An entrepreneur is joining the UK study travel market by launching Travelling Classroom, which will focus on travel as much as education, offering standardised or bespoke packages that enable English language students to strategically study the English language while touring Scotland, Ireland or England.
The mainly-UK backed MOOC platform, FutureLearn, was unveiled yesterday at a press conference. CEO Simon Nelson explained how the MOOC is redefining distance learning to harness the power of the social web, while Minister David Willetts shared his vision for how MOOCs could help shape the future of cross-sectoral education delivery and student recruitment.
Professional networking site LinkedIn has launched a new platform for universities that will bridge the gap between prospective students and graduate success stories. Through University Pages, students can see and search an institution’s alumni network based on nationality and job sector.
India’s third largest private sector bank, Axis, has launched a pre-paid travel currency card for students in association with The International Student Identity Card (ISIC). It is the first photo travel card available to Indian students in USD, Euro, GBP and AUD currencies that can be used at over 2 million MasterCard ATMs worldwide.
LSBF has partnered with pathway provider North Consortium UK to offer English and academic preparation courses at its London campus. The collaboration will see LSBF’s pathway portfolio grow to include programmes that feed into other institutions around the UK.
The Canadian language school ILAC has signed an articulation agreement with pathways giant INTO, enabling its students to progress to INTO’s US pathways. ILAC, which has campuses in Vancouver and Toronto, says a number of other American institutions have approached it about pursuing similar tie-ups, too.
India and China market entry specialists Sannam S4 and Grok Education Services have announced a strategic partnership to support educators trying to break into Asia. The move will give educators access to a wider range of services and markets (Grok has flagged Malaysia) via a “single relationship”.
German agency and publisher, flyOUT, has published its first multilingual app aimed at its target market that embark on an au pair experience overseas. The company decided to launch the app in German and English first, and because of a brisk take-up, a Spanish version of the app followed four weeks later.
International education payments firm PeerTransfer has raised US$6.4 million in new funding to help it grow its client base outside the USA. The firm, which halves the exchange rate for international students making tuition and other payments, is used by 350 education institutions worldwide, but 335 are based in the USA spelling room for growth.
International student satisfaction in the UK has improved by eight to ten percentage points in the last five years with the country ahead of many of its rivals, new research shows. i-graduate’s latest International Student Barometer (ISB) found high levels of satisfaction with the arrivals experience, learning experience and student support in the UK.
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