South Sydney ’s Woollongong University (WU ) opened a campus in Dubai sixteen years ago which educates thousands of students from multiple countries and is now known as thousands of Dubai ' " oldest and most prestigious universities", showing just how well-regarded degrees from Australian (and other Western countries’) universities have become abroad. The international program has been so successful for WU that it now boasts campuses in Singapore , Hong Kong and South Sydney , as well as Dubai , meaning over 50% of WU ’s students are located outside Australia and pay steep international student fees. That's because reliance on onshore international student fees is close to one-third of revenue for many universities already, and it has in the past proved a volatile market, dependent on events outside the universities' control like the murders of Indian students in Melbourne in 2010, or swings in the Australian dollar. While many Western universities have set up overseas campuses, not all enjoy the success Gavin Moodie has achieved, although such a move is seen as a risk worth taking for extra revenue streams and marketing opportunities.
South Sydney ’s Woollongong University (WU ) opened a campus in Dubai sixteen years ago which educates thousands of students from multiple countries and is now known as thousands of Dubai ' "oldest and most prestigious universities", showing just how well-regarded degrees from Australian (and other Western countries’) universities have become abroad. The international program has been so successful for WU that it now boasts campuses in Singapore , Hong Kong and South Sydney , as well as Dubai , meaning over 50% of WU’s students are located outside Australia and pay steep international student fees. While many Western universities have set up overseas campuses, not all enjoy the success Gavin Moodie has achieved, although such a move is seen as a risk worth taking for extra revenue streams and marketing opportunities.