By Elizabeth Redden. A Palestinian refugee student who was initially denied entry to the U.S. to attend Harvard University came here with the help of the Hope Fund. The program is helping more than 50 Palestinian students attend U.S. colleges this year. More...
Le Brésil s’ouvre aux visas «vacances-travail»
Après avoir connu un grand succès notamment en Australie et au Canada, ce programme qui permet d’alterner petits jobs et découverte culturelle, s’ouvre enfin au plus grand pays d’Amérique du Sud. Plus...
États-Unis: l’étudiant palestinien refoulé à l’aéroport a finalement pu entrer à Harvard
Le 23 août dernier, à son arrivée aux États-Unis, un jeune palestinien s’était vu révoquer son visa. Finalement, il a pu faire sa rentrée à l’université d’Harvard mardi. Plus...
US academic given two weeks to leave UK after eight years
Visa system for researchers is hostile and costly and risks jamming a pipeline of talent, universities warn. More...
Student visa rethink aims to please both business and Brexiters
On the roadmap to post-Brexit Britain, Boris Johnson offering overseas students more time to find a job in the country after they graduate attempts to hit on a compromise: between the demands of business to attract workers and the demands of many Brexit voters for migration to fall. More...
UK work visas for foreign students: all you need to know
International students at British universities are to be allowed to stay in the UK for two years after graduating, compared with four months currently. More...
UK universities welcome U-turn on student visas
The UK government’s announcement of its plans to offer extended post-study work visas for international graduates of UK universities has received an unusual response –unalloyed praise from the higher education sector. More...
Gavin Williamson: universities must end grade inflation
Education secretary also expects ‘deal’ on admissions in return for extending visas for international students. More...
UK work visas for foreign graduates to be extended to two years
Currently, graduates with bachelors or master’s degrees are allowed to look for work for only four months. From next year all international graduates could qualify for a two-year period to work in the UK, increasing their chances of finding long-term employment after studying. More...
Rule Blocks Foreign Students From Standing in Student Elections
By Elizabeth Redden. Student council members at Monash University's Caulfield campus, in Australia, passed a rule last week that effectively bars international students from standing in student elections, The Age reported. The council passed a rule requiring candidates to be eligible to work at least 22 hours a week, which international students cannot do under the terms of their visas. More...