By Claudia Civinini. The crucial importance of preserving international partnerships in the face of political turmoil was a major thread at UUKi’s International Higher Education Forum, held in London yesterday at an “existential” time for the UK as the Brexit date looms near. More...
HousingAnywhere partners with Padova U
By Claudia Civinini. International accommodation platform HousingAnywhere.com has signed a partnership with Università di Padova in Italy to assist mobile students at the institution. More...
Brexit deterring int’l students from the UK – QS
By Claudia Civinini. The prospect of Brexit is making some students think twice, with one in five confessing that it is making the UK less attractive, and one in three indicating that they would be more interested if the country remained in the EU, a new survey by QS has found. More...
Netherlands rolls out int’l student transport card
By Claudia Civinini. A public transport card with discounts and information in English will be made available for international students at Dutch institutions participating in the scheme at the start of the next academic year. More...
International students contributed €2bn to the Spanish economy – report
By Claudia Civinini. International students contributed an estimate of over €2bn to the Spanish economy in 2018, with language schools welcoming by far the largest cohort of students out of all sectors, a research report has found. More...
UCAS and Unibuddy pilot partnership
By Claudia Civinini. The UK’s Universities and Colleges Admissions Service and Unibuddy are piloting a partnership which will see a group of institutions integrate Unibuddy’s peer-to-peer technology on the UCAS platform. More...
First “European Universities” networks announced
By Claudia Civinini. In a move making the European Education Area a step closer, the first 17 networks of institutions to form “inter-university campuses” across the EU and become part of the European Universities alliances have been announced by the European Commission. More...
Finnish HEI to open school in Tallinn
By Claudia Civinini. Estonia’s capital Tallinn will gain a new international institution of applied higher education with a focus on hospitality, an operation led by Finnish institution Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences. More...
UK govt announces fast track visa plan for top researchers
By Claudia Civinini. A shake-up of visa regulations to attract more top scientists is on the cards for the UK, with the prime minister announcing he has instructed the Home Office and BEIS to work on a fast-track visa route to be launched later this year. More...
Germany hosted over 374K int’l students in 2018, exceeding 2020 goal by 7%
By Claudia Civinini. German higher education institutions hosted a total of 374,583 international students in 2018, a 4% increase on the previous year, new statistics released by DAAD have shown. More...