Malaysia will re-open its border to international travellers on April 1, marking an "exit strategy to allow us all to return back to an almost normal life after nearly two years fighting Covid-19", prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has said.

UK education providers are introducing support measures and reimbursing students required to quarantine on arrival in the country, following a change in travel measures brought in by the UK government as a response to the Omicron variant of Covid-19.

NSW has said that returning students will not be required to quarantine if they are fully inoculated with a TGA recognised vaccine.

The state of Queensland in Australia is planning to return 250 international students every two weeks from January, in time for semester 1, the state's tourism minister has revealed.

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.

An estimated 13,000 international students who do not already hold residence permits for Taiwan could be permitted to enter the country, government has suggested.

UUKi has said it is confident that the UK government will be able to provide enough quarantine hotel places for international students.

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.