Feb 8th, 2010
Americans chase internships abroad as a gateway to work
After JPMorgan Chase laid off Adi Clerman as a recruiter in August 2008, the 26-year-old Chicagoan couldn’t find a job — any job. “I was looking and looking for work and interviewing and interviewing, and nothing was coming,” she said. Read full story at Chicago Tribune Share and Enjoy:
Feb 8th, 2010
Intrepid Travel forecasts positive 2010
Intrepid Travel has started the year with a positive surge in business, announcing last week that sales results year-to-date is up nearly 20 percent for the Australian industry compared to a year ago. The adventure travel company said Vietnam was the best-selling destination year to date in terms of passenger numbers by Australian agents. Share [...]
Feb 8th, 2010
UK suspends student visas to curb fraud
The UK suspended student visas from India, Nepal and Bangladesh at the weekend amid heightened concern about illegal immigration from South Asia. Read full story at the Financial Times Share and Enjoy:
Feb 8th, 2010
Only 5% Chinese students pick Taiwan: poll
One in five Taiwanese students picked China as the number one choice for studying-abroad, yet only five in every 100 Chinese students chose Taiwan as the top destination, according to a recent survey. The Reader’s Digest revealed its 2009 survey on the top ten study-abroad countries for cross-strait students — 5 percent of the Chinese [...]
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, [...]
Feb 2nd, 2010
International student numbers up year on year
Latest figures from the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations for the year ending November 2009 have shown a year-on-year 17.7 per cent increase in full fee-paying international students. As of November last year there was a total of 629,618 enrolments and 362,926 commencements with the vocational education and training (VET) sector drawing the [...]
Jan 18th, 2010
Latest Work Experience Travel Market and IAPA AC newsletter
Read the latest newsletter here from the Work Experience Travel Market and IAPA Annual Conference taking place 17-19th March 2010 in Miami, USA. Find out which cultural exchange organisations are attending and how you can register Go to newsletter Share and Enjoy:
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
UK education overtaken by other countries
UK education overtaken by other countries Britain has slumped to the bottom of international education tables, according to a new study. The University and College Union (UCU) analysed the percentage of young people in education across 28 countries, according to data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The latest available figures, from 2007, [...]
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