On Wednesday 24 March, AEAS held the first webinar in a brand new series of Australian School Professional Development seminars. The seminar series will offer school staff opportunities to hear from expert practitioners on a range of professional development topics to support the recovery of the international school sector in Australia post COVID-19.
32 hours, 45 schools, 25 agents, 300 families and over 1000+ individual meetings - these are just some of the headline statistics from another set of successful AEAS Australian Schools Online Events. Despite Australia’s borders having now been closed for over 12 months, we were very pleased to see families and agents engaging so enthusiastically with our participating schools.
AEAS' Official Course Partner in Sydney, International House (IH), will soon offer school aged international students even more opportunities to prepare to join their Australian schools, when it launches its Primary and High School Preparation Courses at its Melbourne and Gold Coast campuses.
On Wednesday 4 November, AEAS held its second International Education Update Webinar for Australian schools. Over 200 school and industry representatives participated in the webinar, and heard state by state updates on the planning underway to return international students to Australian classrooms for the 2021 school year.
With all Victorian students now back on campus for face to face teaching, we're pleased to advise that AEAS testing has resumed in Melbourne! Test sessions are filling fast, and we are constantly reviewing our schedule and adding extra sessions to meet demand. AEAS testing is conducted in line with strict health and safety protocols.
With the COVID-19 worldwide outbreak now in its ninth month, most countries have been impacted by the virus with governments around the world responding differently to the health and economic impacts they are experiencing. The economic and financial impact upon businesses across the world is now evident. The research community across the world is actively working on the development of vaccines and treatments which will eventually lead to effective containment and management of the virus.
The 2020 QS World University Rankings have just been released, and once again many of Australia’s biggest and best universities feature in the Top 100! Did you know that studying at an Australian high school is one of the best ways for international students to secure a place at these outstanding universities? Each year, thousands of international high school students in Australia apply for and are accepted into our most prestigious universities.
