WWEC Apr’24: News Impacting Global Education

POPULAR STUDY DESTINATION UPDATES

United Kingdom | Higher education institutions face funding crisis

The UK higher education stakeholders are exploring various funding models for undergraduate education over financial sustainability concerns, course cuts, and redundancies for higher education institutions. Read more here.

  

Canada | IRCC announces allocation of study permits for all provinces

Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has released a complete statement explaining the final allocation of study permits each Canadian province has received for 2024. According to the IRCC, the national cap of study permit applications is based on the number of study permits expiring this year. Read more here.

Australia | International student visa holders reach all-time high

According to the latest quarterly statistics detailing temporary entrant visa holders released by the Australian Department of Home Affairs, the number of international students in Australia hit 713,144 for the first time as of the 29th February 2024. Read more here.

Netherlands | Cuts English-only programs by a third

Dutch universities cut a number of English-taught bachelor’s programs by a third, with some programs completely transitioning to Dutch and others offering a Dutch-language option alongside the existing English track. Read more here.

ASIA UPDATES

• The ETS TOEFL has partnered with the National Indian Students and Alumni Union (NISAU) to launch the ‘UK-India TOEFL Scholarship’, which aims to support 10 Indian students with a scholarship worth Rs 2.5 lakh.
• New Zealand’s Massey University confirms plans to set up its campus in Singapore to provide education services to students who do not want to study in New Zealand.
• Pakistan’s Prime Minister announced that the federal government would declare an education emergency and provide all possible reso­urces to educate children from underprivileged families.
• The US and Japan announced two new artificial intelligence research partnerships between four higher education institutions. It will be funded by combined private sector investment totaling $110 million.
• Thailand’s Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation and the British Council continue to foster the project, which aims to boost the potential of Thai and United Kingdom universities to advance and promote education at the tertiary level.

AFRICA UPDATES

• Tunisia is working on amendments to the existing Private University Act of 2000 to address the needs of the academic environment as well as improve education quality and governance.
• The Mauritian government has unveiled a series of ambitious measures to fast-track the country’s digital integration and development, including embracing Google Classroom for Secondary Education.
• Morocco and Spain engage in discussions to enhance cooperation in higher education and research.
• The higher education ministry in South Africa described four private colleges as dysfunctional. They have been ordered to close, leaving thousands of students in limbo.
• The possibility of using Belarus’ experience in the field of medical education in Zimbabwe has been discussed during a visit of the delegation of this country to Belarusian State Medical University (BSMU), the university press service reports.
• Algeria has unveiled a plan for a new e-platform that will use artificial intelligence (AI) to guide high school graduates to choose their post-school educational paths based on their academic records.
• African students constituted nearly half of all foreign students in France in 2023, well ahead of those from the more mobile and populous European and Asian countries, including India and China.

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