By Brendan O'Malley - 10 March 2016 Business school leaders are calling on the government to change the policy on student visas to make Britain a more attractive place following a sharp decline in international students taking business courses. One third of all international students in UK universities are studying in a business ...
12 Feb 2016 Here are the highlights: A new survey report gathers responses from more than 35,000 prospective international students, largely those in emerging markets The survey responses indicate important variations in the types of recruiters – school representatives, agents, alumni – that students trust and that are influential in their study abroad ...
Sep 25, 2015 by Natalie Marsh First-time enrolments at US graduate schools from international students increased by 11.2% between autumn 2013 and autumn 2014, according to a recent report from the Council of Graduate Schools. The report, which looks at graduate enrolment and degrees from 2004 to 2014, also found that international ...
7 Aug 2015 A new survey of US high school students has some interesting insights into how students use digital channels, including social media, to discover, learn about, and engage with universities and colleges. Conducted by the online textbook rental and education services company Chegg, the online survey was completed by 1,611 ...
Jul 28, 2015 by Beckie Smith Four in five international students who study in Australia return home immediately after graduating, a survey by student recruitment and conversion specialists Hobsons has revealed. The company has argued that the findings show international students do not pose a threat to domestic graduates’ employment opportunities. Just ...
Jul 21, 2015 by Natalie Marsh The government of Ontario in Canada has announced that, starting this autumn, it will permit universities to use up to 25% of allocated public funding to support international graduate students. The decision won’t expand budgets, but will give institutions more freedom to give graduate placements ...
13 Jul 2015 The British government will reportedly introduce new rules this week to eliminate the opportunity for non-European Union students to work part-time during their studies in the UK. Further, non-EU students will be required to leave the country at the conclusion of their studies and will only be able ...
By Beckie Smith - Jan 5, 2015 International students studying in France contributed a net €1.6bn (US$2bn) to the country’s economy last year, a first-of-its-kind report commissioned by Campus France reveals. The report, Au-delà de l’influence: l’apport économique des étudiants étrangers en France, estimates that the 295,084 foreign students who studied ...
By Beckie Smith - 15 August 2014 Australia’s recovery story continues as a first-of-its-kind reports by the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) reveals international student commencements in Australia have rebounded after five years of shrinkage. The first six months of the year have seen more than 422,000 new commencements – an ...