Australia’s English language providers “face extinction” in 2021 unless they are given additional government support and international students start returning to the country "at scale", a peak body has cautioned.
The Australian government has pledged $231.6 million to "ramp up" domestic marketing activities to encourage Australians to travel again.
ELT providers can harness the positives from Covid-19 and use them to reinvent what and how they deliver, according to speakers at the English Australia 2020 virtual conference.
The number of students commencing courses with Australian ELICOS providers dropped to 2013-14 levels in June 2020, an English Australia analysis has shown.
Immersive language education will need reforming and ring-fencing according to providers and agents, in order to ensure the longterm viability of the sector.
Education providers need to develop a "proper solution" for delivering English language programs urgently, the founder of E2Language has warned.
Australia's Dept of Education, Skills and Employment has released a report on students who studied ELICOS as part of a study pathway, with figures showing mixed results for 2019.
ILSC Education Group is set to open a brand-new campus in Adelaide, one of the world's "most liveable cities", in South Australia in December.
