Europe

British workplace learning specialist, Liverpool Community College, has visited China to offer advice on apprenticeships...

University College Dublin (UCD) and Beijing University of Technology have signed a landmark agreement to establish a campus in Beijing, which will advance research...

Liam Burns, the president of the UK’s National Union of Students, said last week during a sub-committee hearing at the House of Lords, that too few UK students from underpriviledged backgrounds are benefiting from European Union grants to study abroad.

Fifty-five students and seven academics from the UK and Brazil have taken part in a two-week exchange programme to study at campuses in each other’s countries...

Bell, the UK-based global language chain, is to launch new summer programmes for young learners at Ardingly College in West Sussex...

Crowds of angry non-EU students have demonstrated in the Cypriot capital over rules they say restrict their right to work outside college hours. They claim foreign students should be recognised as income earners...

Oxford Royale Academy was named best educational product in last week's British Youth Travel Awards, beating Ardmore Language Schools and Bell's "Winter Explorer"...

A charity has been launched to support the countries from which the UK recruits most international students – a move that could give the country an edge as an "ethical" study destination. It plans to raise funds from UK HE stakeholders to support the development of primary and secondary education in countries such as China, India and Nigeria.

UK science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) courses are increasingly being taken by international students likely to return home after graduation. This is prompting fears of a future skills shortage in the UK, especially with post-study work rights for international students now severely limited.

The number of Chinese students studying in Spain has increased elevenfold since 2003, from 500 to more than 5,500 this year, according to figures provided China’s embassy in Spain, while Mandarin study is also growing among Spaniards as bilateral ties pay off.

Cambridge ESOL has launched a new, interactive web-based service to help students prepare for the speaking part of the Cambridge English: First exam, featuring real-life examiners.

The UK chancellor has announced a number of initiatives to help British universities expand overseas. These include an online portal, HE Global, launching in Jan. And Osborne promised a “vehicle” to help the education sector, government and business work together in selling British education abroad.

The UK has become a less welcoming study destination due to its tough new visa rules and problematic visa application process, a survey of international students confirms today. A total of 5,000 overseas students on UK university and college courses were polled, with one in five saying they no longer felt welcome in the country.

One of Turkey’s education agency associations, UED, organised a national TV appearance for one of its directors to boost the reputation of education agencies in the sector. Gülcin Taskin, a UED director, appeared on education news show Tercih Başar on the TGRT Haber channel.

BELS in Malta opened the doors to its new study centre in St. Paul’s Bay on the main island of Malta this month. The centre consists of eight spacious..