By Trevor Howell. Alberta’s new minister of advanced education promised Tuesday the NDP government’s interim supply bill would reveal how the party intends to fulfill its $33-million promise to freeze and roll back tuition.
“This is a really important concern for us just to make sure post-secondary education is accessible and affordable to all people,” Advanced Education Minister Lori Sigurdson said in an interview. More...
By Nancy Snow. The balance of power between Japan and China has tilted in favor of China. I’m not talking about disputed islands in the South China Sea but rather inside the minds of the best educated in the Asian region. China now outranks Japan in higher education, according to the recently released Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2015. More...
By Graham Lane. Universities are great and necessary institutions, but the bluster around underfunding is unbelievable.
It seems that universities are chronically underfunded by the government. At least, that's what their administrators and students claim. Yet, take a gander at the growth in grants, tuition and other revenues reported in their annual reports and wonder as to the validity of the claims. More...
By . If Russia continues to remain a mysterious and distant country in the minds of most Indians, then the goodwill of the decades-past will slowly evaporate.
A week ago, at the Russia Day reception in one of Mumbai’s best five-star hotels, a Russian man in his late-30s introduced himself to me. Speaking in fluent Hindi, thanks to a couple of years of dedicated study of the language in Agra, he claimed to be a huge fan of the Russia & India Report. He said a major flaw of the site was that there are no dedicated sections to Indian languages. More...
By Amy Baker. English Language Company, an ELT business operating in Asia and Australia, has recently won an award for its enterprise in Malaysia and commitment to helping build up an English skills infrastructure in the region, scooping the ARFF ASEAN Outstanding Business Award in the international education category. More...
By Beckie Smith. Education institutions in British Columbia should emphasise international student retention and support alongside recruitment efforts. This was one of the talking points at the BC Council for International Education’s annual Summer Seminar last month, where discussions focused on balancing institutional requirements and global challenges. More...
By Beckie Smith. The number of non-EU students allowed to stay and work or continue studying in the UK fell by a third in 2014, following Home Office measures to crack down on study visa extensions. More...
By Beckie Smith. Four in five international students who study in Australia return home immediately after graduating, a survey by student recruitment and conversion specialists Hobsons has revealed. More...
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