By Viggo Stacey. An increase in students directly booking courses with education providers online will result in a dip in student satisfaction, agencies attending the EuroAsia Workshop in Turkey have said. More...
Aplic.io targets 100,000 users in 2020
By Viggo Stacey. Online higher education program placement organisation Aplic.io has announced its next phase will focus on peer-to-peer graduate-student mentorship as it aims to become the “largest global student network”. More...
ICEF Canada Course: 1,000th agent graduates
By Viggo Stacey. ICEF’s Canada Course for Education Agents saw its 1,000th agent graduate earlier in December. More...
“TripAdvisor” for int’l ed sector launched
By Viggo Stacey. A review site for the international education sector has been launched with ambitions to become the industry’s TripAdvisor. More...
China: Meten EdtechX deal to boost ELT training
By Viggo Stacey. Education technology company EdtechX Holdings has announced a landmark $535m transaction with Meten Education in China to focus on English and Future skills training provision across the country. More...
Ghanaian students’ UK refusal rates highest in sub-Saharan Africa
By Viggo Stacey. Prospective students from Ghana applying for Tier 4 visas to study in the UK have seen a higher ratio of visa denials compared with other countries across sub-Saharan Africa, government statistics have revealed. More...
UK education and TNE exports increased to £21.4 billion in 2017
By Viggo Stacey. Revenue from UK education and transnational education activity exports increased to £21.4 billion in 2017, representing a 7.2% rise on 2016 figures, statistics from the UK government have revealed. More...
Prepared, poised, proficient: testing goals
By Viggo Stacey. There are two crown princes of English language testing in terms of reputation and legacy in the admissions world. TOEFL has been administered by Educational Testing Service since 1965, while IELTS, jointly owned by the British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and Cambridge Assessment English, is an 80s child, celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2019. More...
China: website to help overcome “barriers”
By Viggo Stacey. Chinese education-technology platform eduFair has launched a website and app to connect Chinese students and international schools across the globe while helping prospective students in the country overcome “large barriers” when looking for schools overseas. More...
Sqore rebrands as House of Education
By Viggo Stacey. Sweden-based international student placement platform Sqore has announced it will rebrand as House of Education to “further solidify its positioning with the education industry”. More...