WWEC Mar’23: News Impacting Global Education
POPULAR STUDY DESTINATION UPDATES
Australia | Strengthens India ties with bilateral higher education agreement
To increase the number of 130,000 students from India already studying in Australia, Australia will open the door to more Indian students in a bid to expand a $4.2 billion education business. This will also help Australia to use stronger trade links to support a growing security partnership. Read more here.
United States | Expands work permit for certain F-1 students
The US announces the expansion of premium processing of work authorisation for certain categories of international students. This includes F-1 students seeking Optional Practical Training (OPT) and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This move is expected to benefit many Indian students studying in the US. Read more here.
Canada | Colleges in Ontario bring in new rules to protect international students
Publicly funded colleges in Ontario are bringing in a new set of rules meant to protect foreign students, before and after they arrive in Canada. Read more here.
Germany | First-semester foreign students increases by 10% in 2022
As per the data released by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), higher education institutions in Germany registered a total of 474,900 new entrants in the academic year of 2022, a 7% decline as compared to 2019. Read more here.
ASIA UPDATES
- UGC announces African and Gulf nations, Thailand and Vietnam as potential destinations for Indian universities to establish their offshore campuses, for which the regulations will be announced in a month.
- The Singaporean government announces the implementation of a new education verification requirement for Employment Pass applicants. According to this, employers must submit an education qualification verification on behalf of the foreign national when applying for a new EP, starting September 1 2023.
- Japan plans to welcome 400,000 international students by 2033 by attracting them to stay and work in the country after graduation.
- The Parliament Select Committee (PSC) discusses suitable recommendations to expand higher education opportunities in Sri Lanka.
- India and Indonesia discuss strategies to increase technology transfer, research alliance and student exchange between the two countries.
AFRICA UPDATES
- Companies offering students short-term loans to prove sufficient funds to study abroad continue to operate in Nigeria. This leaves agents concerned about students applying to universities without the funds to support themselves once they arrive in the country.
- International students seeking to study in South Africa face many issues preventing them from registering, thus jeopardizing the internationalization of the country’s universities.
- Microsoft Africa Development Centre (ADC) and Microsoft Leap have launched a new workshop to enable university professors in Kenya to collaborate with other educators, enhance their skills, and learn about best practices to incorporate into their teaching.
- Rutgers Global announces the launch of Access Africa, a new initiative to increase access to study abroad programs in Africa for undergraduate students.
- The Zimbabwe Government announced new requirements for higher and tertiary institutions. As per it, varsities should transform research projects into goods and services to generate revenues and improve workers’ salaries.
- Coventry University Group plans to continue international expansion by working with The Knowledge Hub Universities to build its second branch campus in Egypt.
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