By Viggo Stacey. A group of students from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology fought off competition from 11,000 participants from across more than 80 countries to claim victory in the inaugural International Quant Championship. More...
New European Civic University seeks integration
By Viggo Stacey. Eight universities across Europe have joined together to create a European Civic University, in a bid to promote European values among younger generations of students. More...
UK must reverse its “self-defeating” student recruitment course
By Viggo Stacey. Following eight years of fighting a “losing battle” to attract students from other countries, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Students in the UK has launched an inquiry report on how to increase recruitment overall. More...
ILS launches Intelli-TRIP ‘risk mitigation’ app
By Viggo Stacey. International Location Safety has announced an online platform designed to ensure students are safe when overseas by keeping them in touch with their home universities. More...
Wall Street English seeking new partners
By Viggo Stacey. Wall Street English has announced it is seeking franchise partners in five markets, including in Germany, where it exited in 2016 under Pearson’s ownership. More...
Yalea Education Group acquires Linguland
By Viggo Stacey. Education agency Yalea Education Group has acquired German agency Linguland as of October 1, in a move that will incorporate the German language travel experts into the new company named after the Swiss language learning firm, Yalea Languages. More...
Tech platform for school counsellors takes off
By Viggo Stacey. Concourse Global in the US is a new company poised to revolutionise the higher education admissions industry by putting college counsellors back “in the driver’s seat” during the application process, according to its directors. More...
Expectation management key for Zoom Abroad
By Viggo Stacey. Student counsellor and recruiter Zoom Abroad is aiming to present potential international students with study options in an ethical way via its app. More...
UK stakeholders fear classrooms will be “less diverse” post-Brexit
By Viggo Stacey. International education stakeholders have again pressed home the risk of Brexit threatening the strength and diversity of the country’s classrooms, at an event in central London. More...
EdtechX debuts on Nasdaq as SPAC
By Viggo Stacey. EdtechX Holdings has become the first education and education technology Special Purpose Acquisition Company as it debuted on the Nasdaq, the company has announced. More...