By Natalie Marsh. Europe leads the way in global travel connectivity, with London, Paris and Frankfurt named the world’s top three most connected cities, according to a new global ranking. More...
13 juillet 2016
13 juillet 2016
Does the year you graduate influence your future pay cheque?
Posted by . Previous posts (Youth Skills day 2015 and Investing in Disadvantage Youth) addressed some of the challenges posed by youth who are not employed or enrolled in education or training programmes (the so-called NEET group). This group has increased in size since the recession: from 13.5 per cent of youth age 15-29 in OECD countries before the recession, to nearly 15 per cent in 2015 (OECD Employment Outlook 2016, forthcoming). Rising NEET populations are one important reflection of the labour market difficulties that recent graduates may face during a recession. More...
13 juillet 2016
What does a country average actually mean?
By Dirk Van Damme. The institutional framework of the international community was created in the period following the Second World War. The building blocks for international organisations, including the OECD, were and are the nation-states of the post-World War and post-colonial order. More...
13 juillet 2016
Is Mexico a new ‘China’???
Posted . China’s spectacular growth during the 1990s and early 2000s made it the envy of many other emerging economies. Yet more recently, relative labour costs have risen substantially, and economies such as Mexico’s, which lost export market share for some time, have made a partial comeback. More...
12 juillet 2016
OECD launches new higher education activities
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is launching two new areas of work in the field of higher education: benchmarking system performance and in-depth analysis of higher education issues. The first topic chosen for examination is labour market relevance and outcomes of higher education. More...
11 juillet 2016
Questions raised over HO treatment of int’l students
By Natalie Marsh. The UK’s Home Affairs Committee has said that “serious questions” have been raised about the conduct of the Home Office over its treatment of international students in the ETS TOEIC cheating scandal. More...
11 juillet 2016
US-China 100,000 Strong Foundation rebrands
By Natalie Marsh. The 100,000 Strong Foundation, set up to enhance relations between the US and China, has this week rebranded to become the US-China Strong Foundation. More...
11 juillet 2016
GoAbroad awards reward innovation in international ed
By Natalie Marsh. LGBTQ ally training, emergency scholar funds and sending a US university mascot “across the pond” were some of the initiatives that were celebrated at the recent GoAbroad awards. More...
11 juillet 2016
Confessions of study abroad officers, revealed
By Natalie Marsh. Shipping a pet horse overseas, asking for medical advice from another country and checking in an extra suitcase filled entirely with hair products, are just some of the incidents highlighted by Third Year Abroad‘s confessions of a study abroad coordinator. More...
11 juillet 2016
Indian, Chinese students allowed more baggage
By Natalie Marsh. In order to help students take more home comforts when they study overseas, Virgin Atlantic have announced a deal to increase the baggage weight allowance of international students. More...
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