The University of Melbourne’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor International Professor Michael Wesley says around “tens of thousands of students across Australia” will be affected by the Chinese government's decision to ban online study.
University of Melbourne Dept Vice-Chancellor INTL prof Michael Wesley says around “tens of thousands of students across Australia” will be affected by the Chinese government’s decision to ban online study.
“In particular we’re looking at students who are in their last year or their last semester of study,” he told Sky News Australia.“A lot of them would be thinking about the unfairness of having to come all the way to Australia to pay the airfare and all the accommodation costs to do one or two subjects to complete their degrees.
“We’re certainly hoping that there will be a little bit of flexibility on the part of the Chinese government to accommodate students.”
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