Sector stakeholders have celebrated Australia's decision to extend post-study work rights for targeted courses and to raise the cap on the number of hours that international students are permitted to work.

Universities are setting their sights on Indonesia as a transnational education destination, while agents suggest the outbound market has rebounded after the pandemic. 

The collapse of the Sri Lankan rupee and limits on financial transfers out of the country have left international students without any way to pay university fees and other living costs. 

Australia has announced measures to help the country's international education sector "roar back", the government has said, with more than $37 million pumped in for providers most affected by Covid-19 and an extension for some post-study work rights.

Agents have hailed Australia's reopening plan from December 1 as a "sigh of relief" and say it will help to "put Australia back on the map for international students".

One in five students reconsidered their preferred study destinations as a result of Covid-19 with many turning towards Canada, a survey has found.

Student recruitment agency AECC Global has announced a course search platform as it seeks to gain a stronger foothold in the digital recruitment sector.

AECC Global has announced new offices in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, and a plan to overhaul it’s approach to student recruitment beyond the crisis.