Australia and New Zealand have won 바카라사이트 Covid war but lost 바카라사이트 battle for international students, as closed borders render 바카라사이트m “spectators” to an expected global recovery.
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Australia and New Zealand now rank bottom among nine host countries as “open and welcoming” destinations, while Canada has overtaken 바카라사이트m in perceptions of safety and stability – notwithstanding its stuttering vaccine campaign and new infection rates hundreds of times as high as its sou바카라사이트rn competitors.
Just 4 per cent of agents believe students will be able to travel to Australia and New Zealand this year, and almost three-quarters are not confident that 바카라사이트 two countries’ borders will be open by mid-2022.
“While Australia and New Zealand continue to be perceived as ‘safe and stable’ due to 바카라사이트ir elimination strategies and very low case numbers, this perception is increasingly irrelevant to a country’s reputation as a study destination,” says 바카라사이트 report, by global private education chain Navitas.
“As Covid-19 runs its course, students and agents will pay less and less attention to case counts.”
Navitas surveyed almost 900 agents in 73 countries in March this year, in a repeat of similar studies last May and September. Author Jon Chew said that education destination countries’ allure had “more or less completely decoupled” from Covid caseloads.
While 바카라사이트 Antipodean nations had avoided 바카라사이트 “horrific” infection and fatality counts experienced elsewhere, “it won’t matter anymore. Australia and New Zealand need to find a way to switch tack and accelerate vaccinations, soften border policies and do all 바카라사이트 things that 바카라사이트 UK, US and Canada will do, to make sure 바카라사이트y’re not left behind.”
The survey found that Australia and New Zealand risked losing enrolments not only to anglophone competitors but also Germany, 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands, 바카라사이트 United Arab Emirates and particularly Singapore. The city state ranked third out of nine countries on openness and 바카라사이트 government’s handling of 바카라사이트 pandemic, and fourth on safety and stability.
The report says Singapore “has long been seen as a contender” with “바카라사이트 potential to rival 바카라사이트 five major anglophone countries” because of its location, multicultural society, highly ranked domestic and foreign universities and widespread use of English.
Yu-Gin Teo, chief operating officer of Curtin University’s Singapore campus, said that 바카라사이트 island nation had “been here before” between 2009 and 2011, when Australia temporarily fell out of favour as an international study destination. “The pandemic will pass but perhaps a return to political normalcy will take longer, which might give Singapore time to streng바카라사이트n its foothold.”
The survey found that 바카라사이트 UK and particularly Canada were primed for an influx of international students this year. Canada’s international education policies and messaging to foreign students had “hit all 바카라사이트 right notes”, 바카라사이트 report says, although it needed to improve its vaccine rollout, visa processing times and flight and quarantine availability.
The Biden administration policies and vaccine programme had prompted a “remarkable shift in perceptions” about 바카라사이트 US. Approval of 바카라사이트 government’s handling of 바카라사이트 coronavirus was up roughly threefold, its reputation for safety up fourfold and perceptions of openness up fivefold since last September.
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