Fewer S'pore students applying for visas to Britain and Australia

Traditional destinations' declining popularity reflects instability of Covid-19 situation there

Ms Dawn Tan with a wax sculpture of a samurai in Japan. She had rushed back to the country to finish her studies in February last year, and now works as a game planner in Tokyo, having completed her master's degree in intercultural studies at Kobe Un
The Yale-NUS College campus in 2017. With many international students left stranded when university accommodations in the US and Britain closed last year, Singapore's universities opened up more places to accommodate such students. ST FILE PHOTO
Ms Dawn Tan with a wax sculpture of a samurai in Japan. She had rushed back to the country to finish her studies in February last year, and now works as a game planner in Tokyo, having completed her master's degree in intercultural studies at Kobe Un
Ms Dawn Tan with a wax sculpture of a samurai in Japan. She had rushed back to the country to finish her studies in February last year, and now works as a game planner in Tokyo, having completed her master's degree in intercultural studies at Kobe University. PHOTO: COURTESY OF DAWN TAN
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Apr 18, 2021, 10:54 AM
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Apr 18, 2021, 05:00 AM
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For Singaporean students studying in overseas universities, the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic last year meant they had to cut short their experience of life abroad.

As infection rates skyrocketed and international borders began to close, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released an advisory on March 17 last year encouraging Singaporean students to come home.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on April 18, 2021, with the headline Fewer S'pore students applying for visas to Britain and Australia. Subscribe

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