Victorian police have confirmed a woman killed in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora was an international student on exchange at La Trobe University.

Australian prime minister Scott Morrison’s intimation that international students may be pushed away from Sydney and Melbourne has been derided by the country’s industry.

IH Melbourne will open its doors on October 1, led by the same team behind the IH centres in Sydney city, Bondi and Darwin, in partnership with the Australian Learning Group.

Posters declaring a “No Chinese zone” found on two Melbourne-based university campuses have been condemned by student groups and the wider industry.

Work opportunities and welfare programmes are among services being launched to support Victoria's international education industry.

The Council of International Students Australia has called on education institutions to better protect students from overseas, following a spate of crimes targeting international students in Melbourne.

While study abroad can be a huge asset in the graduate job market, many graduates are unable to articulate the benefits of these experiences to potential employers, stakeholders warned at a symposium on student mobility in the Asia Pacific region.

Alumni engagement, substantive partnership building and improving the student experience topped the discussion agenda at APAIE's annual conference in Melbourne, signalling what many in the region say is a phase of professionalisation in the Asia Pacific.