!ILSC Business College

!!!INTERPRET MARKET TRENDS !!!Project !Research to identify the trends in Australia education

!A market research trends

!June 2014

!Prepared for: Samuelson Worldwide Education Prepared by:

!!SLIC Market Research Company

213 Adelaide St 4000

BRISBANE

QLD

Australia

!Contact: Dott.ssa Caterina De Filippo

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!TABLE OF CONTENT

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!1.0 Introduction !1.1 Background !! Education in Australia is forth largest export. In 2012 generated $14.5

billion in export income and predicted to grow into $19.9 billion by 2020 by

a report for the federal Government by a committee (International

Education Advisory Council) chaired by NAB chairman Michael Chaney.

Education in Australia is the fastest growing export sector in Australia.

International students make a significant contribution to Australian society,

diversifying and enriching communities, and strengthening Australias

global networks. The decision to study in Australia also offers many

benefits to international students, allowing them to gain a high quality,

internationally recognized education, as well as the opportunity to

experience life in Australia.

The international education sector is important not only to Australian

society, but also the countrys economy. International education activity

contributed $16.3 billion in export income to the Australian economy in

201011. Furthermore, many educational institutions rely on the income

from full-fee paying international students to assist in the provision of

quality education to all students, both international and domestic.

In 2009, over one in five (22%) tertiary students studying in Australia

were international students.

While the size of the international student population is considerable

both in tertiary and other sectors, Australias international education sector

is undergoing a period of change. This change is driven by adjustments to

Australias migration policy, as well as changing perceptions of the

Australian education market, the increased value of the Australian dollar,

and the growth of Australias overseas competitors.

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!! The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006

evaluation ranked the Australian education system as sixth for reading,

eighth for science and thirteenth for mathematics, on a worldwide scale

including 56 countries.

The PISA 2009 evaluation ranked the Australian education system as

sixth for reading, seventh for science and ninth for mathematics, an

improvement relative to the 2006 rankings.

In 2012, education firm Pearson ranked Australian education as

thirteenth in the world. The Education Index, published with the UN's

Human Development Index in 2008, based on data from 2006, lists

Australia as 0.993, amongst the highest in the world, tied for first with

Denmark and Finland.

!1.2 Aim of the report ! This report was commissioned by Samuelson Worldwide Education

with the aim of gaining an understanding of the Australian education

export industry. They are thinking about opening up a college in Australia.

This report will focus on the 4 sectors being secondary schools,

ELICOS, VET and Higher Education.

The purpose of this report is to look at export trends of education and

the future this sector holds. Based on this investigation an appropriate

sector will be recommended for an ideal investment opportunity.

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!2.0 Interpret market trends and developments !2.1 Ten-year trend for international student enrollments by sector YTD March 20052014 !

! There has been a significant drop in commencements from 2011. This

might have to do with the Australian Dollar reaching record levels making it

stronger than American Dollar hence making it extremely unaffordable to

live in Australia. Also there were significant changes to the Visa

arrangement.

However there is an increase in numbers since then.

The sectors that are performing well are ELICOS (positive growth of

4.2%), followed by secondary schooling, Other (foundation programs).

Higher education is still not performing well and this could be because of

the Dollar and competitors NZ, USA and UK.

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!2.2 Analysis of the 2011 change of trend ! AEIs International Student Data for 2011 show there were 557,425

enrollments by full-fee paying international students in Australia on a

student visa. This is 59,039 fewer enrollments than in the same period in

2010, and represents a decline of 9.6 per cent. This compares with an

average growth rate of 8.2 per cent for enrollments since 2002.

There were 298,842 commencements recorded in 2011, a decrease of

28,064 commencements on 2010 figures, representing an 8.6 per cent

decline. This contrasts with an average growth rate of 7.1 per cent for

commencements since 2002.

! In 2011, the Higher Education sector was the only sector to record

growth in enrollments. Enrollments in the sector were up 0.1 per cent on

2010. All sectors in 2011, recorded declines in commencements on 2010.

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2.3 Rank 3 over performing and under performing for the last 5 years ! The sectors that are performing well are Higher Education which has

a positive growth, followed by ELICOS which have maintain a high level of

productivity over the years, and VET.

