Australia could lose a third of Chinese international students if travel ban continues, survey finds

Nearly a third of Australia's international students stuck in China because of the Federal Government's coronavirus travel ban are considering study in another country, a survey has found.comes after Prime Minister Scott Morrison extended the ban on Chinese visitors for another weekIt found 32 per cent of more than 16,000 students surveyed said they would enrol in another country if they could not be in Australia for the first semester of 2020.

There are about 100,000 Chinese students who were planning to study at Australian universities stuck in their home country, with classes set to start later this month.Group of Eight chief executive Vicki Thomson told SBS News the survey was"a real signal of concern ... that these students will go elsewhere".Ms Thomson noted that Australia's two major competitors in the higher education industry - the UK and Canada - did not have travel bans in place.

She said her organisation was in touch with the government on a daily basis and understood it was working"in the best interests of Australians". Deputy Vice-Chancellor Geoff Crisp said the advice to defer studies was to ensure students have the"best possible learning experience and academic outcomes".

Good riddance to them! It's high time our universities started looking after our own, and concentrated on academia, as opposed to $$$

probably world economy will be shaken.

Come on! SBS seem like keep on emphasize that without China, everything in OZ will be finished. Why we put all eggs in one basket? We should plan our Australian economic growth in different ways.

So the mainlanders who silenced professors for teaching the truth about China and bullied HKers on campus last fall can't go back to school...

'A survey' Bullshit. Many are going to another country to avoid the ban of Chinese people coming to Australia from mainland China. They've already paid... they are half way through etc.

Hope that people who are commenting that 'it just gives Australians a spot in universities' realize that they are also calling out their dumb kids who aren't smart enough to make the cut.

Fantastic news.

Maybe stop using students as cash cows? Includes overseas professionals such as OB/Gyn DRs that you will not allow to practice here despite getting their degree at UCLondon & 13 years experience in London; unless they pay $$ to sit exams over again! All about money in Oz.

Trust me. There’s no any other place better than Australia for education. They will come back. And I can assure you, they will be back very very soon.

So what! Those commies should stay in China for they support commies anyway

3 flights daily from Shanghai to Sydney alone. The ban is actually China government not issuing visas to let them out if they can get out of their living compounds first

Actually Chinese students are just going to other countries with no travel n a n for 2 to 3 weeks. Then they can fly here thus circumventing the virus protection ban .

Good Extend the ban! Imagine how much it would cost us if it took hold here Fuck the universities Every industry has to deal with issues because of this No Australians should be put at risk - ever - to placate a public sector

Good! Other countries won't let them use it as a way to gain backdoor access to illegal work. And it would open up university positions to Aussies. The Chinese students won't be missed...Except by the few who were financially benefiting from them being here.

With the atrocious underfunding of our universities the loss of international student income will have dire consequences for Australian students too.

Good

Reality check ... borders closed in 52 countries ... students just need to study in China ... oh but wait that does not get them a student ticket to residence outside China!!

That's what you get for relying on taking advantage of Chinese students 🤷

Good, more places for our own

Diversification away from dependence on Anything related to the ccp is only going to be a good thing

Damn! We might have to have a university system instead of a profit factory

the education system in Australia is all about the money...when International student stop coming here to study, this country will be left with a second rate education system

Why is thisd discussion even been had? Australian safety comes first Typical Greeedy business

Early days yet.

Awesome!!!

My university, and indeed most others, turning itself inside out to support our students stuck in China. Of course, there is the slight challenge of all the firewalls etc. Really hard to deliver content when students can't actually see it.

WuhanVirus ChinaVirusHide they should ask China communist why hide the truth and spread the virus to the world. They are uncivilized

bye bye Felicia

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Oh dear, think of those poor investors....

Do we really care about this ?

sbshatetheflaglovethebenefits

Good riddance!

Good luck finding tertiary level high quality education in a country not banning travel from China

UnQuietAust I have no problem with that. Frees up more places for domestic students.

Like they’ll be welcome anywhere else they want to go. The global response to the outbreak is similar everywhere. Our government’s response has been comparatively slow & conservative. As to “considering another country” I’m “considering” wining Saturday lotto, wish me luck.

I wish them well in finding new a University to study at for this semester. I'm pretty sure there are immigration bans in most of the countries they could consider.

So students half way through degrees or a semester away from graduation will throw it all away?! 😂 A lobby group commissioning a stacked poll, gee who could have predicted the outcome. And they'll spend more on admission and new visas good luck. They ain't going anywhere.

After the bushfires and now this, all we need for a total collapse of the Australian economy is for people to stop playing the pokes and give up smoking. What an oddball bag of tricks this government relies on to prop up the corporate tax evaders/avoiders and ongoing rorts

JrehnJ Good then universities can get back to being educators not property developers

Heaven forbid that Australian universities should focus on educating Australians for a better future for Australia, right?

That is a lot of $$ to lose

Not just Australia, German music schools are rescheduling auditions till May in the hope that the virus situation will once again permit travel.

BS

Which countries are a) attractive study locations, and, b) allowing visitors from China?

Good-o not enough Australians going to Uni due to lack of places. A very sad state of affairs that a major export is our own Uni places. Shame we do t manufacture anything anymore - that’s going to bite very soon with the close down of China.

Australia has a long history of holding itself aloof from Asia's 'dirty yellow hordes'. One day they will wake up and return the compliment

'Australia's two major competitors in the higher education industry - the UK and Canada - did not have travel bans in place.' Why don't we hear this from 'our' ABCaustralia ? Aust, Philippines, US, Singapore - a collection of tuppeny-hapenny autocracies: birds of a feather

Slowclap to the Australian government for damaging our third largest export. auspol

This is like a racist Reddit thread FFS

There goes the revenue.

Uni hasn't even started yet and doesn't for almost a month.

they should be given the option of going to Christmas Island for quarantine, my uni (which has a lot of Chinese students) starts in 2 weeks so if they sort the logistics out quick enough they can still study this semester.

Good! Great news..

These students cannot study online for a few months? Would that be so inconvenient for them considering the amount of time they spend on their smart phones? auspol coronavirus CoronavirusOutbreak ScottMorrisonMP AlboMP PaulineHansonOz

Other countries also have similar rules. 7NewsAustralia

Good to stop the infiltration from ccp and reduce the dependence on China.

Good That opens up places for Australian students.

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