By Amy Baker. The small and beautiful country of Wales in the UK has released a report underlining how integral and essential international education is for the country: £530 million in export earnings in 2014 has been attributed to the sector, which creates 7,600 full-time equivalent jobs in Wales. More...
Kings Education partners with Downside School
By Amy Baker. UK-based education provider, Kings Education, has announced a new partnership with Downside School, a well known Catholic boarding school near Bath in the UK. More...
International collaboration key to China’s HE, VET strategy
By Beckie Smith. International collaboration is a key pillar in two long-term strategic plans for higher and vocational education in China, which were released by the government last month. More...
VIC Int’l Education Awards winners announced
By Beckie Smith. Victoria’s government recognised the contributions outstanding international students and providers have made to the state in its annual Victorian International Education Awards this week. More...
IEAA joins Australia’s Future Economy Forum
By Beckie Smith. Australia’s international education stakeholder body, IEAA, has taken a seat at the table of the Future Economy Forum, a new Australian coalition of industry bodies intent on pursuing export and economic growth in the next 20 years. More...
Canada: 10% year-on-year growth in international enrolments
By Beckie Smith. A state-of-play report released this week by CBIE in Canada underlines an overall growth rate of 10% in international student enrolments from 2013-2014, with 336,497 international students studying in Canada in 2014 – up 83% in a decade. More...
How is the UK pathway sector evolving? More focus on integration, TNE, transparency
By Beckie Smith. Pathway programmes in the UK are evolving and benefitting from consecutive years of experience in preparing students academically and emotionally for life at a university overseas. More...
Canada calls for better focus on international student integration
By Beckie Smith. Stakeholders from Canada’s international higher education sector were reminded that student mobility does not necessarily equate to intercultural competence, at CBIE’s 49th annual conference held in Niagara Falls this week. More...
1m Strong to boost US K-12 Mandarin study
By Natalie Marsh. President Barack Obama has announced a new initiative to increase the number of K-12 students in the US studying Mandarin over the next five years to one million, in an extension of the 100,000 Strong programme. More...
Korea’s iae Global underlines big ambitions
By Natalie Marsh. South Korea-based student recruitment company, iae Global, has earmarked Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia as markets offering significant opportunity for growth of its student counselling and placement business. More...