Secondary school and other (foundation programs) are still not

performing well. !!2.3.1 Higher Education

! Higher Education ranked first by volume of enrollments and second

by volume of commencements. Enrollments in the sector for 2011 were

0.1 per cent higher than in 2010. This contrasts with the average 2011

growth rate of 7.7 per cent per year since 2002. Commencements

declined by 4.6 per cent in 2011, compared with an average annual growth

rate of 5.0 per cent per year since 2002.

In 2011, enrollments at the under-graduate level of study were up by

3.1% but commencements were down by 2.6% on 2010 figures. Post-

graduate research enrollments and commencements were up by 13.0%

and 5.9% respectively over the same period. In contrast, other post-

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graduate enrollments and commencements declined 8.0% and 8.9%

respectively.

China had the largest share of total enrollments (40.2%) and of total

commencements (42.0%) in 2011. Malaysia was the second largest

source country by enrollments with 7.4 per cent, followed by India and

Vietnam with 6.4 per cent and 4.5 per cent respectively.

In 2011, enrollments from China grew by 5.3 per cent. However,

commencements declined by 4.7% on 2010 figures. In the same period,

enrollments from Malaysia declined by 2.2 per cent and commencements

by 4.5 per cent. India, the third largest market in the sector also recorded a

decline in enrollments and in commencements (down 29.3 per cent and

13.2 per cent respectively). Enrollments from Vietnam grew 13.0 per cent

however; commencements declined by 0.1 per cent over the same period.

Asian countries collectively contributed 83.3 per cent of enrollments and

83.2 per cent of commencements. Compared with 2010, enrollments from

this region increased by 0.2 per cent however; commencements declined

by 3.7 per cent in 2011. Enrollments from all other regions combined

declined by 0.4 per cent and commencements declined by 8.6 per cent

over the same reference periods.

Management and Commerce was the most popular broad field of

education with 51.1 per cent of enrollments and 53.6 per cent of

commencements. The next most popular field was Engineering and

Related Technologies with 8.8 per cent enrollments.

Information Technology and Society and Culture accounted for a

further 7.5 per cent and 7.4 per cent of enrollments respectively.

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2.3.2 English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS)

! ELICOS ranked third by volume of enrollments and of

commencements. Enrollments and commencements in the sector in 2011

have declined 16.3 per cent and 13.5 per cent respectively on the same

period in 2010. This compares with average growth rates of 5.8 per cent

for enrollments and 6.2 per cent for commencements since 2002.

The Asian region contributed 63.3 per cent of enrollments and 62.8 per

cent of commencements in ELICOS. Those measures declined by 19.6

per cent and 16.4 per cent respectively on 2010 figures. Enrollments and

commencements from all other regions combined also declined, by 10.1

per cent and 8.1 per cent respectively.

Enrollments and commencements from all of the top twelve ELICOS

source countries in 2011 declined on figures from 2010. China was the

largest market with a 29.1 per cent share of enrollments and 28.0 per cent

of commencements. Chinese enrollments and commencements declined,

by 21.5 per cent and 19.1 per cent respectively.

Enrollments and commencements from Brazil, the second largest ELICOS

market, also declined. Brazilian enrollments declined by 5.1 per cent and

commencements by 5.4 per cent. The Republic of Korea was the third

largest market. Korean enrollments and commencements declined 19.9

per cent and 19.7 per cent respectively.

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The ELICOS market from India has declined markedly in the last three

years. In 2009, Indian enrollments and commencements were ranked

second however by 2011, India was ranked 11th in both enrollments and

commencements. Indian enrollments in the sector declined 28.2 per cent

and commencements declined 16.8 per cent between 2010 and 2011.

!!2.3.3 Vocational Education and Training (VET)

! VET ranked second by volume of enrollments and first by volume of

commencements. Enrollments for 2011 fell by 16.6 per cent on 2010

figures. This contrasts with an average growth rate of 16.1 per cent per

year since 2002. Commencements for the same period declined by 7.3

per cent on 2010 figures and contrasts with an average growth rate of 16.9

per cent per year since 2002.

Enrollments at the diploma and advanced diploma levels of study in

2011 declined by 13.4 per cent on previous years figures and

commencements at those levels also decreased 3.7 per cent over the

same period. Enrollments from the five largest source nationalities all recorded

declines. The declines from each of the top three nationalities were: India 11

by 26.0 per cent, China by 16.4 per cent and Thailand by 6.9 per cent.

Commencements from the three top source nationalities have also

declined: India by 17.3 per cent, China by 5.5 per cent and Thailand by 6.3

per cent.

