Your University · Market Intelligence · Brisbane, QLD
1. International Education Insights: Your University
Brisbane, QLD
1,284 public posts, comments, videos and articles about Your University were collected for this report, 527 of them in Hindi, Nepali, Telugu, Vietnamese or Chinese. Apart from campus life, students talk most about part-time work (18%) and visas (14%). 212 raise a problem, 74 of them at the offer stage.
For the international office
Start with a part-time work Q&A for India offer holders, then ask two Nepal agencies to correct their claims before the Kathmandu fair on 14 November 2026.E1E3E4
- 1,284Posts, comments, videos and articles about Your University collected over the past year
- 41%In Hindi, Nepali, Telugu, Vietnamese or Chinese, most of them on Facebook and YouTube
- 38Posts naming Your University in the past week, against 52 for Peer A and 29 for Peer B
- 212Raise a problem: a refusal, a delay, a cost, a failed subject, housing or loneliness
1.1This month at a glance
Drawn from the parts that follow.
Top concern this month
Part-time work rules
Offer holders in India ask about part-time work more than any other topic: 74 of 412 items, most in Hindi or Telugu.E1E2
Market to watch
Nepal
Two agencies advertise visa outcomes and fees that differ from the official figures, ahead of the 14 November fair.E3E4
Retention risk
Slow replies
Six reviews this quarter mention slow replies to enquiries, four from applicants waiting on offers.E5
Against the nearest peers
Less talked about than Peer A
38 posts named Your University in the past week, against 52 for Peer A and 29 for Peer B.
1.2Markets
Figure 1.2. Where international students’ discussion about Your University comes from, and the dates ahead
Items by international students, applicants, parents and agents, by the speaker’s country. Most English posts on Reddit and YouTube give no country and are not counted here.
Posts by the speaker’s country
- India412
- China188
- Nepal164
- Vietnam121
- Colombia58
- Indonesia47
Fairs and deadlines ahead
- Hyderabad 10 Nov, agent briefing week
- Kathmandu 14 Nov, education fair
- Vietnam 20 Nov, scholarship deadline reminders
- India and Nepal 1 Dec, offer acceptance deadline for the February intake
Source: the items collected for this report; events from organisers’ listings.
1.3Three actions for this fortnight
Analysis.
- This fortnight, publish a part-time work Q&A for India offer holders in English, Hindi and Telugu, after an agent’s video gave them a different answer from your FAQ.E1E2
- Before the Kathmandu education fair on 14 November, ask Agency A and Agency B to correct their posts on visa outcomes and fees, and send every agent in Nepal one current fee sheet.E3E4E9
- Reply to recent reviews about slow enquiries and publish the response times applicants can expect.E5
1.4Potential revenue impact
Illustrative estimates for this fictional institution, in AUD, the currency it bills tuition in.
- Potential recruitment revenue
- AUD 1,093,000
- Potential retention revenue
- AUD 754,000
- Combined potential tuition revenue
- AUD 1,847,000
How this is calculated
Recruitment: annual international commencements × recruitment improvement × annual tuition fee × years of tuition. Retention: first-year international cohort × continuation improvement × annual tuition fee × future years of tuition. The two use different cohorts, so no student is counted twice. Sources and reporting years are in 11.2.
Assumptions
- Average annual tuition fee per student: AUD 38,500
- Annual international commencements: 2,840
- Recruitment improvement: 0.5%
- Years of tuition included: 2
- First-year international cohort: 2,610
- Continuation improvement: 0.5 percentage points
- Future years of tuition: 1.5
The default percentages and study periods are illustrative assumptions, not claims about whysdm’s proven impact.
International Education Insights: Your University · Data current to 31 October 2026
2. Markets
What is driving decisions in each source market, and the next step for each.
