On February 1 2020, Australian Prime Minister Morrison announced that passengers flying from China to Australia were prohibited from entering the country, except Australian citizens, permanent residents, their immediate family members and crew members. As most Australian universities will start to welcome new students on February 10.
Day (adaptive courses), the ban caused more than 6,543,800 China students to fail to return to school normally.
In order to cope with the problem that students can't return to school on time, many colleges and universities choose to move their courses online and arrange some special courses. In addition, due to the suspension of the current language test and the closure of some national visa centers, many students who enter school in autumn are also concerned about whether they can enter school on time, and many overseas institutions say that the impact is not great.
Source of supporting information sent by Australian universities: official Weibo of embassies and consulates in China, Australia.
More than 654.38 million Australian students are unable to return home.
According to the data released by Australian Federal Minister of Education Dan Tehan, there are 189000 China students in Australian higher education, of which 44% are at home and 56% are abroad. This also means that more than 654.38+million overseas students in China can't go back to Australia for classes, but almost all overseas students outside the United States and Australia go back to school.
Guan Guan, a graduate tutor of Palm Avenue, an online study abroad consulting agency, told the reporter of International Finance News that the epidemic had little impact on most Australian students, mainly affecting some students who started school in spring and returned to China for the New Year.
It is reported that after the Australian government announced the ban on entry, many international students who arrived in Australia were repatriated on the spot, and some students who boarded the plane to Australia were detained on the spot and banned from boarding. Many students who stayed in Australia had their planes cancelled.
Wang Ben (pseudonym), who is studying at Griffith University in Australia, is one of the international students who can't go back to school. She told the reporter of International Finance News that she had bought a plane ticket to Australia on February 4, but after the ban was introduced, the planned flight was stopped and she could not go back to class.
Not only that, because of Wang Ben's excellent performance, Griffith University also gave her a one-year scholarship of 15000 Australian dollars. "If I can't go back, then my scholarship may be gone." In the interview, Wang Ben was a little sad, because this scholarship is almost her living expenses for one year, which is particularly important to her.
However, according to Australian official documents, immigrants can enter Australia if they stay outside Chinese mainland for 14 days and have no symptoms such as fever. Therefore, Li Jiao, a student at the University of Melbourne in Australia, is one of the lucky few. He didn't return home this holiday, but was reunited with his family in Thailand, so according to the regulations, he can enter Australia and return to school on time.
He also told the reporter of International Finance News that many of his classmates now plan to go to some countries that have not been closed, such as Thailand, South Korea, Japan and other countries, and then fly back to Australia in 14 days in order to return to school on time.
Multi-schools offer online courses.
According to the reporter of International Finance News, in response to the epidemic, many universities in Australia have introduced relevant measures to solve the problem of "entry difficulties" and try their best to ensure that overseas students participate in school courses.
Take the University of Queensland in Australia as an example. On February 7th, the school officially announced six measures to solve the problem that China students can't return to school on time, including "delaying the payment of tuition fees", "offering online courses", "refunding tuition fees if they are dissatisfied" and "arranging social activities for China students separately".
Wang Wen (pseudonym), a student at the University of Queensland, told the reporter that she thought this arrangement was very good, at least to ensure that she would not leave the course now, and from the course arrangement of one semester, the online teaching around her actually had little impact on her studies.
In fact, affected by the epidemic, schools in many countries and regions have adopted online teaching mode.
Cheng Zi (pseudonym), a student of the Royal University of Chiang Rai, Thailand, told the reporter of International Finance News that due to the epidemic, the school has suspended face-to-face courses for two weeks and changed all to online teaching mode. Cheng Zixiao said, "This time we also watched the live class like the third party in China."
However, Wang Ben, who is studying in Griffith, told the reporter that there are no such arrangements in her school at present, and even if the school offers an "online course", it is not applicable to her current major, because her course contains many experimental courses, which need to be completed in the laboratory. For her, what she hopes most now is that the Australian government will lift the ban as soon as possible and the school will postpone the start of school so that she can attend classes on time.
Admission in autumn has little effect.
For students who want to go abroad in February this fall, it is the last stage of online application, and it is time to start preparing materials for studying abroad. At present, the language test is suspended and the multinational visa center is closed, which worries many students who enter school in autumn.
Guan told reporters that in order not to affect students' enrollment, all teachers on Palm Avenue are working from home. In addition, in order to ensure the safety of employees, the company also sent masks and goggles to employees' homes in Hubei.
But at the same time, Guan also reminded those students who entered school in autumn but failed in the language test that they need to hurry up. Because of the epidemic, the IELTS test in February was cancelled, and there were only some test places in March, so time was already tight.
Gloria (a pseudonym), a study consultant of the New Oriental Study Abroad Department, an educational institution, told the reporter of International Finance News that the impact of this year's epidemic may dampen students' enthusiasm for studying abroad, but overall, the impact should be small. During the epidemic, students who can't go out need to actively cooperate with teachers to complete the preparation of materials, and teachers also work actively at home to ensure that students can enter school on time this fall.
Jason, a study abroad teacher of Yujiao International, an intermediary agency for studying abroad, also told the reporter of International Finance News that the entry control adopted by various countries due to the sudden epidemic is temporary, and the normal enrollment this autumn will not be affected based on the national control of the epidemic. Submit school applications, apply for visas, arrange airport pick-up and accommodation, etc. Can be carried out normally.