Housing shortages fuel international student scams
A lack of affordable accommodation in Canada is making international students vulnerable to housing scams, a student housing cooperative has warned.
A lack of affordable accommodation in Canada is making international students vulnerable to housing scams, a student housing cooperative has warned.
An annual survey looking into the treatment and experience of international students in the Netherlands indicates that they are often treated as “second class citizens”, and more needs to be done to support them.
International students are being forced to change their plans as universities grapple with accommodation shortages in cities such as Amsterdam, Utrecht and Glasgow.
Approachable teachers, efficient daily life and helpful admissions teams; these are just some of things that international students studying in the happiest countries in the world say about their lives.
International students joining Dutch institutions in the 2021/22 academic year are expected to yield around €1.5 billion to the country's treasury throughout their lifetimes, according to calculations from Nuffic.
Universities across Europe have experienced a sudden increase in demand, but is their new-found popularity due to the "Brexit effect”? Or, with many countries already experiencing a long-term growth in student numbers, would this have happened anyway? Helen Packer finds out.
New figures show a 12% increase in the number of international students this year, but Dutch universities want the government to introduce limits on incoming students.
Online education platform Winc Academy has announced a funding round of $3 million, led by two Dutch investment companies.