There is no point in having a swanky penthouse apartment if the host does not want to provide a home from home. Someone who wants a lodger is not going to make a good host.

Crowd learning and gaming are the latest e-learning trends to make an impact in the burgeoning MOOC culture that is gaining attention in the education industry. These predicted shifts in teaching and learning are set to change education in the next two to five years, according to a report from the OU.

After a long series of delays, Pakistan is edging closer to building its 705 acre knowledge city, an “interactive area for universities, research institutions and the IT industry,” that will be modelled on Dubai's Knowledge Village. Punjab's current Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is set to invest in land and human resources as well as invite international universities to partner with it.

Canada’s longest public service workers’ strike, which affected some 100,000 inbound international students, has come to an end after the PAFSO reached a tentative agreement with the Canadian government, late last week. The strike, which began on 2 April, has cost the Canadian economy CAN$1 billion so far while creating a backlog of visa applications for international students.

Over 100 student representatives from 39 countries in Europe are calling on HEIs to stop treating international students as a source of revenue and better support their place in society. A draft declaration is being presented to the ESU that urges policy makers to understand the opinions, reflecting national unions of students.

As growth in student mobility is expected to decline in the next seven years the future of global higher education lies in increased education exports say over 20 global higher education leaders in new research commissioned by the UK Higher Education International Unit and Leadership Foundation.

The personal stories of international students in British Columbia will take centre stage in the second annual ‘StudyinBC’ contest administered by the British Columbia Council for International Education (BCCIE) to promote study in the province. Organisers are expecting at least 100 submissions this year of photos, videos and blog entries.

Staggering figures from the the Economist Intelligent Unit show that in order to avoid a rise in regional unemployment and recession, South Asia needs to create one million additional skills training places every month for the next eight years. The report reveals that of the 100 million skilled trainees needed to spur economic growth, South Asia lacks 96 million.