WWEC Nov’23: News Impacting Global Education
POPULAR STUDY DESTINATION UPDATES
United States | International enrolment levels up again to pre-pandemic levels in 2022/23
International student enrolment rose in the US by 12%, the fastest growth rate in 40 years, thus pushing international student numbers almost back up to pre-pandemic levels. Read more here.
Germany | Housing crisis leaves international university students in jitters
Amid a worsening housing crisis, tens of thousands of international students cannot find accommodation for the start of the new academic year. Read more here.
Germany | Launches new initiatives to recruit international students for jobs in Germany
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is launching an initiative to recruit international students for jobs in Germany. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) will invest almost 120 million euros in this initiative until 2028. Read more here.
Canada | Issuing record numbers of visas for foreign students
Despite the ongoing standoff between India and Canada, Canada is processing record numbers of study permits for international students. Most Indian students are granted visas on time, some even granted within 11 to 13 days, and the visa success rate is approx. 90%. Read more here.
Australia | Bachelor degree enrolments drop by 12%
As per the data released by the ABS, the number of Australian students enrolling in bachelor degrees has dropped 12 per cent in under a decade. Read more here.
United Kingdom | Universities face declining student enrolment
A recent survey published by The Chartered Association of Business Schools highlights plummeting enrolments in UK universities from both the UK and abroad amid visa rule changes. Read the report here.
ASIA UPDATES
- To ensure education quality in India campus is at par with that of the main campus and its operations comply with the applicable laws, the University Grants Commission (UGC) notifies regulations for establishing and operating foreign university campuses in the country.
- To enhance proficiency in English at the school and university levels, Sri Lanka aims to launch an ‘English for All’ initiative by 2030.
- According to the recently released 2023 Open Doors Report by the Institute of International Education, Vietnamese students comprise the fifth-largest group of international students in the United States, the same as the last academic year.
- Japan’s Fukuoka Prefectural Board of Education, the Delhi Board of School Education (DBSE), and the Fukuoka Institute of Technology signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) to enhance collaboration and knowledge exchange in the education sector.
- The number of undergraduate students from Hong Kong in US universities drops to just over 3,000, the lowest figure since 2000.
AFRICA UPDATES
- Nigerian students fuel Canada’s international student population, becoming the fastest-growing in the first half of 2023.
- Some of the French universities that are recruiting students in Africa will accept them based purely on merit, irrespective of their region or the international language they speak.
- To attract more English-speaking students from African countries, French universities are working on launching programs that are affordable, in English language and boasts of good quality.
- Classera and the Tunisian Ministry of Education launched a new digital platform, “Tunis Future School”, to facilitate smart learning within the education system.
- The Tanzania Institute for Education (TIE) partners with Snapplify, a leading digital content provider, to roll out the Tanzania eLibrary Project to revolutionize the accessibility and quality of educational resources for students across Tanzania over the next three years.
- According to a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency in collaboration with the International Labor Organization (ILO), renewable energies have created 320,000 jobs in Africa, accounting for 2.34% of the total employment in the sector globally.
- The National Universities Commission (NUC), Nigeria’s regulatory body for universities, dashes the hopes of thousands of polytechnic graduates to convert their Higher National Diplomas (HND) to degrees.
- Nigeria expects $10 billion in foreign currency inflows in the next few weeks to ease liquidity in a foreign exchange market.
- Brand South Africa, in collaboration with the South African High Commission in Canada and the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA), represented South Africa at the 17th Edition of The Toronto Global Forum, which was held under the theme Fostering Economic Resilience.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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