By Kerrie Kennedy. Students at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada are among the latest to join in a global call to send USB drives to North Korea in a bid to help its citizens learn about life outside of Kim Jong-un’s regime. More...
UK: Non-EU applications hit ‘record high’
By Kerrie Kennedy. The demand for an undergraduate education in the UK remains strong despite the uncertainties of Brexit, with the latest UCAS figures revealing non-EU applications hit a record high 58,450 as of January 2018. More...
India & France sign MoU to boost student mobility
By Kerrie Kennedy. India and France have signed a MoU for mutual recognition of academic qualifications and paving the way for a stronger education exchange between the two countries. More...
Malta: 87,000 int’l ELT students in 2017
By Kerrie Kennedy. More than 87,000 international students attended ELT schools in Malta in 2017 – an increase of 13.6% on 2016 figures – Malta’s National Statistics Office has revealed. More...
India looking to recruit more African students
By Kerrie Kennedy. Indian universities are aiming to attract more students from Africa with the promise of affordable fees and educational standards comparable to those in Europe and the US, representatives attending the Indian Education Expo 2018 have said. More...
Nigerians encouraged to study in Holland
By Kerrie Kennedy. The Netherlands ambassador to Nigeria Robert Petri has called for young Nigerians to consider studying abroad and take advantage of affordable English language-taught courses in Dutch universities and colleges. More...
120,000 new student beds needed if Dutch targets met
By Kerrie Kennedy. Tens of thousands of extra jobs could be created in Dutch cities through internationalisation and collaboration between universities, city councils and student housing providers, a report by the Class of 2020 has revealed. More...
UCAS: Non-EU undergrad applicants up 8%
By Kerrie Kennedy. The UK’s undergraduate sector has seen solid growth in international applicants as latest UCAS figures show there are now 46,040 EU applicants – up by 2% from 2017 – made by the 24 March deadline. Applicants from other overseas countries have increased by 8% to 65,440, the highest on record. More...
Canada: Iranian students’ PR delay is “detrimental”
By Kerrie Kennedy. More than 200 Iranian students and recent graduates in Canada are reporting long waits to become permanent residents, which the Iranian Canadian Congress claims is having a “detrimental effect” on their lives. More...
China outbound student numbers at record high
By Kerrie Kennedy. China’s outbound student numbers are showing little sign of slowing down, with the Chinese Ministry of Education recording a total of 608,400 study abroad students in 2017. More...