Jun 28th, 2010
New Role of Chinese College Entrance Exam
Silence. That was the first sign of something unusual at the prestigious Shanghai No 54 Middle School last Monday morning. No assembly in the sports field, no Chinese national anthem over the loudspeakers, no usual morning exercises to limber up young bodies and minds. Instead, at this school and at thousands of schools across China, [...]
Jun 28th, 2010
Carlyle Group sells Wall Street Institute Schools in China to Pearson
US-based private equity firm, The Carlyle Group, has sold the Wall Street Institute (WSI) chain’s China operation to Pearson in a deal worth US$145 million. Under the deal, the UK education and publishing company takes control of 39 schools operating under the Wall Street English brand name, which last year enrolled more than 35,000 students. [...]
Jun 14th, 2010
Universities In US Can Give British Graduates Better Resources, More Choice
Last year, some 2,500 students packed their bags to take their postgraduate degrees in the United States. It was a record for Britons going to North America, with student numbers increasing 4 per cent on the previous year. Such statistics leave prospective postgraduates at home scratching their heads with two questions: what’s so special about [...]
Jun 4th, 2010
Saudi Arabia to Overhaul Education System with eLearning Solutions
Saudi Arabia is undertaking massive initiatives to overhaul its education system, following the announcement of its historic 2010 education budget of SR137 billion ($36.5 billion) earlier this year, said an expert. The program to revamp the existing academic structure is part of a 25-year strategy to develop the higher education system in Saudi Arabia, with [...]
Jun 3rd, 2010
New Visa Regulations Threaten Overseas Student Enrolment in Australia
Australia’s international education sector can lose up to 2 billion dollars in revenues as overseas student enrolments are expected to fall by over 20 % following new visa changes and rising competition from North America and Britain. The country’s international student recruiter IDP chief executive Tony Pollock claimed that changes to visa rules and priority skills [...]
Jun 3rd, 2010
Rising Tuition in Hong Kong Keeps Beijing Students Away
High-school teenagers and their parents in Beijing are showing less passion about universities in Hong Kong because of the high cost, although the universities will offer some scholarships. “We received 4,000 mainland students applications in 2009, but in the years before, we received more than 10,000 applications,” said Laura Lo, director of Chinese Mainland Affairs [...]
May 25th, 2010
First Lady Encourages Young People to Go Global
Michelle Obama recently spoke at the commencement ceremony for George Washington University’s class of 2010. She applauded those who “have volunteered and applied to organizations like Teach for America and the Peace Corps in record numbers.” The First Lady highlighted the benefits of international education and volunteer abroad programs, urging all young people to take [...]
May 20th, 2010
100 College Leaders To Be Trained Overseas In 2010
China will start a program this year to send 100 college leaders overseas to receive short term training in foreign countries including Japan, the US, England and Australia, the Beijing News reported Tuesday. The program, initiated by China’s Ministry of Education and State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, aims to let Chinese college leaders learn [...]
May 10th, 2010
University of Cambridge to Study English Language Learning with EF Education First
EF Education First, the world leader in international education, has unveiled the EF Research Unit at the University of Cambridge’s Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics. With this research unit, EF has become the first education company in the world to partner with the University of Cambridge to examine the factors that lead to [...]
Apr 26th, 2010
Education agents in the USA
At a Hunan restaurant in Flushing, Queens, members of the newly formed Chinese Returnees International (CRI) suck on spicy spare ribs and quaff green tea. They’ve come for camaraderie and conversation–but they also have loftier goals. “Our primary concern is to make an easier road for overseas Chinese students who want to go back to [...]
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