77pc of international students are willing to be quarantined: survey
Three-quarters of prospective international students are willing to be quarantined on arrival, says new survey.
The prospect of being quarantined after arrival in a destination country is not a deterrent for 77 per cent of prospective international students.
An IDP Connect survey conducted in June of 4312 students with current offers to universities in Australia, Canada, Britain, the US and New Zealand also showed almost 90 per cent of those from Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were willing to be quarantined, while the Chinese were less so at 55 per cent.
However, an issue of concern is that Chinese students, who are Australian universities’ largest international student market, made up only 8 per cent of those surveyed, meaning the proportion of students headed for Australia who are comfortable with being quarantined may be significantly less than 77 per cent.
Australia is still closed to international students although universities hope they will be able to return next year.
Two of Australia’s main competitors, Britain and Canada, are already open to international students, and IDP Education chief executive Andrew Barkla warned that this could create a long-term issue for Australia.
“If students are diverted en masse from Australia this year, we could see a generational shift in international student flows away from Australia,” he said.
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