Fewer than 3,000 Australian university students may have commenced and completed study abroad prior to the AUIDF 2020 data release, but 2021 data is anticipated to trend toward zero – leaving a void due to the lost opportunities of more than 120,000 students not departing the country.
Learning abroad is only one of the many international education initiatives of Australia but at the moment, it is manifested how it is missing in action and how it has impacted the then $40-billion Australian international education sector.
Key Takeaways:
- 2021 data anticipates more than 120,000 students not departing Australia, leaving a lot of lost opportunities for the country.
- Current projections are unalike with the 2019 milestones of Australian international education sector.
These projections for the Australian international education industry were dissimilar to how over 58,000 university students left the country for a learning abroad experience in 2019 based on the Australian University International Directors Forum (AUIDF).
Moreover, it was the same year when the country was recognized as a global leader in learning abroad, carrying over 24 percent of undergraduate students taking part in a learning abroad program.
In recent years, Australia has generated an outstanding workforce that contributes to the national industry, diplomatic endeavors, and regional relationships envisioned to live on until the next decades. In fact, one in four undergraduate students of Australia has landed in an imagined career trajectory after finishing their learning abroad programs.
However, the pandemic has drastically impacted these milestones of the Australian international education industry. Travel restrictions in and out of the country and lost opportunities in learning abroad have inflicted negative outcomes to the recruitment of full-degree students into Australia.
But while the pandemic’s effects are still rampant, a quick revival from these deemed setbacks are expected. In response, Australia will have to integrate student experience with industry-level engagement as well as government and community partners to come up with hybrid programs for students.
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- Australia Plans Recovery After Massive Drop in Int’l Ed Market
- Unis Down Under Alarmed Over Losing Key Control in COVID-19
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