Top 12 Trending International Education News
June 18
, 2020
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International Students Face Dire Prospects In Fall
U.S. institutions are worried about the Trump administration’s plans to restrict or scale back the OPT program. Alan Cramb, president of Illinois Institute of Technology, said that significantly restricting OPT would have a devastating effect on attracting international graduate students in science and engineering to the country. OPT allows international students to earn money to pay back the cost of their education, acquire long-standing work visas, or at least go home debt-free, he adds. In their current state, American universities and colleges are in great need of financial uplifting if they expect to continue serving students in the near future.
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Up To 350 International Students To Return To Australia Under Pilot Scheme
Up to 350 international students were approved to enter into Canberra, Australia through a chartered flight in July. Students from the Australian National University and the University of Canberra will be the first to try the travel scheme, after which they will undergo quarantine funded by the government and the universities. While the list of eligible students have not been finalized, the universities say they will give preference to research, postgraduate, honors, and graduating students. The success of the plan is set to determine when and how Australian travel restrictions will be lifted.
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Some Students Still Confused About Emergency Benefits, Groups Say
Despite efforts of the Canadian government to simplify the application process for emergency funds, students are unsure which emergency benefit they should apply for to get financial assistance. At the moment, the country is offering the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) for citizens and residents, and the Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB) for students. International students are only eligible for the former. Leaders of student organizations call for more clear and inclusive funding as many students, especially women and people of color, anticipate being unable to afford their education in the coming year.
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UK University Rankings Drop For The Fourth Year In A Row
Rankings of almost three-quarters of the United Kingdom's universities have dropped in the QS World University Rankings table, resulting in the country's worst-ever performance following another drop from last year. QS World University Rankings measures employer and academic reputation, class sizes, research output, and international staff and student numbers, making it a popular reference for students and organizations. Aside from education budget cuts along with declining research and teaching impact, the drop in rankings may be attributed to the popularity of international education, as students are now more inclined to seek higher education away from their home country, as shown by the boosted rankings of Asian universities.
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‘It’s A Huge Loss’: Can Elite Business Schools Survive Coronavirus?
Many MBA students are swayed away from continuing their studies, leaving business schools under the threat of closing down. According to business students, they pursue advanced studies in business for social networking as possible industry entry points or opportunities, which seem unlikely to occur with current social distancing guidelines. As a result, most business schools have been unable to inform students how their classes will be administered. With institutions forced to hold on to all available revenue sources, certain schools, such as the Yale School of Management, have prohibited deferrals without extreme causes.
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Queenstown Pitched As A 'Quarantine Town' For International Students
With continuing efforts to keep them engaged, Queenstown may be appointed as international students’ place of quarantine after arriving in New Zealand. According to a Southern Institute of Technology chief executive, Queenstown is ideal because of the abundance of available accommodation and its own international airport. The New Zealand government, with its Ministry of Education and district mayors, continues to negotiate border policy changes for international students, while universities wait to be included in the decision-making process. The estimated revenue loss is expected to balloon and face poor recovery if a solution is not created soon enough.
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'It's Not Just A University Problem': The Drop In International Students Being Felt Across Sydney's Suburbs
According to a new report by the Mitchell Institute, the number of international students in 17 Sydney suburbs, where they make up more than 10% of the population, has dropped by a third after travel bans. The loss has had a serious hit on those areas' financial contributions and businesses, specifically in realty and hospitality for which foreign students spent AUD $5.5 billion (USD $3.7 billion) across the country. Though the future of Australian public health is still uncertain, the government and private sector continue to find ways to bring international students back within borders to continue supporting the economy.
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Foreign Universities Seeking To Fly Chinese Students Back On Campus
Queen's University Belfast plans on hiring chartered airplanes from Beijing to Belfast to make sure its Chinese international students can go back to campus for the fall semester. After landing, the university will also provide transportation for the students to reach their quarantine sites. The decision has been applauded by students who will be able to benefit from the arrangement and the university's decision to exempt their students from paying fees to get a COVID-19 detection test and accommodation during quarantine.
