We’re proud to announce the release of our latest issue of i-LASH, which explores courses in the Liberal Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities across the globe.

The LASH subject areas are vast and offer the opportunity to study a wide range of different subjects, whether this is within a liberal arts degree or in a more specialised programme. This issue has plenty of interesting articles about studying some of the popular subjects within these areas, and will give you an idea of what types of courses are available in different countries around the world. You can find articles about studying theology in New Zealand, politics in the UK or sociology in the USA, to name just a few!

We’d like to say thank you to all of our contributors for their time and effort, and their help in creating this guide. Their expertise and experience are invaluable, and here they share their knowledge with you.

We hope that you enjoy reading this guide. If you have any comments or suggestions for the next issue, or are interested in contributing to any of the i-studentadvisor resources, please contact us at editorial@i-studentgroup.com

And don’t forget, there are more articles, plus country-specific information about visas, fees and more, on the i-studentadvisor website.

This issue is packed with great articles and features about studying these popular and diverse subject areas, and the careers they can lead to. Along with the traditional disciplines such as chemistry and mathematics, this issue also has plenty of information about lesser-known subjects such as naval engineering and the environmental sciences, which are becoming increasingly popular. This issue also sees us speaking to a genetic scientist and a marine biology graduate about their respective study and career paths.

We’d like to thank all of our contributors who have helped make this issue our best i-SECT yet. We really appreciate the time taken by all the organisations, professionals, students and experts who have contributed their expertise and experiences to make this i-SECT guide as extensive and useful as possible.

We hope you enjoy reading this magazine and find it useful when choosing your study options and, as always, we would love to hear what you think. You can get in touch with us at: editorial@i-studentadvisor.com

The Education Minister for Australia insists that enrolments have grown recently, regardless of the adverse conditions. Crean said that despite the current global financial crisis and the exchange rate “the last figures (he) saw showed that enrolments in university-run courses have increased for overseas students”.

Compared to the same month last year, overseas enrolments in higher education have increased 10.7% this June.

Despite this promising figure, there are still hurdles to overcome. As overseas students and the aspiration of many to continue to live in Australia is fast becoming one of the key issues in the election campaign, with Labor set to tighten the migration rules if re-elected.

Rob Forage is Global chief executive for UNSW Global, which offers English language courses and foundation studies for overseas students at the University of NSW. He says that what “we don’t want (is) people offering courses, in whatever institution in Australia, as a means by which they’re selling permanent residency, not quality education.”

However in a survey by market researcher TNS, response shows that the majority of the people who took the poll agreed that international students help make Australia part of the global community. The Australian Technology Network has also said that they believe easier entry of foreign research students would benefit the nation.

Only time will be able to tell the outcome. In the mean time, there will be many prospective international students watching the election poll with very keen interest.

Are you a student looking to study in Australia? How do you feel about the prospective visa changes? Please comment below.

We’re proud to present our latest subject-specific magazine, i-LASH, for courses in the liberal arts, social sciences and humanities.

These subjects are consistently popular with international students, providing an insight into the way we live, think and experience the world around us. This issue explores a range of subjects such as history, philosophy, psychology, geography, international studies and more, with discussions on how studying such subjects can provide a fantastic education as well as open up a wealth of rewarding and inspiring career opportunities.

As always we love to hear feedback from our readers so if you want to share your thoughts on i-LASH or any of the i-studentadvisor publications you can contact us through editorial@i-studentadvisor.com

We hope you enjoy this issue and will join us again for our next subject-specific magazine, i-MHS, for courses in medicine and health science.

These are some of the most popular areas of study for international students worldwide and this issue of i-SECT explores the many study options in these fields across the world. As always, the guide features information about courses and institutions in the six major English speaking countries around the world; the USA, Canada, the UK, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand and for the first time, this issue also offers a glimpse into European engineering education with a spotlight on Germany.

As well as all this, this issue of i-SECT also contains a special supplement about the study of science, engineering, computing and technology in Ireland. At the forefront of science and technology education, we have included lots of articles and profiles to showcase the many opportunities on offer in Ireland.

We hope you enjoy reading the new issue of i-SECT as much as we enjoyed making it and as always if you have any comments or ideas we would love to here from you.