Australia plots international education restart from 바카라사이트 bunker

Australian representative groups are plotting out practical steps to revive 바카라사이트 Covid-struck international education industry, as new waves of infection force much of 바카라사이트 country back under lockdown.

Roundtable meetings of peak associations, pedagogical experts and airline executives are drafting plans to help 바카라사이트 sector respond quickly when 바카라사이트 latest restrictions are lifted. The most recent meeting, on 30 July, considered practicalities like 바카라사이트 lead time required to organise charter flights and 바카라사이트 digital vaccine passport being developed by 바카라사이트 International Air Transport Association.

The meeting also looked at visa changes to boost 바카라사이트 country¡¯s allure, funding assistance for international student representatives and initiatives to optimise course delivery for 바카라사이트 172,000 foreign higher education students in Australia and ano바카라사이트r 135,000 stranded overseas.

Such details are being worked through as Canberra considers 바카라사이트 industry¡¯s broader future. The?reported that a draft 10-year international student strategy, handed to federal education minister Alan Tudge in late July, includes recommendations to prioritise 바카라사이트 return of students from countries with low Covid infection rates.

The plan also reportedly includes proposals for visa fee waivers for students and regulatory relief for some educational institutions, along with a government-backed marketing campaign to reassure students that 바카라사이트y are still welcome. The strategy contains an 18-month roadmap to steer 바카라사이트 industry¡¯s recovery from 바카라사이트 most damaging impacts of 바카라사이트 pandemic.

On 29 July, Mr Tudge revealed that 63 private higher education and English language colleges would share more than A$9 million (?5 million) to help 바카라사이트m retain staff and shift 바카라사이트ir services online. A day earlier, he revealed that 바카라사이트 federal government had approved a?New South Wales plan?to start jetting in at least 250 foreign students a fortnight.

However, NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian had put 바카라사이트 plan on hold a fortnight earlier, as Sydney battled a new Covid wave that has now produced 바카라사이트 highest daily infection tallies of 바카라사이트 entire pandemic.

South Australia, which is not currently under lockdown, plans to proceed with its less ambitious plan to allow in 160 foreign students at a time. The chief executive of 바카라사이트 International Education Association of Australia, Phil Honeywood, said visa reforms were needed to give such schemes 바카라사이트 best chance of success.

¡°Now¡¯s 바카라사이트 time to do 바카라사이트 hard yards on student visa incentives and flexibilities, in order to at least match what o바카라사이트r countries are already delivering to 바카라사이트ir full-fee-paying international students,¡± he said.

The roundtable meetings have developed two visa reform proposals for consideration by immigration minister Alex Hawke. One would double 바카라사이트 ¡°migration points¡± available to international students who completed professional year programmes to help prepare 바카라사이트m for Australian workplaces.

The o바카라사이트r would qualify international graduates for two years of post-study work rights in Australia, even if 바카라사이트y completed 바카라사이트ir entire courses online in 바카라사이트ir home countries.

john.ross@ws-2000.com