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UK Must End 'Hostile' Student Visa Demands
In a newly published report, Jo Johnson, brother of the United Kingdom's prime minister and former universities minister, says that the government must end the “hostile bureaucracy” facing overseas students. Universities, he adds, have been hamstrung by “bureaucracy, obsessions with poorly-crafted immigration targets and petty rules” for too long. To allow the UK to maintain itself as a top international study destination, he suggests offering a “best-in-class student visa offer” and doubling the length of the recently reinstated post-study work visa from two to four years. Along with having less application requirements, the visa could do well in attracting students from India, which can rebalance the mix of international students in the country that is currently dominated by the Chinese.
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Overseas Students Appeal To Indian Government For Reduced Airfares And Loans
In a petition signed by hundreds in Sydney, a group of Indian students has appealed to their home country’s government to ease study loans by deferring installment payments for at least a year. Other demands include waiving the loan interest for the same period, reducing the current interest rate, and lowering international airfares. Study-abroad opportunities funded by bank loans have made several students from underprivileged backgrounds capable of contributing to their country through remittance, knowledge exchange, and entrepreneurship.
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Promotion Of Educational Cooperation Between Greece And The U.S.
Plans for the cooperation between the U.S. and Greece in the field of higher education are at the center of a recent video conference with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Through partnerships between Greek institutions and 27 top American universities, talented Greek students are set to receive opportunities abroad with government-supported English summer programs, exchange programs, and joint programs. Greece emerges with one of the best records in the world in dealing with the coronavirus, with its May 4 lockdown getting lifted and post-lockdown health protocols being implemented.
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DKU Prepares To Hold In-Person Classes For Fall Semester Amid Restrictions, Uncertainty
Duke Kunshan University, a Chinese partner university of American institution Duke University, is set to begin the fall semester late in August with a mix of in-person and online classes for most courses. The decision was made to support the students' needs, including the 80 Chinese undergraduates who are unable to enter the U.S. Though travel restrictions are currently in place, the university is optimistic they will be lifted soon to allow students and staff to travel to the campus, though those outside the country are expected to have late arrivals and participate in online classes. In response, the university has invested in technology upgrades and partnerships with digital education platforms and organizations.
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Independent news company The PIE has released the official list of nominees for The PIEoneer Awards 2020. Seventeen awards will go out to projects and organizations that have successfully innovated in the field of international education. International education platform MSM has been
named a finalist
in the PIEoneer of the Year category for its Global Marketing Office (GMO) model, which builds global and in-country offices for partner colleges and universities. Due to the current situation, the awards will be run virtually in September.
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Featured Institution: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Located in the lively capital of Wales, Cardiff Metropolitan University serves undergraduate and postgraduate, full-time and part-time students and researchers in the arts, education, business, sports and health, and science and technology. The university offers practice-focused and professionally oriented education to bring innovative ideas across all industries. Proving its fine research capabilities, the institution runs a number of research and enterprise initiatives, including the Food Industry Centre, the Welsh Centre for Tourism Research, and the National Centre for Product Design and Development Research, all of which welcome student involvement within their courses. Cardiff Metropolitan offers enriching study experiences and unique perspectives to its approximately 1,200 international students from more than 140 countries.
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Featured Program: Bachelor of Science in Nutrition, Auburn University
Delivered by the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Hospitality Management, a degree in BS Nutrition offers students the opportunity to move into careers in corporate and hospital wellness, public health agencies, health advocacy programs, private practice and consultation in health maintenance and disease prevention. By equipping students with professional skills for education, government, and business industries, graduates from this course have been in incredibly high demand. Under this program, students can choose to specialize in dietetics (accredited by the American Dietetic Association), nutrition science, and wellness. Auburn University is a public research grant institution with more than 30,000 students and 1,330 faculty members, making it the second largest higher education institution in Alabama.
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