By Beckie Smith. More than three quarters of parents who took part in a worldwide survey carried out by UK-based multinational banking and financial services company HSBC would consider sending their children abroad for university. More...
Cheating persists in US university applications from China
By Natalie Marsh. There are still more incentives to cheat than not for a number of students from China who continue to manipulate the US university applications process, it has emerged. More...
UK colleges: non-EU work rights to be axed; PSW squeezed
By Amy Baker. Tighter rules for the UK’s FE sector have been confirmed, with all part-time work rights for non-EU students studying at publicly funded colleges to be scrapped, while college-enrolled students will also have no possibility of applying for a work visa while in the UK, the Home Office has confirmed. More...
BETA focuses on dual values of education travel
Gov movement in South Africa on visas for ELT
StudentMarketing MoU with UNWTO on youth travel
By Amy Baker. Youth travel consultancy, StudentMarketing, has signed an MoU with UN World Tourism Organisation to further promote collaboration and pave the way for production of a global report on youth and student tourism. More...
THE releases preliminary Africa uni rankings
By Sara Custer. Times Higher Education, producers of the World University Rankings, have released a snapshot of their preliminary rankings of universities in Africa. More...
US State Department endorses “education diplomacy”
By Sara Custer. Evan Ryan, the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Culture Affairs, this month endorsed international education’s role in tackling global issues and boosting the country’s foreign outreach. More...
CEG’s Stafford House acquires three US language schools
By Sara Custer. UK-based Cambridge Education Group has acquired three English language schools in the US that will be brought under its English language brand, Stafford House School of English, starting next year. More...
New leadership for US, Aus ELT bodies
By Beckie Smith. English Australia and English USA, the representative bodies for the English language teaching sectors in each country, have both appointed new executive leaders. More...