International students are unlikely to return to New Zealand this year, according to the country's finance minister Grant Robertson.

Australian universities have been warned they need to scale back expenditures to address the financial impact of lost international student revenue.

Education New Zealand has reallocated NZ$1.2 million of funding to the international education industry to help sectors plan for post-Covid times.

An integrity unit is to be created within TEQSA to protect the interests of students, tackle foreign interference and cheating, and maintain academic integrity.

International students studying in WA contributed AUD$2.1 billion to the economy in 2018/19, according to Study Perth.

Stakeholders have welcomed the Australian federal government's announcement of a pilot program aimed at enabling international students to return, and lessening the fallout from travel restrictions and accusations of racism.

Perth’s international students have come together to support one another through a food program for those in need due to Covid-19.

Educators have condemned a Chinese government travel alert against traveling to Australia to study due to discrimination and racist attacks as "unhelpful" and "cheap politics".