Africa

EduSA has resorted to court action over what it has called an “unconstitutional rejection of study visas”, following a longstanding policy impasse that EFL providers say has significantly damaged their business.

While the weaker British pound might make studying in the UK more attractive to some international students, the country's third most fruitful source market is still struggling with punishing exchange rates.

Germany has committed more than $25m to benefit local partner organisations in a bid to boost technical and vocational education in Rwanda.

Four out of five UK higher education institutions involved in transnational education – in the forms of international branch campuses, online provision, dual degrees and joint programmes – intend to grow operations over the next three years, according to an extensive survey by HE Global.

The Groningen Declaration Network expanded to 53 signatories, after 12 organisations and private companies signed the declaration which aims to prevent student fraud.

A University of Strathclyde student and Swinburne University of Technology lecturer have both won QS Unisolutions IMPACT awards.

The key challenge for the government is how do we increase access so that anybody who qualifies to go to university has the chance.

The time it takes a university to respond to emails and enquires affects how students view its overall teaching quality, according to a recent survey by Hobsons.

Universities have a big role to play in the UN's HeForShe campaign, aiming to establish gender parity worldwide, leaders said at the Going Global conference in South Africa this month.

More intra-African and South-South cooperation is needed in higher education at both the institutional and government level, ministers from across the continent said at the Going Global conference in Cape Town this month.

Fears that South Africa’s English language sector is being squeezed by restrictive visa conditions have been confirmed in the latest statistics from Education South Africa. Figures show that student numbers at member schools plummeted by more than a third in 2015.

Nigerians hoping to buy pounds, US dollars and euros are facing processing times of up to three times as long as those before President Muhammadu Buhari banned forex sales for overseas study. Still, agencies in the country report demand for overseas study remains high.

South Africa’s rand has plummeted in value since December but students are more eager than ever to study at universities overseas as unrest disrupts campus life at institutions across the country.

High value is placed on private tutoring for English language in Egypt, according to a recent report, due to the fairly low quality of the state education system, which as a result can provide opportunities for international providers.

StudySearch, which caters mostly to African students, saw enquiries from Nigerian students wanting to study at UK universities fall by 65% between 2014 and 2015.