The in-person return of university students is set to revive life on campus in 2022 and plug a multi-billion dollar hole in the economy.
Crippled for two years by Covid-19, the university student experience is set to roar back in 2022 with the return of O-Week events and international students set to revive life on-campus and plug a multi-billion dollar hole in the economy.
Universities across the state are deep in planning for the in-person return of students from abroad and locally, while the rolling back of federal border restrictions on Wednesday will allow more international students to return to a sector worth $14.6 billion to the NSW economy.
Western Sydney University student Sophie Cornett, who is studying a Master of Research, is one of thousands of students who has had to rely heavily on online learning in recent years.
“I am so looking forward to coming back to campus and seeing my classmates and lecturers face-to-face next year,” she said.
“It will be a great … to see more of each other in person again.”
Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said the first cohort of 266 students from abroad, returned under the NSW International Student Arrivals Pilot Plan earlier this month, would soon be joined by another two chartered flights over the next month.
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“Prior to the pandemic, international education was our largest service export and our second most valuable export overall, worth $14.6 billion to the local economy in 2019,” Mr Ayres said.
“In addition to bringing whole flights of students back to complete their studies, it’s fantastic that all other vaccinated students can also now return by other means, outside of our concentrated efforts he said.
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