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Posts Tagged ‘English’

WHAT UNIVERSITIES WANT: THE ‘HARD’ OR ‘SOFT’ A LEVEL DEBATE CONTINUES

February 15th, 2011 posted by Jasmine Jaume

There has been much debate over the years about so-called ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ subjects and students are always asking what subjects are best to take at A level (or equivalent) to get into their chosen universities. The debate has flared up once again.

UK GOVERNMENT PROPOSE STRICTER GUIDELINES FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT VISAS

December 16th, 2010 posted by Jasmine Jaume

Having decided to raise university tuitions fees for British students, Britain’s coalition government has now turned its attention to international students. The government has unveiled proposals that recommend clamping down on international student visas and rights to work, which will be decided on at the end of January.

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.

NICK CLEGG SUGGESTS NUS IS CONTRIBUTING TO ‘MISINFORMATION’ ABOUT UK TUITION FEE RISES

December 2nd, 2010 posted by Jasmine Jaume

Despite further student protests taking place in London yesterday, deputy PM Nick Clegg is urging protesters and the National Union of Students (NUS) to consider the “true picture” about the possible rise in tuition fees.

“INTRODUCTION TO THE ACT” SEMINAR FOR UK STUDENTS

September 20th, 2010 posted by Ian Maull

The ACT is one of the exams required or recommended by most colleges and universities in the United States when evaluating applicants for their undergraduate programmes.

US COLLEGES EXTEND CONDITIONAL ADMISSION PLACES TO ATTRACT MORE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

August 9th, 2010 posted by Paul McWilliams

More and more US colleges and universities are turning to conditional admissions as a legitimate form of attracting international students. The institutions are now seeing conditional admission as part of a more comprehensive recruiting strategy as a growing number move away from a policy of recruiting students purely on their own terms.

TAIWAN STRIVES TO ENTICE FOREIGN STUDENTS

February 3rd, 2010 posted by Ian Maull

THE ELTONS SHORTLIST 2010 HAS ARRIVED

December 15th, 2009 posted by Felicity Pont

The shortlist for the ELTons, a celebration of excellence in English language teaching from around the world has been announced in the following categories: The UK Award for Innovation, The Cambridge ESOL International Award for Innovation and The Macmillan Education Award for Innovative Writing.

WOLFRAM ALPHA INTERACTIVE WEB EVENT FOR STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS

October 16th, 2009 posted by Nikki Tarjanyi

Wolfram|Alpha, the powerful search engine tipped to take over from Google will be holding the ‘Homework Day’ on Wednesday October 21st. Homework Day is a live interact web event bringing together students of all ages and educators from across the globe to tackle assignments online.

MALAYSIAN MATHS AND SCIENCE LESSONS TO BE TAUGHT IN THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE ONCE MORE

July 13th, 2009 posted by Felicity Pont

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian officials last week announced that as of 2012 all teaching of maths and science in the county will be conducted in the mother tongue, Bahasa Malaysia.