News

Foreign politicians and diplomats, international footballers and global pop icons are among those who have been educated in English by the London School of English, which has just reached 100...

In a first-of-its-kind deal, the Chinese government has agreed to train 300 Indian teachers at top Chinese universities in a bid to boost Mandarin learning across India. The teachers will then return to India to help promote the uptake of Mandarin language study. The agreement is between the Confucius Institute and India's Central Board of Secondary Education.

A busy networking event between educators and agencies – and information-laden seminars from UKBA and China experts, among others – signified an upbeat international recruitment event in London, UK this week.

China and Brazil have welcomed recommendations that 50,000 Canadian students a year should be studying abroad within 10 years, made by Canada's new advisory panel on international education. Only 2.2% of all full-time university students in Canada took a for-credit study abroad programme in 2006.

Bright World, one of the leading guardianship services for overseas students studying in the UK, has launched a portal enabling parents to keep better track of their children when abroad.

A cross-party parliamentary report has called for international students to be removed from net migration figures, claiming the government’s policy of including them is damaging to the economy. It also calls for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to help the UK expand its share of the "lucrative" student market.

New Zealand has launched a marketing drive to increase the Canterbury region's appeal as a destination for international students, after enrolments were hit by last year's earthquake. The scheme, Christchurch Educated, will also guarantee university entrance to international graduates of Christchurch secondary schools.

London Metropolitan University has launched legal action against the government after losing its right to recruit non-EU students last week, denying alleged “systemic” failures. According to an immigration law expert, the university could force an injunction preventing revocation of the licence until a full hearing has taken place.

Australia’s peak body for private tertiary providers, ACPET, is undertaking a survey of the size and contribution of private tertiary education in a bid to improve government recognition of the sector. CEO Claire Field said the findings would address "considerable gaps" in the data available to policy makers.

The ACPET National Conference (and awards) welcomed Australia’s largest gathering of private tertiary education and training experts to its annual conference, with international education high on the agenda...

US college graduates who study abroad find jobs sooner and earn higher salaries than those who stay on campus for their entire college careers, a new survey has found. A staggering 90% got their first job within six months of graduation compared to just 49% of respondents in a separate national survey.

The Thai International Education Consultants’ Association (TIECA) has signed a quality assurance agreement with education promotion agencies in the top five English speaking destinations. The declaration solidifies ties with the US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

One of the two new national education regulators in Australia, the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), has begun consultation with the Australian National ELT Accreditation Scheme (NEAS) after it was nominated as one of two authorities to oversee ELICOS programmes.

Education hub Malaysia is to impose new restrictions on international students entering the country to crack down on visa fraud, and has set up a new body to oversee the enrolment process.

International offers to postgraduate courses in the US increased 9% this year, driven by a boost in offers to students from China, Brazil and the Middle East. However, offers to the US's second and third largest resource countries, India and South Korea, remained flat. Those behind the survey say growth cannot be taken for granted next year.