By Amy Baker. The Saudi Arabian Cultural Attaché used his platform speaking at the International Higher Education Forum in London to chide the UK HE sector into improving some aspects of its higher education offer, despite providing an assurance that in general, the high level of quality provision is appreciated by the Saudi student community. More...
Faculty exchanges and access key to study abroad: Heiskell winners
By Sara Custer. With some 4,000 secondary education institutions in the United States, there is no one way to internationalise a campus; but at the Institute of International Education‘s Best Practices Conference, the organisation aimed to showcase some of most successful approaches to increase outbound numbers, integrate international students and extend study abroad access to underrepresented student groups. More...
ACPET to launch preferred agent list in Australia
By Beckie Smith. The Australian Council for Private Education and Training has announced that it will produce a Preferred List of education agents to work with its members, as it publishes a new Code of Practice for working with agents and education brokers. More...
China focuses on regional students as inbound enrolments up
By Beckie Smith. China will focus its student recruitment efforts on neighbouring growth markets, it has announced, as government statistics reveal increasing incoming student numbers in India and Pakistan are offsetting stagnation in other markets. More...
New student halls review website launches in UK
By Beckie Smith. A former international student from Australia has launched a TripAdvisor-style independent review website for private UK student accommodation after his own experience of a privately-operated halls of residence left him less than impressed. More...
IHWO welcomes new school in Chiang Mai
By Beckie Smith. International House World Organisation has welcomed its second affiliate school in Thailand. IH Chiang Mai is the group’s second school in Thailand and brings IHWO’s total portfolio of schools to 159. More...
Indian National Budget boosts skills training
By Beckie Smith. This year’s Indian National Budget has allocated increased funding for skills training, highlighting a need for both domestic and outside players to help plug India’s upcoming skills gap. More...
Chinese students favouring Australian high schools as enrolments climb 20 per cent
By Bridget Brennan. New enrolment figures show China's rising middle class is increasingly looking to Australian high schools to educate its next generation.
Last year, there were almost 4,300 new enrolments of Chinese teenagers in Australian public and private schools. More...
Rhodes Scholarships Expanding to Include Chinese Students
By . The organization that administers Rhodes scholarships, the prestigious grant program that sends promising students to the University of Oxford, is preparing to expand to the developing world and other countries and will soon begin naming scholars from China. More...
Abroad101 releases student review rankings
By Sara Custer. Students from the US have ranked courses in Costa Rica, Australia and Ireland as the best study abroad programmes in the Abroad101 2014 Study Abroad Rankings. The review website also announced listings of students’ top choices for summer programmes, foodie cities and budget destinations. More...
