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by Matthew Knott, News Editor
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More industry data reveals
pandemic impact
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number of data reports have lost jobs as a result of the pandemic, by 50.4 per cent to 37,365 students
shown the impact of Covid-19 and warned that the end of Australia’s in 2020, the lowest total since 1990,
A on student recruitment, study JobKeeper scheme may lead to more according to the annual Open Doors
location, revenue and staffing. losses. Full story at: bit.ly/3rw8AsL survey of 362 IEPs by the Institute of
Australia’s English language peak Meanwhile, just 25,523 International Education www.iie.org.
body English Australia (EA) www. international students remained in China remained the largest source
englishaustralia.com.au released New Zealand with a student visa at the country with 9,136 students, a 47.1
its National ELICOS Annual Market end of April 2021, according to data per cent decrease, followed by Saudi
Report for 2020 showing a 47 per released by Education New Zealand Arabia, which registered the smallest
cent decrease in students compared https://enz.govt.nz. The country decrease year-on-year amongst the
with the previous year to 90,130. The hosted 131,609 visa students in 2016. top 10 countries at -35.6 per cent.
estimated value of the sector dropped And a record 5,729 tertiary students Two-thirds of IEPs surveyed cited
by 53.2 per cent to AUS$1.1 billion. studied offshore in 2020, an increase budget cuts, laying off/furloughing
Brett Blacker, CEO, explained to of 145 per cent compared with the teaching staff and combined class-
ST Magazine that a strong start to previous year. room levels, while 47 per cent restruc-
the year prior to lockdown and the ENZ also surveyed agents and said tured programmes. bit.ly/2UI7ez9
recruitment/re-enrolment of students many “reported that it was distress- And the number of students sent
already onshore meant that decreases ing and difficult to keep prospective overseas by Japanese agency asso-
were lower than some ELT markets. students motivated” when there was ciation JAOS www.jaos.or.jp decreased
China remained the top source little certainty around travel. They by 76 per cent to 18,374 students
country in 2020, despite a 48 per cent requested regular communication in 2020, but the association said
decrease to 18,830 students, while from the government. bit.ly/3zqKouz members are encouraged by enquiries
Colombia became the second-largest In the USA, students at Intensive from students keen to travel when the
with 10,772 students - a decrease of English Programs (IEPs) decreased pandemic settles. bit.ly/3kOcVX4
only 25 per cent. Japan (-60), Brazil
(-48) and Korea (-53) completed the
top five. More at: bit.ly/3rtU8RW
However, an EA survey on the first
quarter of 2021 shows a more dramatic
student decrease of 73.4 per cent,
compared with the first three months
of 2020, and that 47 per cent of stu-
dents were studying outside Australia.
EA also found that 22 per cent of
employees at member schools have

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