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Language learning software giant Rosetta Stone has bought online language learning site LiveMocha for US$8.5million in cash, it has disclosed. It said the social community of 16 million learners using online technology to learn and share would help it realise its ambitions to be the most ubiquitous technology-based learning platform in the world.
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Competition is hotting up in the online language learning world after German startup Babbel sold a US$10 million stake to help it expand internationally. Founder Markus Witte said he hoped to break into the French, British, Italian, Spanish and Brazilian markets.
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The language chain Bell is to open a year-round young learner centre in St Albans, UK, this month aimed at 12-17 year olds. Bell St Albans is based at a Grade II listed Victorian building set in 60 acres of countryside, and offers English language and activity-based programmes.
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A study carried out by international payments company Western Union Business Solutions shows 82% of international students want to pay tuition in their local currency. According to the research, financial factors are the second most influential in a student’s decision making after the courses on offer at an institution.
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FPP Edu Media, a major educational fair organiser in Latin America, is rolling out its popular social network recruiting site Edufindme in India and Turkey next month. The site, which connects students, universities and agents, has attracted more than 320,000 users across Latin America since it launched in 2011.
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The first ever search portal for higher education in the Middle East and North Africa has been launched in Dubai and is set for international expansion. ‘Uni and I’ lists regional universities along with key information, and already features 675 institutions.
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Kaplan International Colleges is opening a junior English language school in Edinburgh this summer, as it expands its juniors offering across the UK. Junior language learning is said to be booming in Europe and the US, despite a fall in adult business due to the recession.
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A new biometric student attendance management system for public universities in the UK has hit the market, following its launch to private education providers last year. The company behind the cloud-based software also has plans to roll out internationally.
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Online education in Brazil got a boost last week as Digital Education, a division of international education publishing giant Macmillan, announced investments in two technology-led businesses, Veduca and Easyaula.
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Keen to lessen the financial strain on home pupils, a private tertiary college in Ireland has hit upon a novel idea: to waive fees for any Irish student who provides lodging to an international student. Griffith College is promoting the offer in Brazil, China and Russia among other markets.