appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback on the Department ofEducation’s (DoE) Managed Growth Funding System Implementation Consultation Paper, for which submissionsare due by 26 July 2024. Thank you to the …

Independent Higher Education Australia appreciates the opportunity to provide further feedback on theDepartment of Education’s (DoE) Consultation on a National Student Ombudsman (NSO). Thank you to the IHEA members who provided feedback on this submiss …