By Viggo Stacey. UStudy Global, an education counselling company with operations in the US, Israel and Mexico, has expanded its business activities to include a new Spanish language school in Cancun. More...
IALC launches new scheme for study abroad agencies
By Viggo Stacey. The International Association of Language Centres has launched an IALC Approved Agency badge, which aims to recognise study abroad agencies working with IALC schools. More...
Japan: agents competing with universities for outbound mobility – JAOS
By Viggo Stacey. Japanese education consultants are increasingly competing with universities to send language students abroad, largely due to government campaigns introduced in the past decade, the Japan Association of Overseas Studies has found. More...
Ireland: tragic death sparks safety concerns
By Viggo Stacey. An international student who was studying at one of Ireland’s most prestigious universities died after falling from the Cliffs of Moher on the Irish west coast, the country’s media has reported. More...
US colleges rally against Trump immigration policy with legal challenge
By Viggo Stacey. Numerous US colleges and universities joined together to oppose a new federal policy they say will have destructive and harmful consequences for international students and scholars on F, J and M visas in the country. More...
The Duchess of Sussex takes on ACU patronage
By Viggo Stacey. The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has taken the reigns as patron of The Association of Commonwealth Universities. The Queen passed on the title to her granddaughter-in-law, along with several other duties. More...
Scholé buys Kenyan schools firm Makini
By Maina Waruru. International education company Scholé Limited, which runs schools in southern and eastern Africa, has expanded its foothold on the continent, acquiring a controlling stake in Kenya-based Makini Schools. More...
Turkish language centres attract learners in Africa
By Maina Waruru. Turkey’s international cultural and language body, the Yunus Emre Enstitüsü, has recorded progress in its latest forays into sub-Saharan Africa, where in 2017 it established new learning centres in Ethiopia and South Africa. More...
East Africa mulls harmonising postgraduate training
By Maina Waruru. Countries in east Africa are considering harmonising standards of postgraduate training, observing that there exists no clear standards of either training or supervision at graduate level, among a myriad of other challenges. More...
China invests in Kenya as $20m language hub
By Maina Waruru. China’s language and cultural Confucius Institute is setting up a US$20 million African headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. More...