By Anton Crace. Auckland’s Unitec Institute of Technology has developed a mobile website to deliver orientation information to international students before they arrive on campus. More...
Student experience central to English Australia dialogues
By Anton Crace. Australia’s ELICOS representative body, English Australia, called for a renewed focus on the international student experience during its annual conference in Hobart, Australia this month. More...
Cambridge English offers free writing feedback online
By Anton Crace. A free online service that automatically rates and assesses English learners’ writing skills without the need for a teacher has been launched at the English Australia conference in Hobart, Tasmania. More...
Australia: QLD opens student advice centre
By Anton Crace. A new student welfare and information centre has opened in Queensland to bolster the state’s A$3bn international education industry and help students feel supported. More...
NZ takes first step towards new int’l ed strategy
By Anton Crace. The development of New Zealand’s new international education strategy is underway after Education New Zealand announced the initial consultation period would commence this month. More...
ENZ prioritises sustainable growth after boom years
By Anton Crace. After two years of double digit growth in student enrolments and tuition revenue topping NZ$1bn, New Zealand is now focused on ensuring its growth is sustainable. More...
Universities to play a key role in strengthening Sino-UK ties
By Julian Hall. Higher education will provide the foundation for a deepening trade relationship between the UK and China as the bilateral partnership enters a ‘golden era’, according to a new report from the Confederation of British Industry and Middlesex University. More...
US dominates latest global employability rankings
By Julian Hall. Regardless of where US institutions stand on Trump, they will be pleased to see that the latest university employability rankings – the Global University Employability Ranking published by THE – has US universities in six of the top 10 places, dominating the top five, in fact. More...
Africa: Centum Investments, Sabis to set up schools
By Julian Hall. The first of 20 international schools planned by the consortium of publicly-owned East African company, Centum Investments, with the private, for-profit, Sabis education network and private investment firm Investbridge Capital (IBC) is to open in Kiambu, Kenya in September 2018. More...
Japan’s JP Holdings to move into Vietnam
By Julian Hall. JP Holdings, Japan’s largest childcare facility company, is to invest $5m in a new kindergarten complex in the Vietnamese city of Da Nang. More...