Published 12/07/2013
Just as it’s hard imagine what life was like before the internet, after 2012’s breakout year for Coursera, Edx and Udacity among others, it’s hard to speak about higher education without mention of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). But will they live up to their billing and revolutionise global higher education, or end up as another online also-ran? Sara Custer investigates.
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Published 12/07/2013
"Miami’s a great place for Going Global. It’s a city that represents what the US will look in 2050 and as a British Diplomat I’m very interested in how to engage with the next generation of Americans that don’t have close ties with Europe and the UK"
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Published 12/07/2013
France has made it easier for students from outside the European Union to obtain visas and work in the country after they graduate, in a bid to attract more international students to the country. Students will no longer have to renew visas annually and can stay in France for up to a year to find work after graduation.
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Published 11/07/2013
Demand for quality education continues to grow across Africa as lack of funding, inadequate infrastructure and demotivated faculty drive Africans to study abroad, according to a study by Campus France, the French government's higher education promotion arm. However France, the top destination, has seen its dominance slip as students increasingly choose to study within their region.
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Published 10/07/2013
India and China market entry specialists Sannam S4 and Grok Education Services have announced a strategic partnership to support educators trying to break into Asia. The move will give educators access to a wider range of services and markets (Grok has flagged Malaysia) via a "single relationship".
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Published 10/07/2013
Non-European Union undergraduate applications submitted by the June deadline have climbed 6%, in a sign that toughened visa policies are not deterring students at tertiary level. However, Dominic Scott, CEO at UKCISA, said that the figures only represented a proportion of the overall market, and that the sector continued "to hold its breath" about enrolments in the autumn.
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Published 10/07/2013
Singapore's Council for Private Education (CPE) and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) have signed a Memorandum of Co-operation (MOC) to enhance standards of private education in both countries. NZQA has already visited Singapore to explore CPE's EduTrust Certification scheme.
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Published 09/07/2013
The last two German states charging university tuition fees are to stop, in a move reinforcing Germany's low-cost appeal as a study destination. However, some say the move will make little difference to international student decision making and is anyway unaffordable. Bavaria will make the change this summer and Lower Saxony in spring 2014.
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Published 09/07/2013
The two girls who died in Sunday's plane crash in San Francisco were Chinese students travelling to the USA for an English language summer programme, it has been revealed. 16 year-olds Wang Linjia and Ye Mengyaun were part of a group of 30 students and four teachers from the Zhejian region scheduled to attend a three-week summer camp at West Valley Christian School outside LA.
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