International students should make up no more than a third of university cohort, RMIT vice-chancellor says

Foreign visa holders account for more than 35% at Australia's prestigious Group of Eight institutions

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International students should not exceed a third of any university cohort and it is damaging to the sector" for foreign students to make up 50% of students at any given institution, RMIT's vice-chancellor, Prof Alec Cameron, has said.

The proposal to cap international student numbers was raised last month by Deakin University's vice-chancellor, Iain Martin, as an alternative to the draft framework which would allow the federal education minister to implement different enrolment limits depending on the university or course.

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