By Katie Duncan - Dec 17, 2014 The trajectory of the UK’s higher education sector is changing after the introduction of the country’s undergraduate funding regime in 2012. An annual trends report released by Universities UK (UUK) shows that amid a decline of 6.3% in domestic student enrolments in 2012-13 across ...
By Sara Custer - Dec 8, 2014 Since the National Association of College Admission Counselling (NACAC) consented to partnerships with commissioned education consultants last year, the use of agents among higher education institutions in the US is growing and the agent debate is shifting from”should we do it?” to “how do ...
Nov 19, 2014 by Beckie Smith International students and their dependents contributed $26.8bn to the US economy and around 340,000 jobs were created or supported by the international education industry in the last academic year, according to an analysis carried out for leading industry body NAFSA. The analysis, based on enrolment data ...
Nov 28, 2014 by Beckie Smith Paris has been named the world’s best city for students for the third year running, followed by Melbourne and London, in the QS Best Student Cities 2015 ranking, which judges locations according to criteria including university rankings, student mix, quality of living and affordability. The French ...
Dec 1, 2014 by Beckie Smith Transnational education (TNE) was worth £469m to UK universities in 2012-13, according to a report from BIS, as new research by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) shows TNE students are helping to make up England’s shortfall in incoming international student numbers. The estimated ...
Dec 2, 2014 by Katie Duncan With the UK’s general election fast approaching, Shadow Immigration Minister, David Hanson, has said a Labour victory would mean international students will be removed from net migration figures adding that the toxic immigration debate has “removed the discussion of the benefits of migration.” Hanson also slammed ...
Nov 14, 2014 by Katie Duncan Cambridge Education Group (CEG) has reason to celebrate this week after winning the ‘School operator – private schools groups’ category at the Education Investor (EI) Awards and its independent school CATS College Canterbury being awarded the ‘Boarding Initiative’ title at the Independent School Awards. The EI ...
By Beckie Smith - Dec 3, 2014 The University of Sheffield has been named the first ever winner of the Times Higher Education (THE) International Student Strategy award for its hugely successful #weareinternational campaign, which aimed to spread a more welcoming image of the UK as a destination for international ...