NSW's most senior public servant says the state is in the prime position to be the first pick of international students because of its success in controlling the coronavirus pandemic | LisaVisentin AlexSmithSMH
The state's most senior public servant says NSW is in the prime position to leapfrog America and the United Kingdom as the first choice of international students because of its success in controlling the coronavirus pandemic.
“We certainly have strong ambitions to have international students back with us in a far larger sense, sooner than probably people wanted," he said on Tuesday. "There’s a massive window of opportunity right now to look at new forms of offerings, [and] new students who let’s face it would go to places like the United States and the United Kingdom and then consider us after that," he said.allow international students to return to campusesEndorsing the view stated by Premier Gladys Berejiklian last month, Mr Reardon said the 14 day quarantine process for returning Australians could also be used to get international students back.
Ms Berejiklian said on Tuesday the state still had "a few hundred active cases" of COVID-19 but was edging closer to "normality" and the government was planning for more restrictions to be eased "imminently". There were two new cases in the state in the 24 hours to 4pm Tuesday.
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