By Sara Custer. Processing for visa applications into the US has been delayed for more than two weeks due to a glitch in the US State Department’s software system. The lag has meant that some students planning to study an Intensive English Program have been forced to cancel the course and accommodation because they didn’t receive their travel documents in time. More...
By Beckie Smith. Education agents can now apply for visas on behalf of students hoping to study in New Zealand, through the government’s online immigration portal, Immigration ONLINE. More...
By Natalie Marsh. Hotcourses Foundation, which is celebrating 10 years operating a primary school in Kenya, raised £110,000 last week to support orphans enrolled at the institution. More...
Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech (UCA) launched, on Tuesday, in partnership with Microsoft Morocco the “Smart University” project to set up a digital platform that networks all the university institutions.
This project is based on the TV White Space (TVWS) technology, which offers access to broadband Internet for students and researchers enrolled in the nine institutions of Cadi Ayyad University. More...
Not a single university from Bangladesh cared to send data for the top 100 list of the Times Higher Education Asia University Ranking 2015 despite being invited.
But the Times Higher Education group told bdnews24.com that they had invited Bangladesh’s universities, but did not get any data from any of the institutions to rank them. More...
By Riazul Haq. Recent clashes among student groups at various universities have once again raised questions about government policies towards administering of institutes of higher learning and the future of student politics in the country. More...
Germany's foreign students were assumed to be a hot commodity in a country desperate for skilled labor. But inhospitable employers and lack of preparation from their universities are forcing them to leave in droves.
A study published this week by the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration (SVR) highlighted the gap between Germany's professed need for skilled labor to fill in the blanks left by an aging population versus the harsh reality faced by most foreign graduates of German universities and schools of applied sciences. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In education, online learning is the first disruptive innovation since the advent of the printing press. More...
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