2.1Market by market
Each market set against Department of Education enrolment data and Department of Home Affairs visa grant rates.
| Market | Items | Tone | What is driving decisions | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 412 | Mixed | Part-time work rules, post-study work, total cost | Part-time work Q&A in English, Hindi and Telugu; brief agents before the February intake |
| China | 188 | Positive | Rankings, graduate jobs, safety | Share graduate outcomes from alumni in Brisbane |
| Nepal | 164 | Mixed | Agent claims about visa outcomes, course costs | Written correction to agents, with one current fee sheet |
| Vietnam | 121 | Positive | Scholarships, nursing pathways | Brief agents on scholarship dates before the education fair |
| Colombia | 58 | Mixed | Part-time work, finding accommodation | A Spanish-language accommodation guide |
| Indonesia | 47 | Positive | Visa costs, family visits | Explain family visit options to offer holders |
Showing six of 24 source markets.
International Education Insights: Your University · Data current to 31 October 2026
3. The student journey
Where students are in their decision when they talk about Your University.
3.1Stage by stage
The question asked most at each stage.
Consider
34% of items
Is Brisbane affordable for a student?
Apply
18% of items
How long does an offer take?
Offer
15% of items
Can I work part-time while I study?
Visa
13% of items
What evidence does the Genuine Student requirement need?
Arrive
9% of items
Where do new students find a room?
Study
11% of items
How do I get a reply from the student centre?
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4. Position against peers
Your University against its nearest peers.
4.2What students talk about, against the peers
Each topic’s share of the items about Your University and about each peer.
Figure 4.2. What each institution’s students talk about
Each topic’s share of the items about each institution, per cent.
| Topic | Your University1,284 items | Peer A1,190 items | Peer B812 items | Peer C408 items |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part-time work | 18% | 10% | 11% | 9% |
| Course and campus choice | 15% | 17% | 14% | 16% |
| Visas | 14% | 9% | 10% | 15% |
| Fees and total cost | 9% | 12% | 19% | 8% |
| Accommodation | 8% | 7% | 12% | 6% |
| Graduate jobs | 6% | 13% | 5% | 7% |
Source: the items collected for this report.
4.3What the comparison shows
Peer A is discussed for scholarships and graduate jobs, the two topics where Your University says least. Your University leads on part-time work questions, most of them unanswered in public.E1E2E6
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5. Student wellbeing
Part-time work, housing, cost of living and belonging.
5.1What affects students’ wellbeing
Counts of public discussion. No student is identified.
Part-time work
231 items · 18%Of 214 part-time work items not posted by the university or press, 61 are negative. Offer holders from India get conflicting answers on how many hours they may work.E1E2
English text is a language model’s reading of the original.
- E1
An agent’s video tells offer holders they can work as many hours as they like in their first semester, which differs from the official rule.
पहले सेमेस्टर में जितने चाहें उतने घंटे काम करें
- E1
Accommodation
104 items · 8%Of 98 accommodation items not posted by the university or press, 31 are negative, most about rent near campus.E7
English text is a language model’s reading of the original.
- E7
A student says rent for a room near campus has risen again, to A$350 a week.
布里斯班的房租又涨了，学校附近的单间每周要350澳元。
- E7
Belonging, friends and wellbeing
142 items · 11%Students from Vietnam and Nepal describe a lonely first semester. Posts about student clubs are mostly positive.E8
- E8
A first-semester student describes a lonely start until joining a Vietnamese students’ club.
- E8
Cost of living
76 items · 6%Daily budget videos and posts about groceries and transport. Of 70 not posted by the university or press, 12 are negative.
5.2Offers of private contact
14 posts offer students a room, a job or visa help if they message privately, often asking for a deposit first. These are a common start to scams, and are listed for your safety team.E14
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6. Events and dates
Dates in source markets in the next four weeks, and what to do before each.
6.1The next four weeks
- 10 NovAgent briefing week, HyderabadSend agents the part-time work Q&A before it.
- 14 NovEducation fair, KathmanduThe correction notice must reach agents first.
- 20 NovScholarship deadline reminders, VietnamBrief agents on your scholarship dates.
- 1 DecOffer acceptance deadline, February intakeRemind offer holders in India and Nepal, in their own languages.
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7. Plan
What to do, who acts and by when.
7.1Three actions this fortnight
Specific, dated and sourced.
