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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.
RECORD NUMBER OF FOREIGN STUDENTS IN FRANCE
April 20th, 2010 posted by Ian Maull
2008-09 saw France’s highest ever number of foreign student enrollments, with 266,400 young people choosing to study in the European nation, an increase of 2.3% on the previous year.
NEW VICE CHANCELLOR FOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS AT SUNY
September 17th, 2009 posted by Felicity Pont
News that Dr Mitch Leventhal has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of the State University of New York system (SUNY) was reported in The Australian this week.
VIRTUAL TEXTBOOKS — THE NEW WAY TO STUDY?
August 17th, 2009 posted by Nikki Tarjanyi
In this digital age students are increasingly turning to new technologies over traditional methods of study. According to an article on canada.com, more than 7,000 post-secondary textbooks are now available to download either to computers or mobile devices such as the iPhone.
WORLDWIDE UNIVERSITIES NETWORK WELCOMES NEW CEO
June 24th, 2009 posted by Nikki Tarjanyi
The Worldwide Universities Network has announced a new Chief Executive Designate, Australian medical scientist, Professor John Hearn.
The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is a consortium of 16 research universities spanning North America, Europe, South East Asia and Australia. WUN is devoted to supporting and funding research education and building and sustaining research communities.
