Doubts are growing among higher education leaders the Victoria will welcome back international students this year as the state insists on hotel quarantine to handle arrivals, michaelfowler08 reports.
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The situation has left international education leaders, universities and private providers questioning when Victoria will begin to revive what was the state’s biggest sector, with an annual value of $13.7 billion before the coronavirus pandemic. “We are working with the Commonwealth to welcome back international students when it is safe and reasonable to do so,” he said.La Trobe University vice-chancellor John Dewar said while figures such as 250 students a fortnight were modest compared with the tens of thousands wanting to enter or re-enter Australia, reopening a path into Victoria would send a crucial message to the international student community.
Nonetheless, the South Australian government intends to proceed with its plan to fly in its first batch of students by September. Mr Carracher said on Tuesday that the Victorian government had not contacted the 25 operators in the industry group this year.
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