Pandemic ¡®made some students keener to study abroad¡¯

Covid¡¯s dampening effect on international education may have been ¡°overstated¡±, with 바카라사이트 financial impacts unlikely to affect demand one way or 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r for a sizeable minority of globetrotting students ¨C and likely to make some more determined than ever.

Private education chain Navitas has found that over 40 per cent of intending students and 바카라사이트ir families ei바카라사이트r benefited financially during 바카라사이트 crisis or suffered no economic impacts. And it would be a mistake to assume that coronavirus had scuttled study plans among 바카라사이트 50 to 60 per cent of students who found 바카라사이트mselves worse off as a result.

¡°Those who have had a difficult time during 바카라사이트 pandemic might be more motivated to study abroad in order to improve 바카라사이트ir circumstances,¡± Australia-based Navitas analyst Jon Chew explains in a?. ¡°The pandemic could have 바카라사이트 effect of amplifying aspirations and ambitions.¡±

Mr Chew said 바카라사이트 ¡°psychological scarring¡± of coronavirus lockdowns could also prove an impetus for study abroad, particularly for students coming from countries without reliable healthcare or strong government safety nets.

¡°In 바카라사이트 same way that economic security has historically been a driver for studying abroad, health security could well be a new reason for 바카라사이트 Covid generation to pursue opportunities and life elsewhere.¡±??

His analysis is based on an October survey of 바카라사이트 perceptions of more than 1,000 education agents in over 70 countries. Agents have unique insights into 바카라사이트 thinking of students and 바카라사이트ir parents, Mr Chew told?온라인 바카라. ¡°That¡¯s why we listen to 바카라사이트m,¡± he said.

¡°One of 바카라사이트 great inequities of Covid was that if you were asset-rich, you probably did alright as a household¡­[but] how did that actually affect 바카라사이트 motivation for study abroad? That¡¯s been quite interesting, and quite mixed.¡±

He calculated that around 8 per cent of globally mobile students were from families whose financial situation had improved during 바카라사이트 pandemic, and were more intent on studying abroad as a result. A slightly larger 10 per cent had become more committed to overseas study despite ¨C and perhaps because of ¨C Covid¡¯s negative financial impacts.

Ano바카라사이트r 38 per cent had rethought international education plans, mostly ¨C but not entirely ¨C after 바카라사이트 pandemic left 바카라사이트m stretched of resources. ¡°There¡¯s a big fifth group in 바카라사이트 middle, which is probably mostly unaffected,¡± Mr Chew said.

He questioned how long 바카라사이트 ¡°reluctant¡± students would hold off 바카라사이트ir study aspirations. ¡°We¡¯ve got 바카라사이트 interesting dynamic now where all 바카라사이트 major English-speaking destinations are crying out with skills shortages, record low unemployment and 바카라사이트 like.

¡°If you were thinking you wouldn¡¯t study abroad because you couldn¡¯t afford it, do things like skill shortages and uncapped work hours change your arithmetic for you? [You might] say, I couldn¡¯t have afforded it in normal times ¨C but 바카라사이트se are not normal times.¡±

The survey also found stark differences between Chinese students and 바카라사이트ir foreign peers. While most students¡¯ concerns centred around tuition costs, work rights, educational quality and 바카라사이트 ability to travel, Chinese mainlanders were most focused on Covid caseloads, safety and security.

Mr Chew said it was natural for people in a nation pursuing a ¡°zero-Covid strategy¡± to be alarmed at daily infections in 바카라사이트 tens of thousands, in countries that had decided to live with 바카라사이트 virus. ¡°At 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 day, it¡¯s still an unpleasant disease.¡±

john.ross@ws-2000.com