Asian countries contributed 81.5 per cent of enrollments and 79.5 per

cent of commencements. India had the largest share of total enrollments

(32.4%) and of total commencements (28.7%) in 2011. China was the next

largest source country by enrollments with 10.8 per cent, followed by

Thailand with 6.6 per cent.

Management and Commerce was the largest broad field of education in

VET with 51.5 per cent of enrollments and 57.7 per cent of

commencements in 2011. Enrollments and commencements in this field

grew 7.3 per cent and 12.2 per cent respectively. Food, Hospitality and

Personal Services ranked second however, enrollments in this field

declined by 47.3 per cent and commencements by 44.7 per cent. Society

and Culture was the third largest broad field of education and recorded a

23.5 per cent decline in enrollments and a 4.5 per cent decline in

commencements.

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The schools sector ranked fifth by volume of enrollments and of

commencements, contributing 3.7 per cent of enrollments and 3.1 per cent

of commencements. Compared with 2010, enrollments for 2011 declined

by 13.6 per cent while commencements decreased by 14.9 per cent.

The Asian region contributed 86.0 per cent of enrollments and 78.2

per cent of commencements. China was the largest market with 44.3 per

cent of enrollments and 41.9 per cent of commencements. Enrollments

and commencements from this market declined, by 14.2 per cent and 13.0

per cent respectively. The Republic of Korea was the second largest

market with 13.9 per cent of enrollments and 11.6 per cent of

commencements, and recorded declines of 20.9 per cent and 22.9 per

cent respectively. Vietnam was the third largest schools market with a

share of 10.5 per cent of enrollments and 7.7 per cent share of

commencements. Enrollments and commencements from Vietnam

declined 9.2 per cent and 20.0 per cent respectively.

!!2.3.5 Three over- performing courses !In conclusion from the analyzed data, the over performing courses are:

1. Higher education

2. ELICOS

3. VET

!2.3.6 Three under-performing courses !As shown by the graph, the under performing courses:

1. Other education

2. Secondary school

3. VET

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2.4 Market Growth

!! As shown in the table, 80% of International students come from Asia.

Top 5 countries are China, India, Republic of Korea, Vietnam and Brazil.

The main reason for this are:

Asias rapid expanding middle class seek educational opportunities

overseas

Collaborative arrangements / joint venture are expanding especially in

China

Looking for English based education !!!

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2.5 PESTEL ! PESTLE analysis is a concept used as a tool by companies to track the

environment theyre operating in or are planning to launch a new project/

product/service etc.

PESTLE is a mnemonic which in its expanded form denotes P for Political,

E for Economic, S for Social, T for Technological, L for Legal and E for

Environmental. It gives a birds eye view of the whole environment from

many different angles that one wants to check and keep a track of while

contemplating on a certain idea/plan.

The framework has undergone certain alterations, as gurus of

Marketing have added certain things like an E for Ethics to instill the

element of demographics while utilizing the framework while researching

the market.

There are certain questions that one needs to ask while conducting

this analysis, which give them an idea of what things to keep in mind. They

are:

What is the political situation of the country and how can it affect the

industry?

What are the prevalent economic factors?

How much importance does culture has in the market and what are its

determinants?

What technological innovations are likely to pop up and affect the market

structure?

Are there any current legislations that regulate the industry or can there

be any change in the legislations for the industry?

What are the environmental concerns for the industry?

All the aspects of this technique are crucial for any industry a

business might be in. More than just understanding the market, this

framework represents one of the vertebras of the backbone of strategic

management that not only defines what a company should do, but also

accounts for an organizations goals and the strategies stringed to them.

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P Australia has a stable government which is based on freedom of

speech, religious tolerance and the rule of low.

Visas in Australia for most of foreign countries are fairly easy to

get. The most common are Student Visa and Work and Holiday

Visa. The former is suitable for people who attend a long

educational journey and it allows the student to work 20 hours per

week. The latter is suitable for people between 18-30 years old,

and it allows to study up to 4 months and work 38 hours per week

for a maximum of 6 months for the same company.

E Australia is considered the most expensive country for overseas

students. The main reason is the average cost of university fees

and living costs which are more than US $38,000 per year.

Australia is anyway one of the most common destinations for

international students thanks to the drop of the Australian dollar

which make it more affordable.

The unemployment rate is low and it is fairly easy for student to

find a part time occupation.

