Navitas has delivered a mixed bag of results for FY17, reporting a 5% loss in group revenue and 5% growth in student numbers for its university partnership colleges.

In a cross-country mission to the US coinciding with the ASU+GSV Summit in Salt Lake City, Navitas is buoying Australia's competitiveness in the education technology sector.

Navitas has signed a pathway partnership with the University of Idaho, its eighth in North America, continuing its ambitious expansion strategy on the continent.

Navitas’s group revenue exceeded $1bn in the past financial year, up 3%, the company has announced in its FY16 results. It also reported a 1% growth in EBITDA.

Amid an eight-week election campaign followed by more than a week of counting and doubt over which party would form a government, Australian industry leaders say they are confident international education will remain buoyed by its recent upward trajectory.

Delegates at this year's CISA national conference have called for Australia's International Education Strategy to take a more student focused approach.

Around 25% of all students at Navitas pathway colleges in Australia are domestic students, which Tony Cullen, EGM of marketing and sales - university programs, said adds an "enormous value".

Being able to say, when you come and study with us, 30% of your class is going to be Australian students; it is a real value add