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CHINESE SPEAKERS SHOW OFF THEIR X FACTOR
December 10th, 2010 posted by Ian Maull
Students from schools across England and Wales will show off their linguistic skills at the X Factor-style regional heat of the HSBC/British Council Mandarin Chinese Speaking Competition at the London School of Economics. The 300 students will compete on Monday 13 December, to win a place in the final at the British Museum in March.
FORMER MEDIA EXECUTIVE MOVES TO ACADEMIA
November 30th, 2010 posted by Felicity Pont
Senior newspaper executive and editor David Maguire has moved to academia as Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Management at Murdoch University.
CHINESE STUDENTS FRUSTRATED OVER CANCELLATION OF GRE SCORES
November 10th, 2010 posted by Sarah Pont
A growing number of Chinese students are speaking out after thousands of Graduate Record Examinations scores were cancelled due to administrative problems. Many have spoken out about the insufficient and ineffective response that was given to them by the company who runs the exam.
SRI LANKA MAKES TEMPTING OFFER TO FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES
October 14th, 2010 posted by Ian Maull
The Sri Lankan government has announced it is currently in talks with twenty-three of the top universities around the world as part of a plan to encourage the establishment of foreign university campuses.
CHINA HOPES TO ATTRACT MORE FOREIGN STUDENTS
September 30th, 2010 posted by Sarah Pont
The senior official of the Ministry of Education in China has said that self-funding students are set to become the largest overseas group in the country, with plans to attract 500,000 of them in 2020.
TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION RANKINGS REVEALED
September 16th, 2010 posted by Ian Maull
WORLD UNIVERSITY LEAGUE TABLE SUGGESTS US UNIVERSITIES STILL THE BEST
August 16th, 2010 posted by Paul McWilliams
Once again US universities have come out on top in a list of world university rankings compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
RISE IN NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS GOING TO US
July 9th, 2010 posted by Paul McWilliams
The number of international students choosing to study in the US rose last year despite fears that numbers would drop as the result of the global recession.
UNIVERSITY OF BATH LAUNCHES CHINA EXCHANGE PROGRAMME
June 28th, 2010 posted by Paul McWilliams
The University of Bath recently strengthened links with the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China by announcing a new scheme that will allow elite Chinese engineering students to continue their studies at Bath on a BEng programme.
