24 Feb 2017 Here are the highlights: Australia’s international enrolment grew by 10.9% last year to reach 554,179 for 2016. This is a new record for foreign enrolment in Australia and compares to average annual growth of 6.5% over the past ten years. Australia’s international student enrolment hit a new high in 2016 to ...
Dec 10, 2015 by Beckie Smith The US and the UK will see their market shares of globally mobile students decline over the next decade as provision of education in traditional origin countries increases alongside their own ambitions to attract foreign students, according to a study by the British Council. Although the ...
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 ...
23 Jun 2015 The pool of prospective students is getting larger all the time for many schools and institutions. The Internet appears to be a big factor in this trend, in that it makes it easier for students to file queries – via online forms, social media, or simply by email ...
May 20, 2015 by Beckie Smith International students at London universities contribute a net £2.3bn and support 70,000 jobs, new research has revealed, sparking renewed calls for the UK government to review immigration policy around international students. The study also found that more than a third of the capital’s international students ...
20 May 2015 A recent report from Australia’s New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has touched off considerable debate in Australia as to the incidence of fraud in international student recruitment, including related impacts on academic standards in the country’s universities. Learning the hard way: managing corruption risks associated with ...
11 Nov 2014 The always-insightful consulting and research firm Noel-Levitz is out this year with two new studies that nicely add to the current research on online recruiting practices and the motivations and concerns of prospective international students. The first, 2014 E-Recruiting Practices Report for Four-Year and Two-Year Institutions, draws on a ...
By Helen Obaje - 29 August 2014 Agents do a great deal to prepare international students for studying in the United Kingdom. The British Council’s Student Insight survey of 180,000 prospective international students shows that every year at least a third of the students surveyed say that will definitely use an ...
The Guardian - 15 August 2014 The Russell Group of leading universities has called on the government to drop plans for a free-for-all in undergraduate recruitment next year, following publication of a report that suggests the policy could have disastrous financial consequences. Although the government expects undergraduate enrolments to rise in 2015 ...
13 August 2014 As business leaders and prospective students increasingly seek proof of graduate readiness and success, it is no wonder that employability has emerged as a key issue for educators. But what exactly does the concept of “employability” entail and how does it relate to international student recruitment? In today’s post, ...