By  Beckie Smith. It hasn’t been an easy year for Canadian language providers as new policies came into effect last June that abolished their rights to the study work co-op programmes, and placed more responsibility on provincial lawmakers, further fragmenting already disjointed governance of the sector. More...

By  Beckie Smith. Canada and China have reached a reciprocal agreement to introduce a 10-year, multiple entry visa for business, travel and tourism in a move that will boost bilateral trade ties and people-to-people exchanges. More...

By  Beckie Smith. The term ‘Highly Trusted Sponsor’ will no longer be used to denote a UK education institution’s eligibility to sponsor Tier 4 visas from April 6, the Home Office has confirmed. More...

By  Beckie Smith. The UK’s leading association for independent higher and further education providers, Study UK, has become the second sector association to advocate for more globally competitive government policy in a manifesto launched last week. More...

By Eman Kamel, Sarah Lynch. With opportunities to access world-class higher education and procure generous financial aid, an increasing number of Qatari students are pursuing higher education in their country. But rising enrollment isn’t reducing a persistent gender gap, educators say, as more women than men get university degrees in Qatar and across the Gulf region. More...

By Sarah Lynch. Roughly forty miles from the bustling, historic city of Fez, a public university in a Moroccan mountain range is seeking American accreditation. With its business school, language center and computer science program already accredited by agencies overseas, Al Akhawayn University, which teaches in English, is pursing an international stamp of approval for the whole institution. More...