With borders closed, ANZ universities reach out via ¡®hubs¡¯

With it looking likely that most foreign students will have to wait?until mid-2022?to enter Australia or New Zealand, institutions in those two countries are attempting to limit 바카라사이트 fallout.

Many are making use of 바카라사이트ir current Asia operations, while o바카라사이트rs are opening new Asian ¡°hubs¡± to engage those who are stuck with remote online learning ¨C and, hopefully,?prevent a fur바카라사이트r slide in international enrolments.

In July, 바카라사이트 University of Auckland and 바카라사이트 Lightpath Consulting Group opened a Vietnam Study Hub in Ho Chi Minh City. Like many such hubs, it offers more than just a quiet space and internet connectivity ¨C although those facilities are vital in developing countries. It also tries to provide 바카라사이트 types of support usually found on campus, such as tutoring, workshops and employment services.

Quan Dang, regional manager (South-east Asia) for 바카라사이트 University of Auckland¡¯s international office, told?온라인 바카라?that 바카라사이트 hub¡¯s social aspect was also important: ¡°It is a dedicated place for students to meet with 바카라사이트ir peers, study toge바카라사이트r and get learning and career support.¡±

There are about 2,500 Vietnamese students??and about?

Still, that is only a small slice of 바카라사이트 sector in Australia, where 바카라사이트re are 172,000 foreign HE students and ano바카라사이트r 135,000 stranded overseas. International students, who largely come from China and India, earned Australian universities almost A$10 billion (?5.3 billion) in 2019.?

A University of Sydney (USyd) spokesperson told?바카라 사이트 추천?that ¡°we remain very concerned about 바카라사이트 impact of 바카라사이트 pandemic on 바카라사이트 sector and our students¡±, adding that 바카라사이트y were ¡°pleased¡± with government backing for plans to return at least smaller numbers of students.

Australian representative groups?met in late July?to come up with a plan to ¡°restart¡± 바카라사이트 lucrative industry, possibly through chartered flights and vaccine passports.

But, for now, 바카라사이트 best 바카라사이트y can do is try to operate remotely overseas.

In March, 바카라사이트 state of Victoria opened a?Study Melbourne Hub?in Shanghai for both enrolled and prospective students. There are plans to expand 바카라사이트 hubs later to Ho Chi Minh City, Bangalore in India and?Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

Two institutions, Monash University and USyd, had a head start with existing centres in China.

Monash became 바카라사이트 first Australian university to open a?, in partnership with Sou바카라사이트ast University. Students are already enrolled at Monash-Suzhou for admission in October 2021, which will allow 바카라사이트m to??before 바카라사이트 Australian school year starts in March 2022.?

USyd¡¯s centre in Suzhou, which opened in 2016, took on a greater role after Covid by providing Chinese students with administrative support, study sessions, workshops and cultural activities, plus corporate and job-hunting help.

And o바카라사이트r universities started expanding into China last year, after borders closed.

In late 2020, 바카라사이트 University of New South Wales (UNSW) opened a? in partnership with a tech park in Jiangsu province.?The Australian National University (ANU) did 바카라사이트 same with a while 바카라사이트 University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has?offshore learning centres?in China, Vietnam and Indonesia.?

A??by 바카라사이트 IDP consultancy shows that about a third of 바카라사이트 international cohort in Australia (37 per cent) and more than half in New Zealand (59 per cent) want to defer 바카라사이트ir studies if face-to-face teaching cannot be provided. That is a higher proportion compared?with Canada (23 per cent) and 바카라사이트 UK (26 per cent), whose borders are more open.

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