Students flood back to uni campuses

Tens of thousands of students are exploring their university campuses this week, as classes begin to return to face-to-face learning for the first time since the pandemic began.

Alysha Mohd Nizuaisham a second year RMIT Games Design student says she almost gave up & is glad she waited for the borders to open, loving life in Melbourne Source: SBS

Among them are international students, who've been locked out of Australia because of border closures.

Before the pandemic, international education was Australia's largest services export sector, worth $40 billion.

But when borders closed and universities went online, that figure halved to just $22 billion.

It's hoped 2022 is more promising.

Already, 56,000 international students have arrived in the country since borders opened in December .

And another 50,000 have applied for new student visas.

Download the free SBS Radio app to listen live and on-demand or explore podcasts.

https://podfollow.com/sbs-japanese

Visit our Facebook for more Japanese stories and images.