She says universities need to recognise that international students are not immune to financial hardship caused by Covid-19. Stuff’s education reporters spoke to the universities, international students stuck overseas, and those who made it back into the country, about their experiences of Covid-19. – Josephine FranksAuckland University of Technology2019 international students: 53802020 international students: 4950, including 500 studying offshoreAUT would not provide information about how much revenue was generated from international students and what its projected deficit for 2021 was. AUT was tightlipped on just how much it stood to lose from the drop in international student numbers. (File photo)This year Waikato University is expecting about 1200 international students, a decrease from its intake in 2019 of 2339 international students.

Source: Stuff January 22, 2021 16:00 UTC