Canada’s critical labour shortage has opened major new opportunities for international students seeking off-campus jobs during their tenure in the country.

Before embarking on their international studies, students need to ensure that they obtain sufficient and appropriate insurance cover to protect them in the event of health or other problems experienced abroad. Fortunately, a number of providers are specifically focused on the international education sector, and offer a range of options appropriate to changing student needs, as Jane Vernon Smith reports.

The swift emergence of Monkeypox in at least a dozen nations ranging as far afield as Europe, North America and Australia has caught the attention of international health authorities as the summer travel season shifts into high gear.

Taking a year out to travel and see the world – a ‘Gap Year’ – has become more popular with young people around the globe in recent times. Students might decide to volunteer for a non-profit organisation or work abroad for a while. Travel insurers have adapted to the demand and often offer specific cover for these kinds of trips.

High tuition fees are being blamed for a sharp drop of British students applying to Dutch schools reports Nuffic, a Dutch organization promoting internationalization in education.

Robin Ingle, CEO of Travel Navigator™, Novus Health® and Ingle International, reflects on the disruptions caused to tourism and insurers by Covid, and looks forward to a brighter post-pandemic future with a pent-up demand for travel

The Norwegian government adds to the number of countries offering financial support to Ukrainian, Russian and Belarusian students impacted by the war in Ukraine.

The worldwide initiative to support Ukraine’s students clearly appears to be more than a reaction to a single catastrophic episode, but recognition that we can’t afford to lose a generation of students and scholars wherever they may be located.

Since introduction of Germany’s Skilled Immigration Act in 2020, over 60,000 visas for foreign workers have been issued despite the pandemic-induced border restraints that still linger in parts of the EU and abroad.

The UK is repolishing its brand as “provider of choice” for the world’s cohort of five million students studying in countries other than their own

WHO and WTTC Urge Global Shift Away from Travel Controls

According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), passengers worldwide seem quite willing to share their biometric data (face scans) with border authorities if it means faster travel processing and less time in lengthy queues.

Thanks to advances in risk-rating technologies, it’s now possible to glean more precise and fruitful information from an applicant’s medical records that would normally have been unattainable.

As COVID transmission rates continue to surge in some areas and wane in others, navigating the complexities of international travel requires a good deal of diligence. It’s not going to be easy. But what choice is there?

As the pandemic has taught us, travel cover needs to evolve, expand, become more agile, quicker to respond to moving targets, more responsive to individual needs as well as government mandates, yet still remain accessible to moms and dads taking their kids to the beach.

Navigating choices for an education abroad can be a formidable task. Fitting out the student with appropriate health insurance should be an integral part of the planning.

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