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Australian approach offers lessons for UK, forum hears

Academics count the costs of Panorama¡¯s North Korea expos¨¦

Legal challenge helped save overseas students from deportation

Western universities are refining their offerings as the city-state¡¯s economy gets back on track. Jack Grove reports from the UAE

Overseas students rejected on ¡®arbitrary¡¯ grounds, UKCISA report suggests

European countries that have a greater proportion of foreigners in their skilled workforce produce more highly cited research, a study has concluded.

Philip Altbach says global expansion may entrench the dominance of Western university systems

Forum discusses efforts to increase mobility of Europe¡¯s academics

Former president says online courses could drive down costs

Nasir Warfa believes he is on a US security watch list, writes David Matthews

London Metropolitan University will again be allowed to recruit international students after the ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Office ended the revocation of its visa licence.

Canadian human-rights case highlights disquiet at practices of Beijing-funded centres up on foreign campuses

Experiences highlight potential risks of overseas ventures for UK universities

¡®Social engineering¡¯ might be needed to help integrate international students, Sheffield pro v-c says

Archive¡¯s historical material will be lost unless sector offers it a home

V-c aims for more international and postgraduate action

The continent¡¯s burgeoning economies could prove a major source of future student recruitment, says Marguerite Dennis

British Council discussions are under way, reports Donna Bowater from Rio de Janeiro

Better regional R&D strategies needed to access structural funds, sector told.

State lowers pay hurdle for overseas graduates as mandarin backs student migrants. David Matthews writes

The University Alliance mission group has gained another new member from Million+ while also announcing it is signing a partnership with its Australian counterpart.

Secretary general points to body¡¯s valuable support for the developing world

Foreign students struggle to gain recognition for Oxford Brookes¡¯ distance-learning qualification.

Premium route to highly trusted sponsor status will cost ?8k a year. David Matthews reports

Minister of education tells conference his country cannot progress without building foreign partnerships

University vice-chancellor reveals the struggle to educate students who have been brutalised by civil war

For long-term prosperity, universities in war-torn countries must focus on rebuilding infrastructure, conference hears

The Prime Minister has rejected calls to withdraw overseas university students from the government¡¯s target to reduce net migration, saying the move ¡°would not make any difference to our student migration policy¡±.

The Labour Party has warned that the government¡¯s drive to reduce net migration is choking off the flow of ¡°legitimate university students¡± while ignoring abuse of the visitor visa route used by English language students.

English cannot be the only acceptable language of scholarship, says Toby Miller. It¡¯s arrogant, impractical and anti-intellectual

Tories may ban overseas students from using NHS

Death of Hugo Chavez unlikely to lead to changes within Venezuela¡¯s ¡®isolationist¡¯ university system, says expert

International students add ?120.3 million to the Sheffield economy each year, an in-depth analysis has concluded.

Ministers have written to Universities UK to urge the sector to waive the fees of Syrian students who have been impacted by the country¡¯s civil war.

The United Arab Emirates is now ¡°deeply inimical¡± to university values, according to a lecturer from the London School of Economics and Political Science who was barred from entering the country.

The number of visas issued to overseas students has fallen by a fifth although applications for university student visas have increased by 3 per cent, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics.

Confused political rhetoric on student visas threatens one of the UK¡¯s greatest global assets, says Martin Davidson

State cuts lead sector to impose ¡®arbitrary¡¯ student targets. Phil Baty reports from New Orleans

Report identifies ideal environments for UK. Jack Grove reports

Institutions need not subject international students to biometric attendance monitoring, agency reveals

But it continues with court case seeking to overturn home secretary¡¯s decision to revoke Highly Trusted Sponsor status last year

Emirate¡¯s flagship aims to integrate partners in postgraduate programmes as part of ¡®2030¡¯ plan

Regent¡¯s College is to take over the American InterContinental University London in what is thought to be the first UK acquisition of a for-profit by a not-for-profit higher education provider.

The government has rejected universities¡¯ calls for overseas students to be withdrawn from the net migrant count, a move that may kill off hopes of securing the change in the current Parliament.

The idea of ¡°education diplomacy¡± has ¡°really arrived¡± at the highest levels of American foreign policy, a US State Department official has told an international higher education conference

The University of Gloucestershire has agreed to validate a range of pre-degree courses for international students as part of a new tie-up with private firm INTO University Partnerships.

Ambassador discusses efforts to combat perceptions of hostile sector

Jack Grove on a European institution¡¯s mission to foster cross-border scholarship

New UK-validated for-profit college to sell itself on sun, sea and low fees

¡®Change of tone¡¯ will not arrest falling student numbers, critics argue. David Matthew reports

The visa process can trap students in a costly Kafkaesque limbo. To improve life for foreign scholars, the sector should halt its failed lobbying over policy and focus on publicising the misery caused by Byzantine bureaucracy, argues Simeon Underwood

UK universities have announced a series of research partnerships and scholarships to coincide with the prime minister¡¯s visit to India to bolster trade and education links.

Institution aims to make job adverts globally understandable

University¡¯s provision in collaboration with overseas partners ¡®requires improvement¡¯, report states

British Academy issues warning over future of language study in UK

Degree programme aims to give graduates edge in job market

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