ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how study abroad in the Indo-Pacific has reshaped Australia’s student mobility and internationalisation landscape, drawing on key themes and findings from the New Colombo Plan research project. It examines the complexities of framing reverse student mobility as a form of decolonisation, emphasising regional engagement, knowledge exchange, enriched experiences, and the interpersonal connections formed by Australian students. As the concluding chapter, it synthesises the study’s core insights into student motivations, the challenges encountered, the broader impacts of mobility to the Indo-Pacific, and emerging tensions. It also presents suggestions drawn directly from the voices of students, alumni, host communities, academics, and professional staff, or based on the challenges they reported. The chapter concludes with recommendations for strengthening Australian student mobility to the Indo-Pacific and improving study-abroad programs more broadly.
