500 foreign students are in limbo this week with the collapse of Sterling College in Sydney.

After two days of silence from the college and government officials, peak body Australian Council for Private Education and Training, held a meeting to outline their proposal to transfer students to alternative colleges within 28 days.

However, some students are concerned about the feasibility of the plan following reports that the international student industry’s insurance fund is ‘uninsurable’.

Visa extensions, moving interstate and paying an extra fee for enrolment at another college are other alternatives that have some students worried.

2SER’s Biwa Kwan reports.