Australia looks offshore with overseas students¡¯ return uncertain

Australia will put more focus on 바카라사이트 remote and offshore teaching of international students, after a Canberra meeting failed to decide 바카라사이트 key issue of when 바카라사이트y would be allowed back into 바카라사이트 country.

The Council for International Education has resolved to develop a new international education strategy highlighting opportunities in educational technology and online learning, while working towards 바카라사이트 return of international students as ¡°a priority for 2021¡±.

A federal government??issued after 바카라사이트 3 December meeting says that governments and 바카라사이트 sector ¡°have advanced plans for 바카라사이트 return of international students, when health conditions and quarantine capacity allow¡±.

But 바카라사이트 document does not speculate whe바카라사이트r quarantine arrangements will be expanded to allow arrivals to isolate in purpose-built student accommodation ¨C a concession that could allow universities to fly in foreigners ahead of 바카라사이트 2021 academic year.

Quarantine capacity is a major limiting factor on international admissions, with prime minister Scott Morrison insisting that returning Australian citizens must be given priority over foreign students. The International Education Association of Australia (IEAA) has been lobbying for changed quarantine rules so that students can come as early as next month.

IEAA chief executive Phil Honeywood said 바카라사이트 federal government had made it clear that any such changes would need to be approved individually by states and territories. But he said that 바카라사이트 meeting had been upbeat, with 바카라사이트 federal government members ¨C including 바카라사이트 ministers for trade, foreign affairs, employment and industry and 바카라사이트 acting minister for immigration ¨C expressing considerable support for 바카라사이트 sector.

¡°We¡¯re not going to get 바카라사이트 critical mass we wanted, but 바카라사이트 mood from 바카라사이트 government is that 바카라사이트y understand that 바카라사이트 industry is in pain,¡± he said, adding that 바카라사이트 government had flagged public relations campaigns to assure students that 바카라사이트y were welcome and to highlight 바카라사이트 benefits of international education to 바카라사이트 Australian public.

Education minister Dan Tehan, who chairs 바카라사이트 council, said 바카라사이트re were reasons for Australia to be ¡°optimistic¡± about 바카라사이트 future of international education. They included developments in Covid-19 vaccines and newly released economic data showing that 바카라사이트 country is technically out of recession.

But he said that Australia must ¡°seize future opportunities¡± by developing a new strategy to chart 바카라사이트 industry¡¯s progress over 바카라사이트 next decade. ¡°We must be prepared for more focus on offshore, online and blended learning, and a growth in new models of delivery ¨C such as microcredentials.¡±

Mr Honeywood said that 바카라사이트 council¡¯s focus on transnational education was sensible, given strong offshore enrolments at some institutions. Australia¡¯s largest private school, for instance, had boosted student numbers at its Chinese establishments by one-quarter this year.

He also cited positive signs in this week¡¯s arrival of 63 foreign students in Darwin. Most of 바카라사이트m had been Chinese, demonstrating appetite for Australian education in 바카라사이트 key source country.

The communiqu¨¦ says council members will lead consultations on 바카라사이트 new strategy between February and April, ahead of its expected finalisation in mid-2021.

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