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8 février 2019

Ireland: High Court health insurance ruling a “blow” for international students

By Kerrie Kennedy. Private medical insurance is set to become considerably more expensive for certain international students in Ireland after a court ruled in favour of a determination of “ordinarily resident in the State” as including those attending a course of study of more than one academic year’s duration. More...

7 février 2019

Antipodean Student Organization Struggles

By Alex Usher. In Australia (and possibly New Zealand, I’m not quite as familiar with the set-up there), there were two small differences:  first, what we call student unions had functions which were sometimes split between two distinct organizations: the “Students’ Representative Council”, which handled the political end of things, and the “Guild”, which handled all the clubs and services. More...

1 février 2019

Open Doors: International student numbers at record high, but new starts down 6.6%

By Kerrie Kennedy. Despite the number of international students in the US surpassing the one million mark for the third consecutive year, new student enrolments fell by 6.6% in 2017/18, the latest data from Open Doors has revealed. More...

1 février 2019

Chinese students in the US support program launched

By Kerrie Kennedy. An International Student Welfare Program designed to assist students from China studying in the US to adapt to their new environment and achieve success in their studies will be officially launched in Beijing and Shanghai this month. More...

1 février 2019

Cambridge hosts China-UK tech challenge

By Kerrie Kennedy. Pupils from Cambridge, UK  joined young people from China recently for a project aimed at inspiring scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians of tomorrow and facilitating cultural exchange and understanding between the two countries. More...

1 février 2019

ULaw announces first int’l campus in Hong Kong

By Kerrie Kennedy. The University of Law has announced its decision to open a campus in Hong Kong by spring 2019, marking ULaw’s first international presence. The university currently has a portfolio of eight campuses in the UK. More...

1 février 2019

College set to fill China’s gap in int’l education degrees

By Kerrie Kennedy. The largest operator of international and bilingual K-12 schools in China, Bright Scholar Education has jointly announced the opening of Huiyan International Education College in collaboration with Beijing Normal University. More...

1 février 2019

Ireland: 470 international students impacted following Grafton College snap closure

By Kerrie Kennedy. At least 23 teaching staff at Grafton College English language school, Dublin, have been left without pay and fearing “homelessness” following the announcement that the school, where 470 international students were enrolled, has gone into liquidation. The college is the 22nd English language teaching organisation to close without notice in Ireland since 2014. More...

1 février 2019

UPSaclay & Beihang Uni sign MoU

By Kerrie Kennedy. Université Paris-Saclay has signed several agreements with Beihang University in Beijing, China, to collaborate on training the next generation of engineering and aeronautics experts. More...

1 février 2019

UK independent school numbers in China “surge”

By Kerrie Kennedy. The China-UK “golden-age” in education is showing little sign of slowing down, with the number of British independent school branches in China expected to increase by nearly 50% in 2019, a report by Venture Education has shown. More...

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