Health
Universities plead for September lifeline to trial international student scheme – Sydney Morning Herald
The rise in COVID-19 infections and pressure on NSW quarantine resources for repatriating Australians has put on hold a university pilot program to return international students.
“We already missed this intake starting in a couple of weeks if we don’t get a pilot up, tested and make sure we have a system that works in September or October, that is going to cost billions of dollars in income to the sector and billions to the state.”
The Victorian COVID-19 resurgence has thrown universities plans into disarray, with pilot schemes put on hold and the federal government insisting the reopening of internal state and territory borders is a precondition for the safe corridor program going ahead. States still had some discretion but NSW was now worried about the Victorian crisis and focused on the repatriation of Australian citizens.
Nicole Brigg, pro vice-chancellor international at Macquarie University, said it was vital to show prospective students Australia was a safe destination. She called on national authorities to reconsider the pilot schemes if the Victorian lockdown was successful in containing the outbreak.
“Some time in September
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