Sep 3, 2026 – 10.07pmThe government has moved to cancel a graduate diploma offered to international students by hundreds of Australian providers over suspicions it is being exploited by non-genuine visa holders, in the first use of ministerial powers designed to crack down on education programs with systemic red flags.More than 40,000 international students are either studying the Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning) or scheduled to start. Under the cancellation, current students will be able to continue their studies, but providers will no longer be able to recruit fresh international students into the course. There is no change to domestic enrolments.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
International student diploma canned over course-hopping suspicions
The government has used new powers to cancel the course, which is overwhelmingly populated with international students.






