By Beckie Smith. Four international examinations companies have received awards in the 2015 Sina China Education Awards, which recognise excellence in China’s education sector. More...
19 décembre 2015
19 décembre 2015
Mexico announces compulsory ESL in primary schools
By Beckie Smith. As of next year, learning English language will be compulsory for state primary school students in Mexico, in a bid to better prepare students for a globalised world and encourage more students to study abroad. More...
19 décembre 2015
Kaplan moves into secondary schools with sixth form acquisition
By Natalie Marsh. Kaplan International is set to buy Mander Portman Woodward, a sixth form college group with three locations across the UK, marking its first venture into the secondary school sector. More...
19 décembre 2015
Education innovators endorse knowledge sharing in classroom
By Natalie Marsh. The same collaborative spirit seen in the emerging sharing economy of Uber and AirBnB should be extended to classrooms around the globe, education thought leaders urged at the Reimagine Education awards and conference held last week in Philadelphia. More...
19 décembre 2015
Reimagine Education awards salute innovation
By Natalie Marsh. Innovation in digital education was celebrated this week at the second annual Wharton-QS Stars Reimagine Education awards, presented this week at a gala dinner held in downtown Philadelphia. More...
19 décembre 2015
OEB: edtech can reduce learning divide in TVET
By Natalie Marsh. In order to reduce skills gaps in countries around the world, education technology needs to be integrated into classroom learning, experts said at the 21st OEB conference in Berlin last week. More...
19 décembre 2015
QS: Paris, Melbourne, Tokyo best student cities
By Natalie Marsh. Paris has been named the top city in the world for students for the fourth year in a row in the QS Best Student Cities 2016 rankings, which judge destinations based on their universities’ rankings, student mix, desirability, employer activity and affordability. More...
19 décembre 2015
Australia: ESOS Bills pass but tuition holding rule remains
By Beckie Smith. Two bills updating Australia’s Educational Services for Overseas Students Act have been passed, promising to reduce administrative costs to institutions and enhance quality assurance. However, an amendment removing the requirement for colleges to place tuition fees paid in advance into a holding account – which providers have labelled costly and unnecessary – failed to pass. More...
19 décembre 2015
Immigrant Students at School - Easing the Journey towards Integration
How school systems respond to immigration has an enormous impact on the economic and social well-being of all members of the communities they serve, whether they have an immigrant background or not. Immigrant Students at School: Easing the Journey towards Integration reveals some of the difficulties immigrant students encounter – and some of the contributions they offer – as they settle into their new communities and new schools.
- Overview - Helping immigrant students to succeed at school – and beyond
- Les élèves immigrés et l’école : Avancer sur le chemin de l’intégration – Principaux résultats
- PISA in Focus No. 57 - Can schools help to integrate immigrants?
- PISA à la loupe No. 57 - L'école peut-elle aider à l'intégration des immigrés ?
- Blog - Backpacks and belonging: What school can mean to immigrant students
- For more reading on OECD work on Migrants visit: OECD Migrants Insights. More...
19 décembre 2015
Finnish parliament approves tuition fee bill for students from outside EU, EEA
Finnish parliament approved a bill which will see tuition fees charged to students from outside the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA) on Tuesday.
The government's proposal was passed by the parliament in a vote of 137 to 46. The amendment will come into force in August 2017.
The payment threshold is 1,500 euros (1,641 U.S. dollars) per academic year. It will be applied to Bachelor's and Master's degree programs taught in languages other than Finnish and Swedish, the two official languages of Finland. More...
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