- by 8 Nov
Publish a part-time work Q&A for India offer holders
It is the most-asked topic among offer holders from India this month, and an agent’s video gives them a different answer from your FAQ. Publish it in English, Hindi and Telugu.E1E2
Who acts: International recruitment
- by 12 Nov
Ask two Nepal agencies to correct their claims
Agency A advertises visa outcomes and Agency B a fee that differ from the official figures. Ask both to edit their posts, and send every agent in the market one current fee sheet.E3E4
Who acts: Agent management
- by 15 Nov
Reply to recent reviews and publish response times
Six reviews this quarter mention slow replies to enquiries, four of them from applicants waiting on offers.E5
Who acts: Admissions
7.2This term
- Publish the part-time work rules in Hindi, Telugu and Nepali on the course pagesWho acts: Marketingby 30 Nov
- Review agent agreements in Nepal at the quarterly agent reviewWho acts: Agent managementby 12 Dec
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8. Know your agents
The main education agents in Your University’s markets, and what students say about them.
8.1How to read this part
The main education agents in Your University’s source markets, from public registers, company filings and universities’ published agent lists, and what students, applicants and parents say about each in public posts.
Agents are ranked by threads (a post and its replies) by students, applicants, parents and graduates, which is not their market share: a large agent with satisfied clients may be discussed little. Each has a band read from those threads and from its Google reviews: complaints found, mixed, mostly positive, or too little to judge (fewer than 5 threads). The agents’ own posts never count towards it. Size comes from public sources, and an agent’s own claim is marked as such. Agencies routinely ask satisfied clients for reviews, so a high rating says little: the low ratings and the complaints in them are the signal.
In this sample, agency names are replaced with letters. In your brief, agencies are named from public records. Individual agents are never named.
8.2Agents by market
One market at a time. Select an agent to open its details and posts.
9 agents; 31 public threads by students and families name one of them.
Agency AKathmanduComplaints found2 positive, 1 neutral, 5 negative.83.1
Students and families
8 threads 2 positive, 5 negative
Its own posts
11 of 19 threads
Raised most by students and families
Visa outcomes 4Fees and refunds 3Service and communication 2
Kathmandu-based. Of 8 threads by students and families, 5 are negative, most about refunds after a visa refusal. Its own posts promote Your University with claims of high visa success.E3E9
Check: It advertises visa outcomes the current grant rate doesn’t support. Ask it to edit the posts, and send the market’s current visa facts.
Size: One Australian university’s published agent list shows six offices for this agency in Nepal.
Posts
- E3
Agency A promotes Your University with claims of high visa success for this year’s intakes.
- E9
A parent says Agency A kept the fees after their son’s visa was refused.
- E3
Agency BKathmanduMixed2 positive, 2 neutral, 2 negative.64.2
Students and families
6 threads 2 positive, 2 negative
Its own posts
7 of 13 threads
Raised most by students and families
Fees and total cost 3Course and campus choice 2
Kathmandu-based. Students and families are split. Its own posts list a semester fee lower than the current published fee.E4
Check: Send it one current fee sheet, and ask it to correct the post.
Size: Listed on two Australian universities’ published agent lists.
Posts
- E4
Agency B advertises a semester fee lower than the current published fee.
- E4
Agency CPokharaMostly positive5 positive, 1 neutral, 1 negative.74.8
Students and families
7 threads 5 positive, 1 negative
Its own posts
4 of 11 threads
Raised most by students and families
Visa documents 3Service and communication 3
Pokhara-based. Students and families praise its help with visa documents.
Size: Listed on one Australian university’s published agent list.
- Agency DChitwanToo little to judge1 positive, 1 neutral, 0 negative.2None
12 agents; 44 public threads by students and families name one of them.
Agency EHyderabadMostly positive9 positive, 3 neutral, 1 negative.134.6
Students and families
13 threads 9 positive, 1 negative
Its own posts
6 of 19 threads
Raised most by students and families
Course and campus choice 5Visa documents 4
Hyderabad-based. Most threads by students and families praise clear advice on course choice.
Size: Listed on three Australian universities’ published agent lists.
