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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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Australia introduces new integrity measures through proposed amendments to the ESOS Act Australian Minister of Education Jason Clare tabled the Education Legislation Amendment (Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025 in...
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Australia: With ELICOS under pressure, peak bodies push for reduction in “extortionate” visa fees The latest data from the Department of Education reveals that enrolments in Australia’s ELICOS sector (English Language Intensive...
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South Korea hits its 300,000 student target two years ahead of schedule In 2023, the South Korean government announced a plan to attract 300,000 international students by 2027: 220,000 in...
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Canada: Study permit numbers are in steep decline in 2025 In 2024, the first year under Canada’s current cap on new international student enrolments, the total number of...
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UK confirms levy on international student fees as new analysis argues that government is “drastically underestimating” the impact of the move Updated for 30 September 2025: On 29 September, the Department of Education announced that it would reinstate “means-tested...
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US administration’s new H-1B policies create uncertainty around post-study work rights The H-1B programme is a key policy mechanism for international students in the United States. Aside from the...
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