By Natalie Marsh. Tuition fee revenue for international education topped $1bn in New Zealand for the first time last year, as enrolments grew by 13%, according to the newly released Education New Zealand snapshot report. More...
Campus France: language, financial concerns barriers to study abroad
By Natalie Marsh. A recent Campus France survey of 26,000 students in higher education in France has tried to understand barriers that prevent many of these students from studying abroad. Its latest research reveals that 2 in 3 students currently have no overseas study experience, despite participation numbers rising. More...
Academic credit now an option for FutureLearn MOOCs
By Natalie Marsh. Students will now be able to take credit bearing programmes from top universities in the UK and around the world on MOOC platform FutureLearn. Eight higher education institutions have developed courses for this year that can be assessed for university credit. More...
Uniplaces rewards “good deeds” for int’l students
By Natalie Marsh. Global student accommodation platform, Uniplaces, is encouraging students to perform acts of kindness for international students in order to enter its latest scholarship competition. More...
Ireland: health, choice of institution impact int’l student satisfaction
By Natalie Marsh. International students in Ireland rate their experience more favourably if they are happy with the institution where they are studying, new research has found. More...
US: 56% HEIs in pathway partnerships not nationally ranked
By Natalie Marsh. A new report from NAFSA: Association of International Educators on the burgeoning US pathway market, has found that just over half of the higher education institutions who have partnered with pathway providers are not placed on the national rankings. More...
UK: APPG for International Students launched
By Natalie Marsh. An All-Parliamentary Party Group for International Students has been formed in the UK, in order to highlight the impact and contribution foreign students make to the country. More...
Going Global: more HE cooperation needed within Africa, say ministers
By Natalie Marsh. More intra-African and South-South cooperation is needed in higher education at both the institutional and government level, ministers from across the continent have said. More...
Going Global: Universities key to gender equality
By Natalie Marsh. Universities have a big role to play in the UN’s HeForShe campaign, aiming to establish gender parity worldwide, leaders said at the British Council’s Going Global conference in South Africa this month. Institutions are making transformative commitments on their own campuses, they said, but women are often not found in the higher placed position of university leadership. More...
QLD HE commit A$500k to study abroad contest
By Natalie Marsh. The Best Semester Abroad campaign will pay for 20 international student winners to spend a semester studying in the Australian state. More...