By Claudia Civinini. The Canadian Bureau for International Education signed a series of MoUs to renew its collaboration with provincial bodies across Canada. More...
Int’l students’ issues debated in Advocacy Week
By Claudia Civinini. The difficulties international students face through the Canadian job market and immigration system were part of the discussions between students and politicians taking place during Advocacy Week, an event organised by the Canadian Alliance of Students Associations and the Quebec Students Unions. More...
“Fire fighting”: the impact of Canada’s international student growth laid bare
By Amy Baker. With well publicised statistics showing that nationally, international student numbers were up by 17% in 2017 (and up by 34% since 2014), it was the topic that everyone could bond over. More...
EC to close schools, retain half Embassy staff
Purdue alliance with British university
Purdue University is partnering with United Kingdom-based Cranfield University to jointly offer a suite of graduate-level education programs that will support the U.S. Department of Defense and its allies. More...
New agreement between McGraw-Hill Education and Arab Open University
A new agreement that expands the collaboration among Arab Open University (AOU), McGraw-Hill Education and Growmore will make McGraw-Hill's high quality digital content available to students at AOU's nine branches in the Middle East and Africa. More...
UK university tells Iranian student: go home and get tuition fees in cash
Iranian university students in the UK are facing suspension from their courses because of President Trump’s newly reimposed sanctions on the country. More...
Incentives for International Students to Study Outside Sydney?
By Elizabeth Redden. Australian university officials are urging caution regarding a proposal by the New South Wales government to offer incentives to encourage international students to study in regional areas of the state outside Sydney so as to relieve population pressures in the capital city, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. More...
Professor Intervenes to Save Student from ISIS
By Elizabeth Redden. A chemistry professor at Sweden’s Lund University intervened to rescue a doctoral student from an Islamic State warzone, The Local reported. More...
MIT Report Recommends Keeping Saudi Relationships
By Elizabeth Redden. A review of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s collaborations with Saudi Arabia recommends continuing the university’s relationships with individuals and entities in the kingdom despite concerns about the government’s record of human rights abuses and its role in the war in Yemen that has put millions of people at risk of starvation. More...