Regional Australian universities flag international student fears due to migration changes

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The federal government has not given numbers on its incoming cap on international students, with regional universities already suffering a steep drop.

Jubin Raju has adapted well to life in Gippsland despite average temperatures being about 10 degrees colder than his native Kerala."I'm loving it and go with my cousins on Sunday to play cricket — if it's good weather, that is."He said he loved the smaller class sizes and support offered at his regional university."It does arise some doubts about what will happen after my studies," he said.

"When the opportunity is smaller then you have to fight for that space, so that will be much harder," he said.Mr Raju, who is from a small city in South Asia, said he hoped to work in Australia after his studies.Federation University's vice chancellor and president has pointed to visa refusals as the primary cause of last week's announcement that the university would cut about 10 per cent of its staff.

He said families running small businesses were more likely to struggle with financial capacity requirements for liquid funds. "It's basically designing the market for students so that we optimise the use of the wonderful universities we've got across Australia to make sure that they all have an appropriate number of students," he said.

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