Jon Aizlewood

The Australian government has spectacularly reacted to the Knight review by adopting all 41 of its recommendations, published last week, ushering in new visa policies for international students in Australia from 2012 that will have far-reaching consequences. In a complete policy mis-match to the UK, which is restricting access to the employment market for international […]

The Australian government invited industry stakeholders to submit opinions online earlier this year, in light of the Strategic Review of the Student Visa Program, and their opinions certainly make interesting reading, suggesting easily resolvable problems in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector, and reflecting an appetite for increased regulation for education agencies, many of […]

While WYSE is holding its trade show, WYSTC, in Barcelona this week, previous sub-association ALTO (Association of Language Travel Organisations) is patting itself on the back after feedback from its first Directors-level seminar was very positive. ALTO broke away from the reigns of WYSE last year to carve a new niche within industry associations – […]

ELS Educational Services, the self-styled leading recruiter of international students for US higher education, has acquired Universal English College (UEC) in Sydney, increasing its presence in the Australian pathway market. Formed 22 years ago, UEC is one of Australia’s most respected English language schools and was rated 8th best English language school in the world […]

It was a record-breaking year for StudyWorld London, a trade workshop organised by association, English UK, with almost 900 delegates from all over the world attending its international student recruitment fair – attended by education agencies and institutions hoping to broker business relationships with them. Opening the event, Tony Millns, English UK’s Chief Executive, said […]

The results of a study by real estate advisor, DTZ, suggest that London is heading for a shortage of affordable student accommodation, as most planned development over the next two years is occurring in the more expensive zone 1 area of the city. The problem stems from the fact that private developers are looking to […]

With many young international students congregating in Malta each summer with the intention to enjoy themselves – and learn some English at the same time – it is not the first time that unruly language students causing disarray have hit the headlines in Malta. But a series of violent incidences and scenes of disorder have […]

Immigration New Zealand’s Chief Executive, Nigel Bickle, has been talking of his desire to improve visa issuance for international students in a bid to remain competitive with other international study destinations and grow the country’s market share. Visa application centres are also being planned in China and Hong Kong, while one opened in Mumbai, India […]

In typical Australian fashion, the country has expended resources trying to understand the well-publicised attacks on Indian students (and crime in general against international students) from a statistical point-of-view, and adopt counter-measures appropriately. Widespread media coverage of the attacks led to a rapid drop-off in Indian enrolments in 2009 and 2010 and soul-searching among policy-makers […]

CIBT Education Group has announced that it has signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with Hunan Radio and Television University (HUTVU). According to the announcement, the two companies will work together to “offer hotel and tourism management programmes through CIBT Group’s Global Learning Network (GLN).” Programs will include “English training for the hotel industry, a […]