South Africa

8 countries leading the way in online education Online education is quickly becoming a major phenomenon around the world, as we highlighted in a recent piece...

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Inbound and outbound student trends for South Africa, Egypt, and Morocco Universities and colleges in the West and Eastern Europe are competing intensely for students in Africa to further...

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The relationship between currency exchange and student mobility It has been a tumultuous year for the world economy, which in many quarters is still recovering from...

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The growing role of emerging markets in shaping global demand “The rise of emerging markets has been perhaps the defining feature of the global economy this century. In...

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OECD releases detailed study of global education trends for 2014 The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released its annual Education at a Glance report for...

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Market Snapshot: South Africa “South Africa and its neighbouring countries must urgently develop and implement higher education policies aimed at expanding student...

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A closer look at African student mobility The UN predicts that the world’s population is going to increase to 9.6 billion in 2050 (from 7.2...

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South Africa remains an important regional hub for education While the number of foreign students hosted has declined in recent years...

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Where the devices are: New study updates global stats on Internet usage People in developing and emerging economies who are young and educated are much more likely to be Internet...

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The employability challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa The British Council recently released the results of a three-year study on university education and graduate employability in...

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Nielsen studies highlight value of education, illustrate growing consumer confidence “With 7 billion people living in the world, new findings from a Nielsen global survey revealed that when it...

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Slower growth and more intense competition in global ELT market Overall volumes of English language training, as measured in student numbers and student weeks, have been essentially flat...

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