80,000 return to Australia and WA to open border
Up to 6,000 international students are expected to return to Western Australia in the next few weeks, before the border fully reopens on March 3.
Up to 6,000 international students are expected to return to Western Australia in the next few weeks, before the border fully reopens on March 3.
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 studying in WA contributed AUD$2.1 billion to the economy in 2018/19, according to Study Perth.
The action plan detailing how Study Perth will achieve its goal of attracting 100,000 international students has been released.
Perth in Western Australia has launched a new campaign to promote its many attributes as an study destination on the back of rapid growth in international student enrolment in the state. WA believes its tangible benefits such as access to a buoyant jobs market can lead to larger enrolment numbers.