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 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 [...]
Mar 16th, 2010
Website Travel purchases Backpackers World Travel
Website Travel has announced the purchase of Base Tourism Group retail arm Backpackers World Travel for an undisclosed sum (BWT). Under the agreement, Website Travel will acquire the BWT brand along with all 18 retail branches and five ‘implants’, while Base will retain all of its hostel travel desks which will continue to trade as [...]
Mar 8th, 2010
In Havana, a Real Education
This year, almost 100 students from the United States are studying abroad in Cuba. What they’re learning—in classrooms and bread lines—will probably surprise you. Cuba and the United States have a troubled relationship to say the least. The island nation was once a de facto colony of the United States, from its 1898 independence from [...]
Feb 8th, 2010
Students find ways to study abroad despite costs
While some college study abroad programs are suffering from the financial downturn, local students are still finding ways to make their dreams come true of traveling internationally to further their education. Saahil Panikar, 19, of Coral Springs, is going to participate in the Semester At Sea program, which carries a price tag of $28,000 for [...]
Feb 4th, 2010
Australia the top choice for Japanese school excursions
Australia is the number one destination for Japanese school excursions and study tours, according to a report by the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. In the 2007-08 Japanese financial year, 43,669 Japanese students visited Australia, of whom 34,802 arrived for school excursions and 8,867 came for language study tours. After Australia, [...]
Jan 18th, 2010
Number of Asian Students at U.S. Universities Soars
The number of Asian students attending U.S. colleges and universities has constantly increased due to their parents’ enthusiasm about education. Students from Korea, China, India, Japan and Vietnam are studying at prestigious universities on the East Coast and state universities and community colleges elsewhere in the U.S. According to statistics released in November by the [...]
Jan 18th, 2010
GLOBAL: International student security
I want to take up an issue that goes to the heart of higher education, especially research universities, around the world. It is about global mobility, especially the mobility of human subjects. It also highlights the implications of changes in higher education for the larger world: that issue is the human security of international students, [...]
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