After a summer of tension between agents and schools, companies are now looking for new ways to develop partnerships and address issues.

Australia’s international education sector has been one of the hardest hit by Covid -19, but the hard lessons learned has put the country in a position to be stronger than ever according to industry representatives.

International students opting for a mixture of at-home online and on-campus learning is kindling hopes of wider acceptance for online and TNE qualifications globally, say stakeholders.

While the US higher education community has overcome many of the political and Covid-19 related challenges facing the international education sector, a great deal of  "perceived" barriers remain, experts have warned.

According to commentator Simon Marginson, Australia may take 5-to-10 years to regain its international student market share and mobility in general could take at least 15 months to get back to pre-Covid-19 levels.