S Australia social value has been increasing during the last couple

of years. The government is very supportive of festival and social

events.

Having English as the native language, Australia is seen as a very

good opportunity for young people to acquire or improve their

knowledge of english while living in one of the most beautiful

country in the world.

Australia is a very cosmopolitan country. In one city people have

the opportunity to meet people from different nationality and learn

about different cultures.

T Technology is a valuable tool in the educational sector. It

improves the facilities and gives student extra support.

In modern times online distance learning has become very

popular. It allows student to follow lecture from their home/country

without the commitment of moving to the school place, which

makes it very affordable for student who wish to study abroad.

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!!!2.6 SWOT Analysis ! A SWOT analysis is a simple tool to help work out the internal and

external factors affecting the business. It is one of the most commonly

used business analysis and decision-making tools. A SWOT analysis

helps:

build on strengths (S)

minimise weakness (W)

seize opportunities (O)

counteract threats (T)

A SWOT analysis is often part of strategic planning. It can understand

your business and work out what areas need improving. It can also help

understand the market, including the competitors, and predict changes.

E Environmental factors include the weather and the climate

change.

Australia is a continent that experiences a variety of climates due

to its size. There is not one single seasonal calendar for the entire

continent. Instead there are six climatic zones and this translates

as two main seasonal patterns.

L In the past year they have been some changes implemented by

the Australian Government to streamline international student visa

processing, introduced in 2012, should also help increase the

influx of international students to Australia.

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STRENGTHS

! English language. In the last

years has been a growing

demand to learn the english

language by big foreign countries

like Japan and Russia.

Fair ly low costs and fees c o m p a r e d t o e u r o p e a n

destination like UK.

Proximity to the Asian country which is a constant market.

Part-time job opportunities.

Pathways with university and higher education.

The good quality of Australian education. Australia offers a diverse range of study options for

international students, with more

than 1,200 institutions and over

22,000 courses to choose from.

WEAKNESS

! The strengths of the AUD

Dollar.

Lack of involvement and rules f r o m t h e A u s t r a l i a n Government.

Lack of skilled teacher and schools staff.

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OPPORTUNITIES

! Twinning programs which a

degrees where international

students can do their first 2 years

of the program in their home

coun t ry and comple te the

remaining year in the Partner

University in Australia.

In the last 5 years the airlines flying to Australia have increased fairly with a decreasing in the cost

of the ticket.

Growing demand from the asian countries to study english.

New student visa policy which allows graduates to work in

Australian for the following 2-4

years.

THREATS

! Distance: Australia is very far

away from Europe and South

America, so the travel cost are

very hight and the psychological

impact is significant.

G r o w i n g o f t h e o n l i n e educational offers.

Global financial crisis.

Growing competition from Europe and the United States.

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3.0 Qualitative Analysis !3.1 Approach !Explain here that the 3 sectors that are performing well ! Based on the data, Higher education and VET are the best

performing sector because the have been growing over the years,

although the ELICOS sector is chosen for further investigation because it

is the only sector which was consistent over the years. Therefore a

qualitative analysis on this sector is done.

The ELICOS sector is a sector that will continue to see growth. It

is recommended that an organization like ILSC could be seen as an ideal

opportunity for Investment. ILSC is a language school who offers a wide

range of programs and courses. Subject taught at ILSC include General

English, IELTS Preparation, Cambridge Preparation, VET and TESOL.

In order to understand ILSC market position we will do a qualitative

analysis in which we will:

Research the sector

Develop survey

Survey 20 people

Develop a competitor analysis !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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3.2 Survey !Question Answers

1. How old are

you?

15-20 21-29 30-50

2. Which college

are you

attending?

ILSC VIVA Other

3. Which course

are you

attending?

VET Eliscos Other

4. Are you

currently working

part-time?

YES NO

5. Why did you

choose

Australia?

easy Visa work permission overseas

experience

6. How did you

hear about

Australia?

relative/

friends

internet agency

7. How do you

evaluate your

college?

average good excellent

7.1 Teachers

7.2 Facilieties

7.3 Class size

7.4 Location

7.5 Fees

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8. Has your

experience in

Australia has

been positive so

far?

YES NO

9. Would you

consider to stay

in Australia if you

have the

chance?

YES NO

10. Do you

consider an

education in

Australia will

benefit you?

YES NO

11. If you have

another chance

will you enroll for

another course

in Australia?

