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While COVID forced a shift online, that doesn’t mean universities should roll back all the changes. A hybrid model of teaching and learning is now the best way to prepare students for a digital world.
There was a striking gender divide in Australia’s international student data in year one of the pandemic. Women were more likely both to enrol and to succeed in their studies.
Many employers are waiting just as anxiously as universities for international students to return to our shores. The students’ labour is especially important for the hospitality and care sectors.
Having international students in Australia gives us a head start in the global race to attract skilled migrants. COVID border closures that halved their numbers could have very long-term costs.
Despite the promising data on the level of student interest and applications since November, universities and governments have much work to do to restore Australia’s lost market share.
Research on the experience of Indian international students shows the importance of strong social networks for a productive and fulfilling time in Australia.
Peer support, opportunities to engage in responses to combat racism and bias and culturally responsive counselling are important for the mental health and well-being of international students.
Australia’s major competitors in the international education market are already rebounding from the pandemic and have issued record numbers of student visas.
The US has experienced a record decline in the number of international students. How long will the trend continue? An international education scholar weighs in.
International education is a huge source of income for the sector and the broader economy, but students are concentrated in a limited number of institutions and most come from a few source countries.
The federal government has for months been unclear about when international students could return to Australia. And there are still many uncertainties about the latest announcement.
Hopes are rising that international students will be back in Australia early in 2022, but that doesn’t mean the education sector will be able to shrug off the impacts of their absence any time soon.
Events have overtaken state plans for limited numbers of international students to return. With NSW dropping quarantine for fully vaccinated arrivals, flight capacity is the final obstacle.
Indian students in Australia haven’t had the experience they hoped and paid for. Campuses closed, they lost work and they watched helplessly from afar as COVID-19 ravaged their home country.
A draft strategy for the English-language teaching sector released in 2020 was put on hold. In revisiting the strategy, we emphasise the advantages that Australia’s multilingualism offers learners.
Contributing to global knowledge, from the lens of local experience, can lead to solutions to universal problems such as inequality and climate change.
Universities must move swiftly to attend to students’ needs when borders reopen if Australia is to regain market share in the face of fierce global competition.
International student demand for places in Australia has fallen by a third over the course of the pandemic, while for our key competitors demand has remained stable or even increased.
Tuesday’s budget shows a reversion back to the previous policy of keeping total higher education funding broadly stable.
Top contributors
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Associate Vice Provost for International Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor and ARC Future Fellow, School of Education, Deakin University
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor Student and University Experience, Australian National University
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Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Department of World Languages & Cultures, Iowa State University
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Honorary Lecturer, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Global Studies, RMIT University
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Professor, School of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Professor in Marketing, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Adjunct professor, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Director, Office of Planning and Strategic Management, Australian Catholic University
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Bioinformatician and Data Analyst., King's College London
