Can we be surprised that in a country of the size and importance of India that there is never any shortage of educational news? Its population of more...
Education technology is in the midst of an historic shift toward a less centralised, more learner-directed model. The trends relating to this are rapid and overlapping, but are...
Last May’s election in Pakistan was an historic event, marking not only a transition to a new government led by Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) but also...
There is good news and less good news when we look at the Australian international education market. On the one hand, education remains the country’s biggest service export...
The employment gap between young people who left high school early and those who completed post-secondary education has continued to widen during the global economic crisis. New data...
On the international stage, Russian higher education institutions have for many years been part of the supporting cast rather than a leading role. In the Soviet era, higher...
Can we be surprised that in a country of the size and importance of India that there is never any shortage of educational news? Its population of more...
The first Polish university dates back to 1364. Today in 2013, Poland has almost 2 million students at over 450 higher education institutions,* and is making moves to...
“If I want to enter a university like Tsinghua or Peking, I have to pay too much attention to the gaokao (the college entrance exam). I’d like to...
The US is often in the news for its reputation as the leading destination for international students. But American students go overseas, too – as a recent report...
Ireland is looking ahead to its future, and it sees a country of skilled graduates in the fields of STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths). In order to drive...
A recent post in ScienceGuide featured an analysis by Mr Alan Ruby, senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania (and an expert on the effects of globalisation on...
Concerns remain high over the British government’s tightened visa rules as they relate to the perception of the UK as a study abroad destination; their effect on applications...
The renowned French protectiveness of their culture and language has come into conflict with the role of English as the lingua franca of business and science in a...
To what extent does cost, particularly relative cost among comparable institutions or destinations, factor in an international student’s choice of where to study? This is no small question...
Two unrelated stories about the SAT (formally the SAT Reasoning Test and one of two major standardised exams for US college admissions) have caught our attention in recent...
