APSAA in the news: https://t.co/Ywm6Xn5yYL

Their support will allow us to continue our important advocacy work and PD opportunities. Groundfloor provides a no-touch process for delivery and collection of parcel deliveries, equipment, keys, linen, and much more. Visit https://t.co/cGzjBr9Ofq for more information.

We’re delighted @GF_delivery parcel lockers joins us as an Industry Partner and Affiliate Member, and congratulate the team on recently winning Most Innovative Scale Up Proptech in the Property & Facilities Management category for their smart parcel locker and mailroom solutions.

We're proud to feature in the June edition of @APSAA_APSAA Student Accommodation Journal. Our Temporary Crisis Accommodation Scheme supported more than 6,500 international students during the COVID-19 pandemic. APSAA members can read the June edition:

Join us for our next webinar to hear from residents about their experience of living in student accommodation during COVID. We will explore how student support mechanisms and engagement activities made our students feel safe, sound, and at home. Register: https://t.co/MQ7KHNibcw

🌞 Our new 624-bed student accommodation building, the La Trobe Apartments, have taken out an Architecture Award in the ‘Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing’ category of the Victorian Chapter of the @AusINSArchitect Awards.

For more information, or a demonstration on how Western Union can assist your organisation and residents, contact Mark Woolf, Education Industry Specialist, via email: mark.woolf@wu.com , or visit their website: https://t.co/6aVko9reMs

Western Union Business Solution’s GlobalPay for Students platform enables student accommodation providers to improve their international student experience by offering fast, easy and affordable ways for international residents to pay application fees, security deposits and rent.

We’re delighted to announce that @WesternUnion has joined APSAA as an Industry Partner and Affiliate Member. This partnership will support our work with the Student Accommodation Industry, enabling us to continue our PD offering to members and our advocacy work across the region.

We're excited to announce a new resource for our members: APSAA Streaming. Combining over 45 hours of PD video content created exclusively for student accommodation professionals. More:

Look on with envy. Canadian unis will soon be bringing in international students without quarantine. As long as they’ve been vaxxed. See the blog. https://t.co/dMzMiK8TmK

We're holding a free webinar for members on Thursday. Jodie Lawer from University of Wollongong will be sharing tips on pitching and presenting a conference paper (submissions for our 2021 conference are now open!). Bookings and more info: https://t.co/DXiqntNS5J

Positive news out of SA over the weekend: https://t.co/DMUmOXLR9g

Following our recent AGM, APSAA is pleased to announce an update on our Board:

Thanks to all who attended our PD webinar on consent and violence against women yesterday, presented by Adair Donaldson. It was a highly valuable session, and members in attendance gained great insight these important issues.

APSAA Board member Tomas Johnsson recently spoke with Sky News Australia about the NSW Government's plan to re-introduce international students via a for-purpose quarantine program. Watch:

Join us this Thursday for a highly informative webinar on these important issues, presented by Adair Donaldson. The event is free for APSAA members. Registrations essential, via https://t.co/UKpF5YhNX6.

Welcome news out of NSW. APSAA members have been involved in the EOI process for this pilot program, and we hope other states will follow this pro-active approach in the coming months. https://t.co/sXhnAWaFg6

So NSW will now be the first state to bring our very patient students back to study in Australia! Finally, we have a serious plan involving g good numbers of returning students! They will show other state governments that it can be done safely and in a welcoming manner.

Australia’s biggest state has reportedly vowed to defy Canberra and allow foreign students to return almost immediately, amid bickering among Australian jurisdictions over the continuing border closures’ chilling effects on international education.