Australia has recognised China's Sinovac and India's Covishield as vaccines for travellers arriving in the country, while the prime minister has said that borders will open from November, beginning with Australians.

UK education stakeholders are seeking to clarify rules for incoming students from India, after the British government added India's Covishield program to its approved vaccines for travel.

The Canadian English language school will require a Covid vaccine passport from students and staff at its campuses in Toronto and Vancouver.

International students coming to the US this fall are facing a confusing picture around vaccine mandates, with some needing additional jabs.

International students are "willing to do all they can" to study on campuses this year, including quarantining on arrival, complying with vaccination requirements and beginning studies online if they can later transfer to in-person class, IDP Connect research has suggested.

More than half of international students believe institutions should require vaccine passports for students to be allowed onto campus, a QS survey has found.

Some higher education institutions in Canada are mandating vaccinations on campus but other parts of the education sector are leaving the decision to students.

Students and agents in India are awaiting vaccine clarifications in popular study destinations, particularly around the Covaxin and Sputnik V vaccines.