By Viggo Stacey. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that the country is aiming to attract 350,000 international students – nearly doubling the Council of Higher Education 2021-2022 target of 200,000. However, there is apparently no clear timeframe for reaching the target. More...
Enroly raises £300k in second round funding
By Viggo Stacey. International student partner platform Enroly has raised in excess of £300k in a second round of funding, which will be used to develop the model and scale the business aims over 12 months. More...
Mackenzie School of English moves into adult market
By Viggo Stacey. Mackenzie School of English in Edinburgh has moved to a new location in the Scottish capital and will begin targeting adult learners. More...
Crehana launches online career courses
By Viggo Stacey. Online training platform Crehana has launched a series of courses that aim to educate students in creative skills including graphic design, digital illustration, 3D modelling and motion graphics. More...
PIEoneer Awards shortlists announced – will you be joining us?
By Viggo Stacey. In all, 65 nominees have made the shortlist – 26 in Europe, 13 from North America, 10 from Australasia, seven in Asia, and one each from the Middle East and Africa. More...
German FDSV sees sales increase, despite student drop
By Viggo Stacey. The number of language students travelling from Germany with German Association of Language Travel Organisers (FDSV) members has decreased since 2016, despite education agents increasing sales, the German agent association has said. More...
EasyUni Middle East reports “sizeable” growth
By Viggo Stacey. Online university application platform EasyUni has seen website traffic for its Middle Eastern venture EasyUniME grow 1,123% since its launch in December 2017, according to its CEO and co-founder, Edwin Tay. More...
Study UK Alumni Awards winners announced
By Viggo Stacey. Three international alumni of UK universities won global awards at British Council’s fourth Study UK Alumni Awards. It is the first time the awards have been open to alumni in every country outside the UK. More...
US university to accept Gaokao admissions
By Viggo Stacey. The University of New Hampshire will be the first flagship US state university to accept the Chinese National Higher Education Entrance Exam, or Gaokao, as its entrance criteria. More...
Dutch and Flemish authorities combat ‘double dipping’
By Viggo Stacey. Dutch and Flemish governments are piloting a scheme using technology to combat ‘double dipping’, whereby students are gaining funding from both governments. In Flanders, authorities have found at least 300 students were ‘double dipping’. More...