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US: international students miss summer work opportunities due to OPT delays
Many international students in the US have been impacted by severe delays in processing Optional Practical Training work permits, leaving them unable to start their summer jobs or internships and incurring opportunity and financial cost.
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Brazilian agency closure puts hundreds of students’ travel plans in limbo
Brazilian agency Time2 Travel has cited financial difficulties for its sudden closure, meaning many of its customers will not travel despite having paid, and impacting students staying in residences it operated in Ireland.
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US dominates QS rankings, but registers “worst performance on record”
The US may still be at the helm of the league tables but other countries have improved significantly more, the QS World University Rankings 2020 showed.
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San Diego State U lays off all full-time ESL instructors
San Diego State University laid off all its full-time ESL instructors in May in response to a “rapid change” in the nature of access to its courses, but former employees worry that the institution’s language provision will no longer meet expectations.
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Australia: welcome more important than reputation, QS
Feeling welcomed by an Australian university is more important than reputation and ranking for prospective students, according to a survey from QS. However, researchers indicate that career prospects remain the highest factor for choosing a course.
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UK: more students than ever are going abroad during their first degree – UUKi
More UK undergraduate students than ever are going abroad as part of their degree, as mobile student rise from 7.2% in 2014−15, to 7.8% in 2016−17.
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US: IEP numbers down 10%, but decline has started to “level” – IIE
Intensive English Language providers in the US saw another year of declining enrolments in 2018, but the downward trend has started to “level”, new IIE figures have revealed.
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