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...
FutureLearn & U Glasgow launch online degree
By Kerrie Kennedy. FutureLearn and the University of Glasgow have announced an expanded partnership which sees the University of Glasgow deliver its first online degree on the FutureLearn platform. More...
LAL expands into Spain with Las Palmas centre
By Kerrie Kennedy. As part of LAL Language Centres‘ strategic expansion plans to capitalise on global demand for language learning abroad, the group has announced that Language Campus/Idiomas GC in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, will be joining as a LAL Partner Centre from January 2020. More...
Mountlands Language School to rebrand
By Kerrie Kennedy. Mountlands Language School in the UK’s South West region has announced it will be rebranded as Hello!Exmouth from September 2019. More...
China pushes int’l numbers to record high – UCAS
By Kerrie Kennedy. A record 33,630 international students from outside the EU have been accepted onto degree courses in the UK driven by a 32% rise in accepted applicants from China, new UCAS data has revealed. More...
Canada: ONCAP & ILAC announce partnership
By Kerrie Kennedy. Private equity platform ONCAP has announced it has reached an agreement to partner with ILAC, the largest private English language school in Canada with campuses in Toronto and Vancouver. The terms of the transaction are not being disclosed. More...
Global economic impact of int’l students estimated at $300bn
By Kerrie Kennedy. International students pursuing tertiary education had an estimated global economic impact of $300 billion in 2016, new figures from StudyPortals have revealed. However, the confluence of higher costs and lower prospects of work threatens the sustainability of international student mobility. More...