Agency FDelhiComplaints found1 positive, 2 neutral, 4 negative.73.4
Students and families
7 threads 1 positive, 4 negative
Its own posts
3 of 10 threads
Raised most by students and families
Part-time work 4Service and communication 2
Delhi-based. Offer holders say it told them they could work full-time during semester.E10
Check: Send it the official work-hours page, and repeat the rule at the agent briefing in Hyderabad on 10 November.
Size: Listed on one Australian university’s published agent list.
Posts
- E10
An offer holder says Agency F told them they could work full-time during semester.
- E10
- Agency GChandigarhMixed2 positive, 2 neutral, 1 negative.54.0
6 agents; 9 public threads by students and families name one of them.
- Agency HHanoiMostly positive4 positive, 1 neutral, 0 negative.54.7
- Agency IHo Chi Minh CityToo little to judge2 positive, 1 neutral, 0 negative.34.5
International Education Insights: Your University · Data current to 31 October 2026
9. Faculties and alumni
What students say about each of Your University’s faculties, and what its graduates say.
9.1What students say about each faculty
Public discussion by students, applicants and parents that concerns one faculty: its courses, lecturers, assessments and placements. International and domestic students together.
Figure 9.1. Discussion of Your University by faculty
Threads, not posts: a post and its replies count once. Society, university, agent and media posts are left out. A language model placed each post in a faculty from the course it names.
| Faculty | Threads | International · domestic | Raise a problem | Leading topics | Courses named most |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Health Of 96 threads, 39 raise a concern, most about placements. Nursing is named most.E6 | 96 | 58 · 38 | 41% | Placements, Course and campus choice, Registration after graduating | Bachelor of Nursing 31, Master of Nursing 12, Paramedicine 6 |
Information Technology 81 threads, 62 with international writers. Internships and part-time work lead.E1 | 81 | 62 · 19 | 47% | Internships, Part-time work, Exams and grades | Master of IT 28, Bachelor of IT 14, Cyber Security 7 |
Business Positive posts outnumber negative 24 to 18. Graduate jobs lead. | 64 | 41 · 23 | 39% | Graduate jobs, Exams and grades, Course and campus choice | MBA 12, Master of Professional Accounting 11, Bachelor of Business 8 |
Engineering Accreditation and graduate visas lead; 21 of 47 threads raise a concern. | 47 | 29 · 18 | 45% | Accreditation, Graduate visas, Course and campus choice | Master of Engineering 15, Civil Engineering 6, Software Engineering 5 |
Education Domestic writers lead. Placements are praised more than they are criticised. | 31 | 12 · 19 | 29% | Placements, Registration, Campus life | Master of Teaching 9, Bachelor of Education 7 |
Source: see the posts cited.
9.2Alumni
Graduates in Brisbane describe how long it took to find work in their field. Health graduates report the fastest starts; IT graduates the slowest, most often for want of local experience.
International Education Insights: Your University · Data current to 31 October 2026
10. Domestic students
What domestic students and applicants say about Your University, stage by stage.
10.1What domestic students say about Your University
684 items by domestic students, applicants and parents.
- Study draws 302 of 684 items, 96 of them concerns. Of 58 exam and grading items not posted by the university or press, 31 are negative.E11
- Campus life draws 214 items. Of 190 not posted by the university or press, 132 are positive.E12
- Parking and transport to the main campus draw 41 items, almost all negative.E13
Next steps
Analysis.
- Before the next exam period, publish timetable changes at least two weeks ahead, and say which assessments move.E11
- Add bookable study space for the exam weeks, when students say library seats fill early.E11
- Before semester one, post a plain guide to parking and shuttle times to the main campus.E13
Figure 10.1. What domestic students discuss
Share of items carrying each topic.
- Campus life31% 214
- Course and campus choice17% 118
- Exams, grades and academic rules15% 102
- Graduate jobs10% 71
- Accommodation8% 55
- Transport and parking6% 41
- Fees and total cost5% 34
Source: see the posts cited.
10.2The domestic journey, stage by stage
Applicants who may be under 18 are counted, never quoted.
Consider
22% of items
Which course leads to a job in Brisbane?
Apply
11% of items
What entry pathways are there?
