More than three-quarters of British business leaders believe learning Mandarin Chinese will give students a career advantage, with more than a quarter saying it would be ‘significant’, according to a new survey.
The Chinese Ministry of Education recorded a total of 608,400 study abroad students in 2017 – the first time the number has exceeded the 600,000 mark.
During the IHEF event in Nottingham, Janet Beer, president of Universities UK, outlined a four-point wish list for a new internationalisation strategy that the UK's higher education sector body would like to see.
The British Council has been ordered to cease operations in Russia, following a diplomatic row over a nerve agent attack in the UK which left a former Russian spy and his daughter critically ill.
The British Council has announced the grantees of its Brazil-UK university partnership program, to develop internationalisation strategies and strengthen partnerships between HEIs.
International student mobility will likely slow down by as much as 4% over the next ten years, a new British Council research paper has found,due to shrinking tertiary-aged population and local investment in higher education.
Around one in five adults in the UK are planning to learn a language in 2018, with Spanish being the most popular choice amongst potential learners.
Delegates and international education professionals from 40 countries gathered to discuss fresh approaches for connecting with international students worldwide.