Is called spectrum if you would like any information on the crown of virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast so you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at. Slash science. The University Experience a time to broaden the mind and forge lifelong friendships at least it was the pandemic has emptied lecture halls Close Encounters replaced by physical distancing. To students in hard hit countries studying abroad can be an opportunity and a challenge. Higher education in the time of corona what next for generation lockdown. Many. Of kids study abroad every year its the best way of building a Global Network before graduating but applications of polling for the u. S. Canada and the u. K. Germany is rising in popularity well find out why in a moment 1st the challenges foreign students facing here. German campuses would be teeming with life at this time of the year but covered 19 has pushed back the start of the semester for several universities to november and thats hit foreign students hard. I was supposed to go back in the last day of this month but my flight will console irish adelaide already but im pretty sure its going to get counsel again so my only option is to take arbitration flight home but a lot of students from abroad stuck here far from home and their families. I also have something to do back in my country and its what koran is not allowing me to right now as my studies for example finish my budget lore and get in time today university to start. The Free University of berlin is one of germanys most popular universities for foreign students and yet theres hardly anyone on this compass today most of us students are staying at home afraid of what the coronavirus might do to their studies and their lives and a lot of them are why read about their finances. While they are no 2 wishing fees at public german universities Living Expenses amount to an average of 867 year olds a month. Students spend around 330. 00 euros on rent but the cost is much higher in big cities. Thats why 3 out of 4 foreign students work part time to support themselves. I applied to make a lot of number of companies but theyre not even big interview thread so i just got the interview call from navan like 3 months so its a pretty bad situation and im so jobs that were to divvy on she says he still plans to stay in germany despite financial constraints. And you can do with the media about anything like that before that and do some other courses along with it so i mean its not a rush but ultimately i will have to finance my. You know get a full time job to support myself. But many businesses arent hiring they are struggling to keep themselves afloat but that doesnt mean giving up the still networking and learning the language both cheek for a career here for also interested in a good and its still the same advice to foreign students the main ways of getting in contact with germans are through hobbies and jobs would improve University Sports are back on. You can meet outside playing Musical Instruments is allowed. There are lots of opportunities for isolated foreign students to come out of social isolation. The best advice is to make the most of the time especially with fewer distractions right now. Going to jail is proving to be a winner for universities that are trying to encourage students to enroll despite the difficulties of this crisis we spoke to Vice President of the ins Technical University and heres what she had to say. We have a lot lots of International Students some of it is here some or all of it all around the world trying to participate in or in our online forum at the course there has been a lot of insecurities about whether they can join us in the fall in the in in berlin of i know they have to stay at home some of them some of them thats a great opportunity to stay at home and still participate in our Study Programs for others its of course very disappointing to not be able to come to billin and enjoy their city life and to meet other students so its its been quite a challenge but we also have noted richard has been really interesting that the number of applicants who are the fall has risen by 30 percent we cant really say well why theres such a great interest but i would think that the way germany handled them independent m. E. With the sort of it was a very positive classes for at least thats not how it was portrayed internationally and a lot of students have told us that you know instead of applying to the universities in the u. S. Especially with the insecurities about them you say shoes people could if you are students are to apply to german universities definitely. And michel hans joins us now from the German Academic Exchange service. Foreign students are looking to germany to its handling of this crisis. I mean very much so i mean we have seen the constant rise over the past decade you know from about one 199002 now more than 300000 International University is when i remember 4 countries so im not surprised this times of crisis in and that makes you know looking towards germany because there is this general tendency in the country has and the crisis well so far ive also been told theres more interest in Tech Health Science and engineering especially among women due to the pandemic can you tell us more about that. As of now we dont have. That yet but i mean all the responses we get from. The colleagues in our wall i office is they say this and theres a lot of interest in Health Studies you know in actually. You know solving some of the pressing issues of our time and so from that yes i see that there is this and is it also as well what about the other way around germans studying abroad i know they love to add a lot of the look to my home country australia for example where is this crisis put them. Well this is quite interesting because it does not seem to prevent you know an interest in going abroad and i think we have seen an enormous. Writers of Digital Media online teaching which is very very good and has a lot of commitment you know universities and professors on those fronts but i mean its very important still for young people to old you know theres the personality aspect to it nessa growth factor and i think that people want to go abroad they want the feeling and we are seeing the tendency that people still want to go abroad and you know actually feel that the cultural learning as well just briefly will the pandemic have a Lasting Impact on education and Exchange Programs i think so im quite possibly we will see that some of the digital phones will prevail and compliment as a commodity in the future but as i said before theres a lot more to the physical exchange the learning you know getting to know a cultures so i think yes some of the digital progress that we have seen that will prevail there will always be the lead in the city for physical Exchange Programs in the future and thats one aspect i want to emphasize the meaning and significance of International Cooperation has been shown its rove passed through months i mean its very important still for research and for students alike to Work TogetherInternational Cooperation could point them Michelle Hommes from the German Academic ExchangeService Thanks for being on the show. Thank you very much. Time to head over to our science correspondent Eric Williams hes going to answers to some of the questions youve been sending us on the coronavirus. How different his son to to other viruses that infect us for example to people who catch influenza sometimes have no symptoms yes although asymptomatic is a is a pretty squishy the term weve known for decades that people who dont report flu symptoms can test positive as carriers for the bug and older estimates usually put the number of asymptomatic carriers for flu at around 50 percent much cited british study from 2014 however determined an even larger number of people infected with influenza never develop symptoms 77 percent to be exact now if thats correct it means not even one in 4 people who catch the flu will ever show any signs of it one way or the other even if the estimates dont all agree theres plenty of evidence showing that its quite common for us to catch a range of other viruses and show no signs of illness and theres also broad agreement that those asymptomatic carriers are likely contributing significantly to the spread of those diseases. Finally weve heard about the challenges of Long Distance learning what about Long Distance love travel bans of separated couples all over the world lovers have been lobbying on to hash tags like love is essential and love is not tourism now after an agonizing wait on german brazilian couple has been reunited. This is the moment theyve been waiting for after 6 months and 19 days of partially filled out mail and renata out days have finally been reunited and no mosque in the world could curtail their to lice. So how far from the gulf it is just an incredible feelings and im going to see my darling again after 6 and a half months its just amazing what a long it was a long time and we fought hard for this moment and now its finally here is the couple the separation in january when renato returned to her home country of brazil slowly and had been due to visit in march but his plans were thwarted by travel restrictions if theyd been a married couple theyd have been allowed to see each other sooner but now finally their time has come and after a quick test at the airports were not talking filmy on are ready to prove the true love really does know no borders. Love to catch up on ive been fizzling see you again very certain your own to deal with. A country in the country mixed shadow. Spains difficult times to a new norm. Total marks down. To the 1st easing of restrictions then the return of tourists and all of the consequences. Spains fight with a colon a virus comes up. Next on d w. Border. 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