YES NO

12. What are the

advantages of

studying in

Australia?

13. Would you

pick a different

country if you

had to do this

again?

YES NO If YES which,

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4.0 Results of the survey ! On June 7th and June 8th we had run a survey among some

international students who are currently studying in Brisbane.

The population sample is 20 people whole from Italy, and the

chosen sampling method is random.

!4.1 Age ! Most respondence (55%) came from the age 21-29 years old which is

for this reason the mode. 30% from 15-20 and a fairly 15% from 30-50.

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Item Frequency Mode

15-20 6 21-29

21-29 11

20-50 3

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15-20 21-29 30-50

4.2 College ! From the survey, it is clear that the most popular colleges in Brisbane

are: ILSC, VIVA College, Shafton College and NAVITAS. !!4.3 Courses ! The most popular course is ELICOS which was assumable for the

reason that most of those courses and general english. VET and IELTS

are also very request but just a few respondence came from the

Cambridge course.

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!4.4 Part-time jobs ! The majority of the international students interview have part time jobs

to help them financially support their staying and studying.

Item Frequency

VET 4

ELICOS 8

IELTS

(other)

6

CAMBRIDGE

(other)

2

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VET ELICOSIELTS (other) CAMBRIDGE (other)

Part-time Job

!!!4.5 The reason why the students interviewed came to Australia ! Most of the international student interviewed choose Australia thanks

to the VISA availability. Most of them agreed in saying that Australia has

the most valuable VISA for international students.

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!!!!!4.6 How the student interviewed discover Australia !! The majority of the students interviewed heard about Australia by

searching the Internet. Just a few where oriented by agencies and the rest

where advised by their family and friends.

Item Frequency Mode

Easy VISA 8 Easy

VISAWork

permission

5

Overseas

experience

7

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Easy VISA Work permissionOverseas experience

Internet Agency Family/Friends

!!4.7 College evaluation ! The students interview were asked to evaluate their college in the

following aspects:

teachers

facilities

class size

location

fees

Item Frequency

AVERAGE GOOD EXCELLENT

1. Teachers 2 15 3

2. Facilities 2 13 5

3.Class size 2 4 14

4. Location 0 3 17

5. Fees 17 3 0

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College

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The chart proved that:

Teachers had a very positive evaluation

The facilities are very well structured

The class size are perfect for the number of students

The locations where the school are set are very amusing

The fees are considered normal nor to high nor convenient !!!!!!!!!!!!

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Average Good Excellent

4.8 Australia has been a positive experience so far ! It is clear that most students felts that being in Australia was a very

good experience for them so far.

4.9 Preference to stay in Australia in the future ! Surprisingly when the people where asked if they would like to stay in

Australia if they had a change, most of them said NO. The majority stayed

that they are here to study and to acquire or developed their english

knowledge in order to get a better job position in their on country.

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Positive experience in Australia

Staying in Australia

4.10 Australian education benefits on the candidate ! Most student agreed that they were benefit by Australian education.

Most of them felt that there is no better place to study english.

4.11 Prospective of doing another course in Australia ! The majority of the students interviewed felt that if they had a

chance they would gladly enroll for another course in Australia.

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Good Australian education

Another course in Australia

4.12 Advantages of studying in Australia ! When we asked the candidates what are the advantages of studying

in Australia, we collected the following answers:

! great environment

cheaper english courses

chance to meet new people

chance to learn new skills

chance to learn how to surf

Brisbane is close to the beach

change to start a new life

engage new cultures

live in a city

learn the Australian accent

improve english

get a part time job !4.13 With the data from this experience would the candidate have chosen another country instead ! During the survey we asked if now that they have knowledge

Australia, would they pick a different country to do this experience? With a

positive answers we also demand the name of the preferred country.

Gladly, just a few people responded YES.

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Another country instead Australia

! As it was assumable, the survey confirmed that Australia most

dangerous competitors are The United States and The United Kingdom. !!!5.0 Review of ILSC ! As previously mentioned, ILSC is a global, educational community

that delivers dynamic and inspirational English and French language

training programs, and is comprised of a vibrant, friendly, respectful,

multicultural student body and teaching faculty. ILSC is considered one of the finest language learning institutes in the

world. Since 1991, they have been developing and refining the teaching

methods. They currently run eight campuses at locations in Vancouver, Toronto

and Montreal (Canada), New York, San Francisco (USA), New Delhi

(India), Sydney and Brisbane (Australia).