Study
44% of items
When will the exam timetable be final?
Graduate
23% of items
Do employers ask for this degree?
International Education Insights: Your University · Data current to 31 October 2026
11. Method
What was collected and how the report was made.
11.1What was collected
Items by platform and language, with the period each covers.
| Platform | Language | Items | Comments | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facebook groups | English | 214 | 486 | Nov 2025 to Oct 2026 |
| English | 188 | 210 | Jan to Oct 2026 | |
| TikTok | English | 141 | 362 | Mar to Oct 2026 |
| Google reviews | English | 122 | 0 | Nov 2025 to Oct 2026 |
| English | 122 | 315 | Nov 2025 to Oct 2026 | |
| Xiaohongshu | Chinese | 118 | 204 | May to Oct 2026 |
| YouTube | Hindi | 96 | 1,240 | Feb to Oct 2026 |
| News | English | 96 | 0 | Nov 2025 to Oct 2026 |
| YouTube | Telugu | 74 | 655 | Apr to Oct 2026 |
| Nepali | 61 | 148 | Jun to Oct 2026 | |
| TikTok | Vietnamese | 52 | 97 | Jul to Oct 2026 |
11.2How the report was made
This brief reads public social media and news in Australia and in students’ home countries, in their own languages, and sets it against official data such as Department of Education enrolment data and Department of Home Affairs visa grant rates.
The English is a language model’s reading of each original post, and every finding links to its source. In this sample, the institution, figures and posts are invented.
Potential revenue impact. Recruitment revenue is the institution’s annual international commencements, times an assumed recruitment improvement (0.5% by default, 1% as an upside), times the average annual tuition fee, times the years of tuition counted (2 by default). Retention revenue is the current first-year international cohort, times an assumed improvement in continuation (0.5 percentage points by default), times the fee, times the future years of tuition (1.5 by default). The two use different cohorts, so no student is counted twice. The fee is international tuition revenue divided by international student load, from the institution’s latest annual report. Commencements and the first-year cohort come from the latest Department of Education data. Each figure shows its source and reporting year, and estimates are labelled. The percentages and study periods are illustrative assumptions, not claims about whysdm’s proven impact. In this sample, every input is illustrative.
11.3Entities referenced
Organisations, agencies and public figures are named. Private individuals are counted and described only by speaker category, such as current student or parent, never named.
| Name | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Your University | Institution | The fictional institution this sample brief describes. |
| Peer A and Peer B | Institution | The two nearest peers, compared in part 4. |
| Agencies A to I | Education agency | Agencies active in your markets, lettered in this sample. Real briefs name agencies from public registers. |
| Department of Education | Government department | Source of enrolment and commencement data. |
| Department of Home Affairs | Government department | Source of student visa grant rates. |
| Kathmandu education fair | Event | Education fair on 14 November 2026, used in the plan. |
11.4Posts and articles cited
English text is a language model’s reading of the original.
- E1
An agent’s video tells offer holders they can work as many hours as they like in their first semester, which differs from the official rule.
पहले सेमेस्टर में जितने चाहें उतने घंटे काम करें
- E2
An offer holder asks whether part-time work will cover rent in Brisbane, and gets three different answers.
- E3
Agency A promotes Your University with claims of high visa success for this year’s intakes.
- E4
Agency B advertises a semester fee lower than the current published fee.
- E5
An applicant says three emails about their offer went unanswered for two weeks.
- E6
A current student explains post-study work rules to offer holders and recommends the official page.
- E7
A student says rent for a room near campus has risen again, to A$350 a week.
布里斯班的房租又涨了，学校附近的单间每周要350澳元。
- E8
A first-semester student describes a lonely start until joining a Vietnamese students’ club.
- E9
A parent says Agency A kept the fees after their son’s visa was refused.
- E10
An offer holder says Agency F told them they could work full-time during semester.
- E11
Domestic students compare exam timetable changes announced a week before exams.
- E12
A student club’s open day post draws praise for the new campus food court.
- E13
A parent asks why parking near the main campus is full by 8am.
- E14
A post offers students a room near campus if they message privately and pay a deposit first.