International students shift from economic buffer to potential brake as policy tightens
As voices grow louder on Australia’s immediate economic outlook and the ‘R’ word begins to surface more frequently, it is...
Dirk Mulder is the founder of the Koala and Principal of MulderPR, a strategy and marketing communications consultancy specialising in international education. Dirk has had extensive experience in International Education and Service Management, holding Directorships at the University of South Australia, Curtin University and Murdoch University as well the Lead for International Student Initiative across the Asia Pacific region at Allianz Partners. He has been member of the boards of Perth Education City (now Study Perth) and Education Adelaide, he has chaired the Universities of Perth International Directors Forum and has been a past board member of the Hawkesbury Alumni Chapter, his alma mater.
His views are widely published and quoted across the media and has been seen in Campus Morning Mail, the Australian Financial Review and ABC television and online.
Acknowledgement/disclosure: Dirk holds shares in and outside of the education sector including in IDP Education.
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