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New Brunswick university opens recruiting office in Beijing, China
The University of New Brunswick has opened a recruitment office in Beijing, China.
Premier Brian Gallant is in China as part of a trade mission, and was on hand for the official opening.
He says universities are facing declining enrolments, and attracting more international university students from China will help New Brunswick's economy and universities.
Between January 2005 and March 2016, about 4,200 Chinese nationals became permanent residents in New Brunswick. More...
MacEwan's international student recruitment gets an upgrade
By Alex Boyd. Staff at MacEwan University say a new virtual reality tour of their residences is going to change the game as they work to recruit students from around the world.
“To be able to send this to recruiters, who go to China or India or Australia, they’re able to show prospective students exactly where they’d be living and see what it looks like, and essentially, feel what it feels like—that’s what’s going to change things". More...
Cash-strapped Alberta students leading a push for ‘open textbooks’
By Alex Boyd. With students facing a bigger financial crunch than ever, a group of Alberta students are taking aim at one of their biggest money sinks: textbooks.
Representatives from five schools across Alberta launched the #textbookbrokeAB campaign this fall to showcase the amount of money students are spending on books. More...
Add tech to a humanities degree to bridge the employment gap
By Nikki Wiart. Adapting to a brave new job world, schools offer flexible programs so students can add tech to their humanities focus, and vice versa. More...
U of T tries a fresh new take on residence food
By Alexandra Heck. How one chef turned the mighty U of T St. George kitchens toward independent, locally sourced food made from scratch. More...
How students are turning social-media intuition into tuition
By . Meet the students harnessing their Twitter, Instagram or YouTube presences to help pay for school. More...
Four in ten university students lack food security as education costs skyrocket
By Jacob Lorinc. Nearly half of students surveyed had forgone healthy food to pay for books, tuition fees and rent, according to an exclusive report from Meal Exchange. More...