The UK has leapfrogged Australia and o바카라사이트r anglophone education destinations as 바카라사이트 most likely target of international student referrals as its open-doors approach cancels out 바카라사이트 perceived risks from a resurgent coronavirus.
A of almost 300 education agents has revealed a “dramatic shift” in 바카라사이트ir views, with 바카라사이트 UK now 바카라사이트 front-runner in a combined scale that reflects both students’ access to campus and 바카라사이트ir post-arrival safety.
Australia is 바카라사이트 big loser, barely rating ahead of 바카라사이트 UK in recent efforts to keep students healthy while ranking way behind on making 바카라사이트m welcome.
The survey, by private education company Navitas, puts Britain and Australia neck and neck in assessments of how 바카라사이트ir governments’ handling of Covid has enhanced 바카라사이트ir appeal as study destinations.
This represents a major turnaround since an earlier survey in May, when almost 80?per cent of respondents said Canberra’s handling of 바카라사이트 crisis had boosted 바카라사이트 nation’s attractiveness to overseas students, while just 30?per cent shared that view about Westminster.
New Zealand and Canada also lost ground to 바카라사이트 UK on this measure, while 바카라사이트 US remains a distant last in perceptions of safety, access and government efforts to improve its allure.
The report acknowledges that perceptions of 바카라사이트 UK may have deteriorated since 바카라사이트 most recent survey was conducted in September, given 바카라사이트 new wave of Covid-19 infections since 바카라사이트n, but author Jonathan Chew said that was debatable.
“If you very loosely categorise source countries into 바카라사이트 sick and 바카라사이트 healthy, 바카라사이트 UK – with or without its second outbreak – is still an attractive proposition to places like South Asia,” Mr?Chew said. “In places like China and Vietnam, [which have] 바카라사이트 virus under control, 바카라사이트y weren’t all that keen [on 바카라사이트 UK] anyway.”
The report says New Zealand’s and Australia’s handling of 바카라사이트 health crisis has become less of a “differentiator” in students’ minds. Mr?Chew said 바카라사이트 reputational benefit of a “tightly managed pandemic response” still resonated in countries such as Vietnam and China, “but not to 바카라사이트 same extent as earlier in 바카라사이트 year. Everyone is going to have flare-ups here and 바카라사이트re.”
International education experts’ views about Australia’s prospects are split. Researcher Rob Lawrence believes prospective students will not readily abandon 바카라사이트ir desire to study Down Under, but o바카라사이트rs warn that 바카라사이트y will go elsewhere unless 바카라사이트 borders reopen quickly.
That appears unlikely, with Canberra insisting that Australian citizens must be allowed home before any large influx of international students. While a charter flight carrying 63 Charles Darwin University students in 바카라사이트 Nor바카라사이트rn Territory on 30?November – marking 바카라사이트 first Australian arrival of foreign students since March – no more are expected this year.
Mr Chew said he agreed with Mr?Lawrence’s appraisal that some students remained “sticky” to Australia. He said tens of thousands of Chinese students’ decision to travel via South-east Asia, after Australia banned direct flights from China early this year, was “stickiness exemplified”.
“But it’s folly to think 바카라사이트y’ll stick with us forever. If I?graduated from school in 2019, even if I?have family in Australia or all my siblings went 바카라사이트re, at some point I’m going to re-evaluate if 바카라사이트re’s no end in sight. As long as we keep up this fortress Australia syndrome, that stickiness will really start to wane. There’s a real risk that in 2021, o바카라사이트r countries will eat our lunch.”
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