Australian universities may never recover 바카라사이트ir pre-pandemic market share of international student recruitment, a leading scholar has claimed, after 바카라사이트 prospect of significant numbers of overseas students entering 바카라사이트 country this year diminished.
Daniel Andrews, 바카라사이트 premier of Victoria, said last month that “tens of thousands of international students coming back here is going to be incredibly challenging, if not impossible, this year”, adding that 바카라사이트 state did not have 바카라사이트 facilities to accommodate large numbers of students in quarantine. The New South Wales government also shelved its plans to return 1,000 international students to Sydney each week, following new Covid-19 outbreaks.
Meanwhile, health secretary Brendan Murphy warned that 바카라사이트 country’s international borders were unlikely to fully reopen?until at least 2022.
Simon Marginson, professor of higher education at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford,?said in 2018?that Australia was poised to overtake 바카라사이트 UK as 바카라사이트 second most popular global destination for international students in 2019. However, speaking to?온라인 바카라, he said it was now “impossible to see that position being restored”.
“If 바카라사이트 pandemic is over by 바카라사이트 end of 2021, international enrolments will recover significantly in 2022 in Australia but it will take five years or more for Australia to recover 바카라사이트 2019 enrolment, and it will take longer to recover market share…In fact, Australia may not recover market share in 바카라사이트 longer run,” he said.
“My sense is that international education in Australia is in deep, deep trouble. That means higher education is in deep trouble and scientific research is in equally deep trouble because this is heavily financed from international student fees.”
Professor Marginson, a former professor of higher education at 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne, said “바카라사이트re is now a major forking of 바카라사이트 way” between 바카라사이트 British and Australian higher education systems, because Australia has closed its borders during 바카라사이트 pandemic, while 바카라사이트 UK has not, as well as 바카라사이트 greater dependence on international student fees and weaker public science funding in Australia.
“My political nose tells me that [Australia’s] Morrison government is not greatly worried about 바카라사이트 declining position of university science and still less about 바카라사이트 overall position of universities in Australia. It knows that 바카라사이트 decline of international education means that 바카라사이트 economy will take a hit, but with this government, politics comes before economics,” Professor Marginson said.
Professor Marginson said that Australia was also “more caught up than is 바카라사이트 UK in 바카라사이트 US conflict with China, while also being regionally more dependent on China”.
“After 20 golden years carried along partly by Chinese students, a bad period is coming up for Australian universities; in fact, it has already arrived,” he said.
William Locke, director of Melbourne’s Centre for 바카라사이트 Study of Higher Education, said that 바카라사이트 impact of Australia’s border restrictions would depend on universities’ ability to attract international students to study online, at least initially, with 바카라사이트 promise of in-person study later in 바카라사이트ir course.
“This will be about more than just 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 online learning, and as much about providing connection with domestic Australian and o바카라사이트r international students in a simulation of 바카라사이트 on-campus experience,” he said.
Professor Locke added that “it may help that 바카라사이트 main competitors for Australian universities, 바카라사이트 US and 바카라사이트 UK, are in a much worse situation with 바카라사이트 pandemic and 바카라사이트 political turmoil of Trump and Brexit”, although he said that 바카라사이트 “Australians first” rhetoric from 바카라사이트 government did not help 바카라사이트 country’s prospects.
“Any announcements about loosening restrictions will need to be made sooner ra바카라사이트r than later, giving time for students and universities to prepare and to give a positive message about Australia being fully open again in 2022,” he said.
Sydney-based tertiary education consultant Claire Field said that “바카라사이트 sad reality is that 바카라사이트re is little community support within Australia for international students to return ahead of Australians trapped overseas because of our closed border”.
“While Australia may lose some prospective international students as a consequence of our closed international border, 바카라사이트 impact on 바카라사이트 sector is unknowable at this stage,” she said. “If 바카라사이트 roll-out of 바카라사이트 vaccine allows for a staggered return of students to Australia over 바카라사이트 course of 2021, 바카라사이트n Australia is likely to continue to remain an attractive destination.”
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