By Winnie Agbonlahor. Senior government officials from more than 40 countries are expected to come together at the OECD-Singapore Conference on Higher Education Futures in October.
Around 500 people, including senior civil servants, higher education administrators, academics and practitioners, will attend the conference, which takes place in Singapore on 14 and 15 October. There will also be satellite events on 13 and 16 October and post-conference activities on 16 October. Read more...

Universities in Bahrain are looking to significantly boost interest from prospective international students through accreditation from the British Accreditation Council (BAC).
Despite having an area of just 741 square km, Bahrain is home to a number of institutions that welcome students from overseas. There are four main public universities, including Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain Polytechnic, College of Health and Sciences and the University of Bahrain. Read more...

The continued recent rise in the value of the dollar and the euro has seriously impacted on the spending habits of Turkish citizens, with those studying abroad facing spiraling expenses and many students planning to do so opting to forego their trips, figures from Turkish consulting firms say. Read more...

An expanded study of English Language Training (ELT) in the UK provides further evidence that Britain is losing share in the global ELT marketplace. The report sheds new light as well on the composition of the enrolment base – the increasing role of the junior market in particular – and other important trends for UK providers.
Released earlier this month, the English UK Student Statistics Report 2014 combines survey data from member centres with international market data to provide a comprehensive view of enrolment trends for UK ELT centres, and to set those within the broader context of the global industry. Read more...

By Ryan Lasker. American colleges have expanded their brand by building international campuses in cities abroad, like London and Abu Dhabi. But universities based abroad will likely not return the favor to the U.S., according to a recent report.
A survey published last month by the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education found that UK government officials have placed a renewed emphasis on sending students to study abroad. Read more...

According to the Institute for International Education (IIE) Open Doors Report, almost 9% of international students in the U.S. were enrolled at associate-degree granting institutions last year, with students coming mostly from China, South Korea, Vietnam, Japan, and Mexico. Community colleges are increasingly appealing for international students from more price-sensitive areas of the world and both two-year and four-year educational institutions are taking notice of the trend. “We have found recruiting international students from community colleges to be very beneficial for our campus. Read more...

By Yoon Min-sik. A stroll through the beautiful campus of Chadwick International in Songdo, Incheon, is nearly enough to make a visitor forget this is a Korea-based school: Posters on the wall are in English, teachers are foreign and the animated discussions heard in the hallways are also in English. Read more...

Von Gastautor Marlon Litz-Rosenzweig. Der wachsende Fachkräftemangel stellt Unternehmen vor eine besondere Herausforderung. Zur Wachstumssteigerung und Kostenoptimierung sind Unternehmen gezwungen, alternative Sourcing-Optionen zu finden. An dieser Stelle kommt dem Outsourcing eine wachsende Bedeutung zu. Die steigende Zahl deutscher Studenten ist in diesem Zusammenhang eine bis dato ungenutzte Ressource. Read more...

By Tim Dodd. According to the latest "Open Doors" Report, Number of UAE nationals enrolled at U.S. institutions of higher education in the 2013-14 academic year grew to 2,784, up from 2,256 the previous year
Abu Dhabi - The number of Emirati high school graduates pursuing higher studies in the United States grew once again last year, up 23.4% over the previous figure, according to the latest U.S. report on international academic mobility. Read more...

By Tim Dodd. Australia's top universities have teamed up with elite Indian private schools in "a concerted push" to attract students whose first preference would be Oxbridge or the US Ivy League.
Australia's eight leading research universities, witnessed by federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne, will on Monday sign an agreement with six elite schools in Delhi to offer educational opportunities for students in the schools and training for their teachers, as a first step to luring them to Australia for their degree. Read more...