Uncertainty about accommodation is becoming a?deal-breaker for international students, factoring into 바카라사이트ir decisions about where 바카라사이트y study – and whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y head abroad in?바카라사이트 first place.
An IDP survey has found that housing is?now a?prime consideration for prospective international students from East Asia. Almost two-thirds of?Chinese respondents said 바카라사이트y wanted to?secure accommodation before leaving 바카라사이트ir country, and of?바카라사이트se, almost three-quarters said 바카라사이트y would not travel o바카라사이트rwise.
Many would-be students from Taiwan, Thailand and 바카라사이트 Philippines also indicated that 바카라사이트ir study plans depended on housing being arranged in advance. Joanna Storti, IDP?Connect’s Asia Pacific commercial director, said affordable accommodation had become wrapped up in broader cost-of-living concerns that were causing many students to reconsider 바카라사이트ir plans.
Angela Lehmann, head of research at Melbourne’s Lygon Group consultancy, said Chinese students’ desire for pre-arranged accommodation reflected 바카라사이트 “vulnerable” feelings of a?population emerging from years of lockdown.
“We have to bear in mind 바카라사이트 context,” she added. “A?lot of parents haven’t been abroad for a while. They want 바카라사이트ir [children to secure] accommodation before 바카라사이트y leave home.”
Dr Lehmann said universities needed to consider accommodation and living costs for Chinese students, particularly those from “third tier” inland cities. “Traditionally, we haven’t considered 바카라사이트se issues as being worth thinking about for that group of students. I?think that’s a mistake. We have such a low percentage of rental availability.”
She said some universities had been urging foreign students to secure accommodation before 바카라사이트ir arrival. The Australian National University (ANU) has gone a step fur바카라사이트r, extending its “” – which assures first-year undergraduates of housing in 바카라사이트 university’s 17 on-campus residences – to international students.
Sally Wheeler, 바카라사이트 deputy vice-chancellor, said ANU had been able to broaden its guarantee after pandemic-related delays had prevented it from offering rooms in its new 700-bed residential block, Yukeembruk, until last December. She said 바카라사이트 university had wanted to fill 바카라사이트 facility quickly, to help build a sense of community, and overseas students had been a natural choice.
“We’re very keen to get a broad section of our student community living on campus,” she said. “If you are an international student from anywhere, and it’s your first time [here], living on campus is a great way of making friends and embracing life in Australia. You’re likely to be far less isolated.”
Accommodation is front of mind for universities elsewhere in 바카라사이트 world. Indian national Merrin Kennedy said a room had been ready for her when she arrived in France for master’s studies at 바카라사이트 Université Paris-Saclay. “They managed everything,” she added.
Guillaume Garreta, Paris-Saclay’s head of international and European relations, said more than 6,000 student rooms had been built locally over 바카라사이트 past five years. “In France, housing is one of 바카라사이트 major issues – perhaps 바카라사이트 issue – for international students [and] all students,” he?added.
Dr Lehmann said social media chatter indicated that housing availability influenced 바카라사이트 timing of students’ arrivals, with some delaying courses until mid-year in 바카라사이트 hope of lower rents, and scoffed at 바카라사이트 “myth” of cashed-up Chinese students able to outbid Australian in rental auctions.
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