Students in China are heeding their government's warnings against studying in Australia – less than half plan to come back.
Only 40 per cent of students in China who previously intended to study overseas still plan to, while just under 50 per cent of those who had studied overseas plan to return to their study after the borders reopen.
In the questionnaire, we presented interviewees with considerations and asked them to nominate which ones would influence their decision about whether to study in Australia after COVID-19, as well as in other countries. The second group includes students who had never studied abroad before but had registered their intention to in the next three years, including in Australia, before COVID-19.Not many students in either group considered issues such as more expensive air travel, less freedom in China and online lectures as critical factors influencing their decision to study in Australia.
life is more convenient, safe and easier at home and I don’t want to go abroad to endure the hardship as a foreign studentless of a chance of landing a good job with an Australian degree in ChinaThe group of students who hadn’t yet studied in Australia but planned to, considered the following factors as critical:deterioration in Sino-Australia relations
"When the [Chinese] government announced the travel and study warnings, I couldn’t convince my parents that things aren’t that bad in Australia. They listened to the government and believed the ‘official voices’ rather than their own daughter." of Asians or Chinese people being bullied in Australia due to COVID-19. Unfortunately, social media in China often distorts such cases and amplifies the perceptions.
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