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2012 QS RANKINGS REVEALED
September 5th, 2011 posted by Sarah Pont
Cambridge University has once again beat Harvard to the top spot since ending the US University’s 6 year reign last year.
IIE LAUNCHES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND FOR US-BASED JAPANESE STUDENTS
March 30th, 2011 posted by Ian Maull
The Institute of International Education (IIE), with support from the Freeman Foundation, has created an emergency grants programme to help students from Japan on US campuses whose home country support has been devastated by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Northeast Japan.
UNIVERSITY WORLD REPUTATION RANKINGS REVEALED
March 10th, 2011 posted by Ian Maull
The results of the Times Higher Education’s first World Reputation Rankings have been revealed, showing that US institutions still dominate academia in terms of their reputation.
HAVE STUDENTS TAKEN TO CHEATING TO GET THE BEST EDUCATION?
March 1st, 2011 posted by Jasmine Jaume
Is pressure to get a ‘good education’ and get into the best schools pushing students into cheating? With numerous reports recently of cases of cheating within education, it seems that perhaps the temptation to cheat is becoming hard to resist.
UNIVERSITY GRADUATES INCREASE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE
September 15th, 2010 posted by Paul McWilliams
Those countries that have a higher proportion of young people in higher education will have a global competitive advantage in future years according to the latest report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance 2010.
IRAQI SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS SET TO ARRIVE ON UK AND US CAMPUSES
June 4th, 2010 posted by Paul McWilliams
An Iraqi government initiative has seen hundreds of Iraqi students enrolled at universities and colleges across the US and the UK in an effort to start rebuilding Iraq’s once-renowned higher education system. The Iraq Education Initiative intends to provide education opportunities for over 600 young men and women this year before eventually expanding into Australia, Canada, France and Japan.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT NUMBERS RISE IN NEW ZEALAND
May 26th, 2010 posted by Paul McWilliams
Following yesterday’s news that numbers of international students studying in Australia had dropped by nearly 40% in the last year, it would seem their neighbours New Zealand are faring slightly better. Recently released figures show that numbers of international students rose from 88,570 to 93, 500 in the last year for the first time in six years.
