By Viggo Stacey. EC English Language Centres’ Los Angeles study option and Navitas English’s Manly Beach School in Sydney have been awarded joint first place in Japanese education agent Ryugaku Journal’s Best School Award 2018. More...
Alumni in high places: global elites who studied abroad
By Viggo Stacey. Due to tight travel restrictions, German chancellor Angela Merkel couldn’t travel to the West as a student. In her native East Germany, she ranked third overall for her Russian language skills, competed in the Russian language Olympiad, and managed to travel to the Soviet Union in 1974 on an exchange program. More...
Max Planck Society and UCalgary team up
By Viggo Stacey. The University of Calgary in Canada has linked up with the German-based research institute, the Max Planck Society for future energy research collaboration and exchange. More...
QAA optimistic for Hong Kong HE market, despite demographics
By Viggo Stacey. UK higher education remains popular in Hong Kong despite opportunities for growth becoming more limited, according to a report released by the UK’s Quality Assurance Agency. More...
Coventry Uni to open campus in Poland
By Viggo Stacey. Coventry University is to open a campus in Wrocław, Poland, its first international campus, with courses due to begin in September 2019. More...
ADA Baku seeks to double int’l students
By Viggo Stacey. The ADA University in Baku is aiming to double the number of students from overseas in the next academic year. More...
Sweden sees growth in Asian students
By Viggo Stacey. The number of international students in higher education in Sweden has continued to rise for the fourth year with a boost in enrolments from Asian students, according to statistics from UKÄ. More...
Edvisor and Book&Learn partner up
By Viggo Stacey. Study travel booking platforms, Edvisor and Book&Learn, have announced a partnership to give schools a single channel to reach agents. An integrated application programming interface will connect Book&Learn agents with Edvisor schools, according to bosses. More...
UKCISA celebrates 50 years of student support
By Viggo Stacey. In 2018, the national advisory body for international students in Britain, UKCISA, celebrates both its work and that of international students on British communities, 50 years since the council’s foundation. More...
UK PM facing renewed calls to remove students from migration stats
By Viggo Stacey. British Prime Minister Theresa May has been under pressure to reconsider her stance on including international students in net migration figures, as reports suggesting disunity in the government on the matter have gathered significant attention. More...