For this report we will focus at the Australian location see in Brisbane.

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YES ANSWERS COUNTRIES CHOICE

Item Frequency

USA 2

UK 2

Canada 1

New Zeland 1

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5.1 Course performance at ILSC ! In order to understand the performance of the college ILSC we

gathered the following datas:

!Session 1!4 Jan - 28 Jan

Session 2!31 Jan - 25 Feb

Session 3!28 Feb- 25 Mar

Session 4!28 Mar - 21 Apr

Total Median

ECP 158 181 177 177 693 177

IELTS Intensive

64 58 68 67 271 68

Upper Int IELTS

61 67 68 66 262 66.5

FCE 59 59 59 56 257 65.5

Business Program

68 57 56 66 247 61.5

Power Speaking

68 68 68 67 233 59

Adv Power Speaking

56 66 50 57 229 56.5

Total 534 556 546 556 2192

Median 64 66 68 66

Total 554

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! From the chart we can establish that ECP which is the General English

course is the most popular in every session. There is constancy among

the other courses fro the all year which gives us a good general situation.

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ECP IELTS Int Upp Int IELTS FCEBusiness Power Speaking Adv Power Speaking

5.2 Courses contribution

As previously mentioned, this pie charts confirms that the General

English course are the ones who most contributes to the school profit.

Also exams preparations like IELTS AND Cambridge are very

popular, we can assume that the reason for it is that either one of those

exams are from migration or academic purposes.

!!5.3 Central Tendency ! The following is an analysis in order to show the central tendency for

the data above:

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ECP IELTS IntUpper Int IELTS FCEBusiness Power SpeakingAdv Power Speaking

Courses

This chart demonstrates the median for the following courses:

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0

45

90

135

180

ECP Upp Int IELTS Business Adv Power Speaking

courses

!6. Competitor Analysis ! The competitor analysis is an assessment of the strengths and

weaknesses of current and potential competitors. This analysis provides

both an offensive and defensive strategic context to identify opportunities

and threats. Profiling coalesces all of the relevant sources of competitor

analysis into one framework in the support of efficient and effective

strategy formulation, implementation, monitoring and adjustment.

The most relevant competitors for ILSC are the following:

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! As showed in the table, ILSC has a very good position compared to

the competitor, thanks to the following factors:

central location: ILSC is located into Brisbane CBD which is very easy to

find, next to Anzac Square which has a big park and ned to a food court

average fees: the fees are acceptable compared to the highly education

program which ILSC offers

fun environment: ILSC offers to all its students a wide range of free after

class activities such as sports, trips and movies night .

FEES FACILITIES TEACHERS OTHER

NAVITAS 357 p/w central

location

average -

VIVA 360 p/w central

location

not

satisfactory

fun

eviroment

ILSC 350 p/w central

location

highly

educated /

prepared

fun

eviroment

ALS 335 p/w central

location

highly

educated /

prepared

different

activities to

join

SHAFTON 370 p/w historical

building

average hospitality

course and

training

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7. Recommendations ! Stating the fact that from the gathered datas education in Australia

is a highly competitive industry. For this reason it is necessary that

Australian teaching institutes look at multi campus or collaborative options

closely because that could open more possibilities.

Furthermore the company could be open to the possibility of online

delivery which can assist with retaining numbers enrolled while managing

the companys financial state (which is high).

In addition, increasing working holiday study programs could be a

smart way to proceed because, as was previously mention, student visa

and work and holiday visa have been increasing a lot over the part years.

This would mean considering shorter courses with flexibility to pursue

employment.

For all those reasons, investing in an existing organization like ILSC

during this period of time would be a very profitable choice. !!!!

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COURSE TYPE MEDIAN

ECP 177

IELTS Intensive 68

Upper Int IELTS 66.5

FCE 65.5

Business Program 61.5

Power Speaking 59

Adv Power Speaking 56.5

!8. Conclusion ! As previously mentioned, there is a wide range of positive events that

are making the education sector growing in Australia. Students VISA law

are changing in a way that give more option to international students to

live and study in Australia allowing them to work and support themselves.

New university pathways programs are available for international students

which helps them first with their english, secondly with a specialization

(VET) and last entering to a local university.

In conclusion, from all those gathered datas it is advisable that the

company considers an investment in the Australian education system.

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