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06 Sep 2010
UK: A fifth of the international students who come to Britain to study remain after their visas expire
06 Sep 2010
AUSTRALIA: International education is a great export, but Australia should focus on positioning itself as a leader in skills training, according to caretaker education minister Simon Crean.
06 Sep 2010
AUSTRALIA: Uni international managers’ plea to the next government: make your left arm talk to your right arm.
03 Sep 2010
AUSTRALIA: A PERTH lecturer found to have pressured failing Chinese students for sex is unlikely to be the only academic to exploit the vulnerability of students caught up in Australia's visas-for-degrees trade, according to the WA Corruption and Crime Commission
03 Sep 2010
USA: In an effort to help welcome and support international students who are moving to the U.S. in order to earn a degree, many American colleges are hosting freshmen and international orientations.
03 Sep 2010
USA: Although the past decade has seen a focus on internationalization at the academic level as universities across the nation have adapted strategic plans to help achieve goals of globalizing teaching, learning and research, the economic downturn has forced many of these universities to reconsider their once ambitious plans, reports the Chronicle of Higher Education.
03 Sep 2010
AUSTRALIA: Source: The Australian THE fall in international student commencements accelerated in July as numbers from India plummeted with the crackdown on student visa fraud and tougher migration policies.
02 Sep 2010
INDIA: Edify Education is planning to start seven schools in West Bengal and India’s North East region.
02 Sep 2010
AUSTRALIA: International student visa numbers dropped more than 16 per cent last financial year, with the number from India falling by more than half.
01 Sep 2010
AUSTRALIA: PRIORITY efforts by universities and TAFEs to win more streamlined visa processing for their students are being hampered by a lack of official research on student visa breaches