News Article: National to expand work rights for international students if elected

E.G. 24 hours of work a week allowed instead of 20 hours. That will help keep the food on the table.

Treating tertiary education as an export industry instead of a public good is at the core of the problems that successive governments have created for the sector. It is the embodiment of neo-liberalism and just look at what we have for swallowing it.

National's tertiary education spokesperson Penny Simmonds said the international student sector had been struggling in its recovery from the pandemic. "Before the pandemic, international education was New Zealand's fifth largest export earner, contributing $3.7 billion to the economy and supporting at least 6000 jobs," she said.

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