Almost 40% of universities in South Korea have agreed to partial tuition fee refunds after student unions lobbied the government and started legal action.

Immersive language education will need reforming and ring-fencing according to providers and agents, in order to ensure the longterm viability of the sector.

University Canada West is providing each student self-isolating in a hotel with a $650 voucher to help offset the cost of self-isolating away from home for two weeks.

International students are waiting to find out if they will be able to remain in Sweden, as Covid-19 measures could affect their right to a residence permit. 

International students enrolled at colleges in South Korea for the fall semester are being urged to stay in their home countries and study online. 

Languages Canada has proposed an initiative to bring 40,000 students into the country to learn languages, while a report details a decline in enrolment in 2019.

Several Hong Kong universities have launched schemes so that local students unable to go abroad can study with them and later transfer overseas.

International students in the UK whose visas are due to run out by July 31 will be given a one month “grace period” for them to organise travel.