By Viggo Stacey. The University of Wollongong has partnered with English Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur to train footballers on its campus from January 2020. More...
Swansea Uni partners with Columbia
By Viggo Stacey. Swansea University in Wales has partnered with New York’s prestigious Columbia University to foster closer cooperation on research and potential student exchanges. More...
EMI courses in Brazil grow to more than 1,000
By Viggo Stacey. A growing number of higher education institutions in Brazil are recognising the importance of offering English as Medium of Instruction courses, as the number of EMI courses rose from 671 in 2016 to over 1,000 in the first semester 2018, according to a new report. More...
Full Circle education buys Studio Cambridge
By Viggo Stacey. Hong Kong based international education management company Full Circle Education Group has acquired UK English language school Studio Language Courses Cambridge for an undisclosed fee. More...
Fluentify raises funds for French expansion
By Viggo Stacey. Online language tutor, Fluentify, has announced it has raised £1.5m to expand into the French ELT market. More...
Israel spends to attract int’l students
By Viggo Stacey. Israel’s Council for Higher Education has announced a plan to spend $118 million to attract international scholars, particularly from Asia. More...
UED honours 14 schools at Agency Awards of Turkey
By Viggo Stacey. The Association of International Educational Counsellors in Turkey, UED, has hosted its Agency Awards of Turkey for this first time since 2013. This year, the awards honoured 14 language schools, which provide the best service to Turkish students and study-abroad agencies. More...
CIEG launches “supermarket” of curriculums
By Viggo Stacey. The Confucius International Education Group has launched the Confucius Baccalaureate with UK NARIC, which developers have described as a “supermarket of different education curriculums”. More...
IES film fest showcases study abroad
By Viggo Stacey. A US student who studied in Morocco has walked away with this year’s top prize at IES Abroad Study Abroad Film Festival in Chicago. More...
Students must “think globally” – International Education Week
By Viggo Stacey. An opportunity to explore study abroad, an introduction to new cultures and a rallying point for US universities to highlight the importance of international students to their campuses – all of these were reasons given to celebrate International Education Week 2018. More...