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In a crackdown on visa fraud, the Australian federal government has imposed stringent tests on foreign students from five large source countries who enroll in Australian onshore education institutions. Those from the target countries will face interviews and have restricted access to visa applications online.

The failure of the states to properly regulate the troubled college sector is putting at risk the $15 billion export education industry and the federal government should consider a takeover, according to former immigration minister Philip Ruddock.

A vote to boycott was called at the University College Union's annual congress concerning new immigration rules that require universities in the United Kingdon to report absent foreign students to the UK Border Agency or risk losing their licence to accept them.  Melanie Newman reports for the Times Higher Education.