By Sara Custer. Independent higher education providers in the UK are concerned that the ‘provisional bronze’ awarded to them under the government’s contoversial new Teaching Excellence Framework could damage their reputation and recruitment efforts. More...
UK: Bridgepoint acquires Inspiring Learning
By Sara Custer. Bridgepoint Development Capital, investors in Cambridge Education Group and Infinitas Learning, has acquired Inspiring Learning, the parent company to Kingswood, a UK-headquartered provider of residential activity centres. More...
The technical side of international ed: let’s talk about tax, baby
By Sara Custer. It’s hard to find a topic that unites people the world over in their mutual hatred more than taxes. It’s the sting of paying them, the tedium of wading through compliance policy, the dread that you might be next on the revenue agency’s hit list. More...
US: new partners, business model for Bridge
By Sara Custer. Bridge Education Group has announced three new university partnerships in the US. The Denver-based pathway provider has also unveiled a new business model that extends marketing and recruitment services to university partners. More...
Centennial’s green campaign spurs global clean up
By Sara Custer. More than 15,000 international students and educators across the world turned out to clean up their local shorelines and parks to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Centennial College in Canada. More...
Singapore introduces regulation overhaul for private providers
By Sara Custer. Singapore, a hub for international branch campuses, has released a string of rules for private education providers including mandatory participation in a graduate employment survey and obtaining a four-year quality assurance certificate. More...
Consolidation, strategic pricing marks maturing global ELT market
By Sara Custer. As the global ELT market cools down, other languages are seeing healthy growth as students seek a competitive edge through third language acquisition, according to a trends analysis from marketing intelligence firm StudentMarketing. More...
Spain: nationality exams boon for ELE schools
By Sara Custer. New exam and language level requirements for Spanish nationality applications are proving to be a financial boost for Spanish language providers across the country. More...
South African gov relaxes rules on student visa extensions amid campus closures
By Sara Custer. The Department of Home Affairs in South Africa has agreed to relax rules around visa extensions for thousands of final year international students potentially affected by widespread protests on university campuses across the country. More...
UK universities fight back with #weareinternational
By Sara Custer. We Are International, a campaign launched seven years ago by one university, is quickly becoming the unified messaged from by the UK’s entire higher education sector in response to the EU referendum result. More...