International students eligible for emergency payment
In a statement, the federal government announced that those workers who reside or work in a Commonwealth declared hotspot, such as the one in the Greater Melbourne Area, will be eligible for the fund. “This support is critical to help those in the community who are most in need and most vulnerable to an extended lockdown”…
UK post-study visa: A quick brief on deadline extension
UK post-study visa hopefuls will now be able apply for the Graduate Route if they arrive in the UK by Sept. 27, 2021, after the UK Home Office extended the deadline in view of pandemic travel restrictions. Students completing their course remotely were previously expected to be in the UK by June 21 to be…
Why the viral video app TikTok needs to be part of your recruitment strategy this year – ICEF Monitor
Short on time? Here are the highlights: TikTok is now the most downloaded app in the world, ahead of YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat It is wildly popular among high school and college-aged students, and there are definitely ways for schools and universities to leverage the app for recruitment Every education marketer knows that you…
NSW submits plan to federal gov’t in Australia
Authorities in the country’s most-populous state say the initiative will support local economic recovery and benefit tens of thousands of NSW residents who rely on the international education sector – worth $14.6 billion in 2019 – for work. The program will see students adhere to quarantine requirements in purpose-built student accommodation and NSW treasurer Dominic Perrottet has emphasised that it will…
UniQuest presents visa refusal data dashboard
The institutional dashboards will provide international recruitment teams with data revealing a clearer picture of current visa processing by source market and identify visa refusal hotspots. Universities can also compare their own visa trends against benchmarked data from the UniQuest partner group, the company noted. “Students’ abilities to get study visas plays a huge role in international enrolment…
Providers push for alternative to hotel quarantine amid capacity concerns
Quarantine hotels were introduced in the UK in February for incoming travellers who had been in or transited certain countries. Those from the ‘red list’ countries must spend 10 days in a government-approved quarantine hotel at the cost of £1,750. India, the second largest source market for international students after China, was added to the…
US boarding schools benefitting from the “bubble effect” for the coming school year – ICEF Monitor
Short on time? Here are the highlights: Boarding schools in the United States are projecting a modest decline in foreign enrolment this year, but a stable enrolment base for 2021/22 overall US schools are highly engaged with agents, albeit over a relatively narrow band of sending markets in most cases, but are expected to place…
Student accommodation executives expect a strong – if unpredictable – fall 2021 – ICEF Monitor
Short on time? Here are the highlights: International students are booking accommodation for fall 2021 but “in multiple locations and waiting to see what happens” Student housing executives agree that there is strong demand for study abroad in fall 2021, especially for the UK and Canada Student housing bookings are up for fall 2021, according…
Paying for services we don’t use: Stranded students enrolled at Aussie varsities
Rahul Gupta, a student from New Delhi enrolled at an Australian university, has paid over ₹18 lakh as his first-year tuition fee but has not even attended a single class on campus since his admission in June last year. He was supposed to be in Brisbane by May last year but then flights were suspended.…
