By Beckie Smith. University leaders and academics from around the world convened this month to formulate and sign the York Accord: a first-of-its-kind agreement laying out the principles for safeguarding higher education in conflict regions. More...
India HE losing $6-7bn to overseas competitors, study claims
By Sara Custer. Indian higher education institutions and IITs are losing US$6-7bn annually to their foreign counterparts as more students look to study overseas, the Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India has claimed. More...
Former school execs buy online agency, Lingoschools
By Sara Custer. Two former language school executives have switched to the agent side of the industry by acquiring German-based Lingoschools, an online search platform for language programmes in 35 countries. More...
Universities UK declares “in” stance in UK’s EU debate
By Sara Custer. The representative body of higher education in the UK, Universities UK, has nailed its colours to the mast in the country’s in-out European Union referendum debate. The organisation has launched a Universities for Europe campaign in a bid to back membership of the EU. More...
Navitas reports 13% growth on back of increased HE and ELT enrolments
By Natalie Marsh. Global education provider, Navitas, has announced a 13% increase in overall EBITDA in the last full year, due to sustained growth in its professional and English programmes. More...
Epigeum launches online HE prep course
By Natalie Marsh. Epigeum, an online course provider founded by Imperial College London and now partly owned by Oxford University Press, has launched a programme that aims to prepare students for English medium instruction at university. More...
US gov pilots pipeline for int’l high schoolers
By Natalie Marsh. The US government has begun piloting an intensive English and college preparation programme for foreign high school-aged students. More...
McGraw-Hill grows digital learning through busuu investment
By Natalie Marsh. Educational publishing powerhouse, McGraw-Hill Education, has expanded its reach into the digital language learning sector by purchasing a minority equity stake in social learning platform, busuu. More...
Degree to train Chinese public health leaders
By Natalie Marsh. Johns Hopkins University has announced its Bloomberg School of Public Health is establishing a doctoral degree with Tsinghua University for aspiring public health leaders in China. More...
Vietnam: 1,000 ESL teachers to be trained
By Natalie Marsh. A new agreement has been signed between the British Council and the province of Nam Dinh, in northern Vietnam, to train its English language teachers. More...