International students will not be back on campus this year or next

Qual and quant research for the Australian Business Deans Council suggests senior bized staff think COVID-19 has caused a permanent change to what and how they teach.

A new survey reveals,

* the 2020 on-line experience will have an impact on the traditional lecture, with business schools, “looking to develop new models for content delivery that can find the ‘sweet spot’ between cost savings, meeting the needs of students and teaching staff, and providing a ‘COVID-safe’ environment”

* new products, notably short-courses, ‘stackable’ and ‘build your own degree’ programmes

* more distinctive brand and product differentiation

* virtual study tours and internships, curriculum collaboration with overseas institutions and study from home programmes to keep the international market alive.

As to when demand will bounce back, “few faculty believe that international student numbers will return to the historical normal before 2023 at the earliest.”