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5th Jun 2015

Five for Friday

This latest instalment in our occasional “Five for Friday” column gathers some of the more eye-catching and varied items that we’ve been reading lately. We present them here for your end-of-week reading pleasure.

Reimagining the freshman year

Arizona State University and MOOC provider edX are joining forces to offer the first year of a university degree online.

Disconnect in Canadian visa processing

An internal report finds that Canadian immigration officials are having a hard time keeping up with increasing demand for international student visas.

The Google rules of email

The former CEO of Google offers nine field-tested tips to tame your email once and for all.

Getting past calls-to-action online

You might know the path your website visitor should take on your website, but how easy is it for him or her to find information, make a request, or contact you? This post offers some quick reminders and tips on how to guide website visitors throughout each step in the conversion process online.

Dutch university protests

Could student protests in an Amsterdam university touch off wider action in other countries? So far, they’ve led a university board chair to resign.

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Supply and demand for international higher education increasingly aligned in Asia A new report from Studyportals and the British Council, “Asia, Latin America, and MENA in global education,” demonstrates...

Canadian immigration officials move to ease rules around student work permits Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has introduced a package of amendments to the current rules around student...

Australia: Student visa refusal rates reach record high amid weakening demand from China Australian universities have so far faced fewer challenges than English-language training (ELICOS) and vocational education providers in the...

What international students need to know about study and work visas in the United States The current political climate in the United State has spurred a flurry of proposals and rules affecting the...

Study finds strong agent interest in partnering with Japanese universities For many years, institutions in the Big Four (Australia, Canada, UK, and US) have partnered with educational agents...

Canada’s language training sector reinvents pathway programme model in response to policy settings In 2019, pathway programmes – joint offerings that link language study with academic programmes – accounted for nearly...

Study highlights poor outcomes for graduates of Indian higher education Across economies advanced and developing, young degree-holders are finding it more difficult than in the past to secure...

Canada: Government audit finds impact of international student cap far greater than expected The Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) has released a report that analyses the effect of...

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