By Mansoor Iqbal, Education Writer International news over the past few months has been dominated by the very real possibility that the world’s largest economy might default on its debt. The effect, not just on the US itself, but on the rest of the world would have been catastrophic had this occurred, but a last
By Mansoor Iqbal, Education Writer After a decade of growth, enrolments of international students are beginning to slow in one of the world’s most popular international study destinations In terms of higher education destinations, there are only a handful of countries in the world that can rival the draw of Australia. A heady combination of
By Kanika Tandon, Education Writer Big is seemingly the new beautiful in higher education. Following in the footsteps of institutions in Wales, France and Germany, amongst others, three of the Netherlands’ most prestigious universities are discussing the prospect of merging into one. The proposed ‘mega’ university will, it is thought, take the name of Leiden
By Mansoor Iqbal, Education Writer The US Department of Education has made a new online tool available with which students can identify the most expensive and the cheapest colleges in the country. The College Affordability and Transparency Centre allows users to generate reports showing the institutions which charge the highest and lowest tuition fees, and
By Kanika Tandon, Education Writer Indian students looking to study abroad are finding Canada an increasingly desirable destination. “Indian students have rediscovered Canada in the last few years,” says Simon Cridland, Head of the Advocacy Programme at the High Commission of Canada in India. The High Commission has witnessed a considerable increase in student visas
By Kanika Tandon, Education Writer English educational institutions will be required to invest a part of the increased tuition fees they receive from next year in helping those from less privileged backgrounds to attend university. This applies to 139 institutions—123 higher education institutions and 16 further education colleges—which have had their access agreements approved by
By Mansoor Iqbal, Education Writer It has been confirmed that a number of universities in England will be allowed to raise their tuition fees for domestic undergraduates to the maximum permitted amount of £9,000. 47 out of 123 universities will be charging the maximum fee across the board, with just over 80 charging it for
Mariana Ashley is a freelance writer who particularly enjoys writing about online colleges. She loves receiving reader feedback, which can be directed to mariana.ashley031 @gmail.com. As the world weathers the regressing economic storm, we here in the United States are finally beginning to understand what it means to feel that our status as the unquestionable