By Kerrie Kennedy. Education South Africa has set up a Voluntary Bonding Scheme as a practical means to encourage language students from all over the world to securely enrol at English language schools in the country. More...
EduSA implements bonding scheme
AFS launches program for Greek students
By Kerrie Kennedy. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation has awarded a $525,000 grant to AFS Intercultural Programs to launch a Global Citizen Scholarship Program for high school students from Greece to participate in an exchange program abroad. More...
PVAMU boosts study abroad with Terra Dotta
By Kerrie Kennedy. Texas-based historically black university Prairie View A&M has recorded its highest number of study abroad students this year after deploying a solution to streamline its study abroad recruitment, application and enrolment processes, which were previously paper-based. More...
AIFS announces IEC Online acquisition
By Kerrie Kennedy. One of the oldest cultural exchange organisations in the world, The American Institute For Foreign Study has announced the acquisition of IEC Online, a university representative and educational consultant that recruits students from Germany and Austria to study at IEC partner universities around the globe. More...
South Africa hosts industry-wide ELT training
By Kerrie Kennedy. A combined effort of National Geographic Learning, Eaquals, the University of Cape Town and EduSA brought about one of the first large-scale professional development events in English Language Teaching in over a decade to Cape Town, South Africa in August. More...
US: new model standards for F-1 recruitment
By Kerrie Kennedy. The Council on Standards for International Educational Travel Advisory board has announced the launch of a set of model standards to guide F-1 secondary student recruitment efforts, which centre on the areas of stewardship, transparency, engagement and partnership. More...
Kaplan’s language business rebrands to reflect growth
By Kerrie Kennedy. Kaplan has announced that its language travel business, Kapan International English, has been renamed as Kaplan International Languages to reflect the growing number of languages it offers courses in. More...
Canada: SDS expanded to Senegal, Morocco
By Kerrie Kennedy. Canada has announced it is making the Student Direct Stream available to international students coming from Senegal and Morocco, starting from September 9, just weeks after the SDS became available to prospective students from Pakistan. More...
ICEF announces two new events for 2020
By Kerrie Kennedy. ICEF has announced the launch of two new events for 2020, ICEF Secondary Education and ICEF French Education – Canada, offering targeted networking opportunities for these two growing sectors. More...
EU and Japan select first Joint Master Programs
By Kerrie Kennedy. The European Commission has announced the results of the call for proposals for Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree Partnerships with Japan, which enables high-performing students from around the world to study in at least two of the universities represented in each program. More...