Aug 18th, 2010
China Passes Japan as Second-Largest Economy
China is the right place, right now, for the global tourism industry – precisely why the World Youth & Student Travel Conference is coming to Beijing this October. After three decades of spectacular growth, China passed Japan in the second quarter to become the world’s second-largest economy behind the United States, according to government figures [...]
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 [...]
Apr 13th, 2010
Indian student wants more educational exchange with China
China and India have seen many educational exchanges in recent years, and it will be better if more scholarship and cooperation projects are open to Indian students, said an Indian student at the India-China Development Forum in Beijing on Tuesday.
Feb 15th, 2010
US: Tighter visa restrictions but students still enrol
In spite of tightened security and controls governing the issuing of student visas, no significant change has occurred in the percentage of foreign students enrolled at US colleges and universities since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. Indeed, the proportion – as a percentage of total US higher education enrolment figures – has remained [...]
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
Jun 2nd, 2009
Canada wooing more Indian students
Following ‘racial’ attacks on Indian students in Australia, Canada is making concerted efforts to attract more and more Indian students to its universities and colleges. An interview with Canada student visa expert. OF LATE, lot many students in this part of India could not make it to the country of their choice due to ‘fraudulent [...]
Jun 2nd, 2009
Updated Statistics: Volunteering in the USA and Abroad
A couple weeks ago, I (Sarah Van Auken) wrote two blog entries regarding domestic and international volunteering statistics. Over the past two days, I combed through my list of programs, originally set at 600 even, and whittled it down by 151 — I deleted those programs I viewed as “placement” groups, or “repeaters.” This means [...]
May 25th, 2009
Indian students are making a beeline to study Down Under
Mumbai: The base is slowly shifting from US universities to Australian universities for Indian students wanting to study abroad. Newly-released statistics by the Australian Education International on enrollment of Indian students in Australian universities observed an increase of 38.9 per cent from last year as on March 2009. Australian universities, as on March 2009, had [...]
May 25th, 2009
India sends more students to New Zealand
The number of students coming from India for higher education in New Zealand has recorded a three-fold increase during the past nine months, according to Immigration New Zealand statistics.
May 7th, 2009
Higher Education on the Move
An estimated 2.9 million students worldwide are pursuing their educations outside their home countries, a 57 percent increase since 1999. At a round table discussion at the Institute of International’s Education’s Washington offices Tuesday, coinciding with the release of the institute’s new book, Higher Education on the Move: New Developments in Global Mobility, participants discussed [...]
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