International Education News Summary For September 2010

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International education news summary • September 2010
International education in the press in September 2010
Unis braced as another international college closes

MSU explains what went wrong in Dubai
Learning links grow with India
Quotas are needed on overseas students
Mobility program helps strengthen ASEAN relations: minister
Desperate students may seek refugee visas
Future tax leaders
Germany: Lagging behind in OECD statistics
Johns Hopkins University to set up hospital in Malaysia
Irate students may not go home, lawyer David Bitel warns
American and Australian education fairs to be held in Taiwan
Foreign-student numbers decline at Canterbury
Parents can't foot bill university bill
AOL, journalism schools team up to offer students credit for Patch work
Fee rise 'will not stop demand for university places'
Graduate tax 'could hit UK's competitiveness'
America's inclusive model
University of Edinburgh asks ex-students for £40m
Part-time jobs hurting students’ academic performance, profs say
UK: New universities push for graduate tax, not fees
China: Universities face internationalisation dilemma
France: One-stop advice service for foreign students
Changes looming in global student market
UniSA joins elite global network
Merdeka award winners
Korea strengthens ties with UWA in minerals and energy
Malaysian, Canadian Varsities To Forge Scientific Collaboration
Soon, Madras univ students may get free edu in Europe
International Educators Exchange Worries About Money
Research Suggests a 'Gap Year' Motivates Students
Colleges face crisis as Chinese stop enrolling
More, faster, face-to-face: NUS demands on feedback
Russia’s Huge Brain Sits on a Stunted Body
Survey: University education declining in Canada
Yale Plans to Create a College in Singapore
Branch campuses are 'hollow shells'
Tertiary quality attracts the Chinese
'A World Changed Utterly'
Turning off the tap
Pressurised universities letting students down on accommodation
For American Higher Education, the Sincerest Form of Flattery
Education response a national disgrace
Millennial challenges
Chinese parents taught to prize all-rounders
Vocational education has 'lost its way', says Gove
'Cheap, near and chosen for us': why students select FE for HE
Malaysia And China To Sign MRA To Recognise Higher Education Degree
You want to go to the library at 3am? Britain's the place
Unis angry over visa rule changes
Both sides of politics deterring international students says Group of Eight
Student violence research project's flawed focus 'a minor tragedy'
University students 'driven out by £7,000 fees'
Britain falls behind Poland and Slovakia in university tables
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In Europe, Fund-Raising Lessons From Americans

University of Toronto Bookstore now offering textbook rentals
I'll be there for you: Hundreds of Chinese parents sleep on gym floors to support their children as
they start university
Visa risk review sends shivers through international sector
UK slipping down graduate league
NUS: Student hardship in Scotland at 'crisis level'
OECD: How higher education can help economic recovery
Departure of overseas students will cost dearly, warn university chiefs
Hong Kong Aims to Attract Foreign Campuses to Its Shores
Singapore: New Universities Trust to ensure funding
Downturn threatens universities
Higher education bubble poised to burst
Foreign students 'cheating on university applications'
Overseas student numbers plummet
Overseas growth exposes Brits to knowledge vacuum
EduCity projects target for completion by 2011
New Group Strives to Protect International Students in Australia
Indian student visas fall by half
Imperial College plans its first overseas institution
Officials clueless on student visa breaches
Unis braced as another international college closes

The Australian
September 30 2010
Universities are worried that negative perceptions about Australia not wanting international students
have spread across websites in China.
The concerns came as another private college went into administration yesterday, affecting up to 350
international students. HHH International, an English language college in Brisbane, has been…..
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http://bit.ly/blwmaa
MSU explains what went wrong in Dubai

The National, UAE
September 26 2010
The reason Michigan State University’s Dubai undergraduate programme was forced to close was
because it stuck to a US business model that was not suited to the UAE, according to its new acting
director.
Kevin Dunseath said hard lessons had been learnt from the closure of all the university’s undergraduate
programmes in…..
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http://bit.ly/9GnGvj
Learning links grow with India

The Australian
September 29 2010
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AUSTRALIA and India have defied media hysteria over attacks on overseas students and a soured
relationship to establish a two-way higher education model.
A prestigious private Indian business school - the S. P. Jain Centre of Management - this week
announced a $45 million investment in NSW, the state's first foreign higher education…..
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http://bit.ly/bZZtKY
Quotas are needed on overseas students

Financial Times
September 26 2010
At the beginning of this year a young Indian student who was working part-time to finance his studies
was fatally stabbed in Melbourne. The murder of Nitin Garg become the symbol of the hostility that is
building up in certain communities in Australia towards international students.
Since the incident, Indian students have been voting with…..
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http://bit.ly/acPJ3L
Mobility program helps strengthen ASEAN relations: minister

Xinhua
September 28 2010
University students mobility program can help strengthen relations among ASEAN people, preventing the
close ties from being affected by certain aggressive nationalist groups.
Malaysian Higher Education Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin made remarks at Malaysia's federal…..
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http://bit.ly/dsX78d
Desperate students may seek refugee visas

The Australian
September 29 201
THE number of international students attempting to claim refugee status is likely to multiply by the
middle of next year.
That is when the first batch of 18-month bridging visas runs out, according to an expert on migration
and international…..
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http://bit.ly/aSMnw3
Future tax leaders

The Star, Malaysia
September 26 2010
The Deloitte Tax Challenge 2010 gala dinner and awards presentation ceremony could have well been
a gathering for Sunway University College (Sunway) students.
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Four out of the five finalists in both the individual and group categories were from Sunway, with Tunku
Abdul Rahman College sending one finalist in the individual category, and one team from Monash
University in…..
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http://bit.ly/dw41at
Germany: Lagging behind in OECD statistics

University World News
September 26 2010
The latest report on education issued by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
emphasises that education pays its way. But while this is clearly borne out by income levels and
employment prospects for academically qualified graduates in Germany, the country continues to lag
behind in terms of key OECD criteria.
Education at a glance 2010 shows that graduates from higher education earn considerably…..
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http://bit.ly/9swcmi
Johns Hopkins University to set up hospital in Malaysia

The Star, Malaysia
September 25 2010
NEW YORK: The world-renowned teaching and research medical institution Johns Hopkins University will
be setting up a school and hospital in Malaysia.
It will be Malaysia's first private teaching hospital with…..
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http://bit.ly/cNGO6P
Irate students may not go home, lawyer David Bitel warns

The Australian
September 24 2010
TENS of thousands of foreign students may try to stay in Australia illegally now that stricter rules have
dashed their hopes of permanent residency.
"In two to three years' time, what the government will find is there will be tens of thousands of illegals
out there," said Sydney immigration lawyer David Bitel…..
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http://bit.ly/9pvqpZ
American and Australian education fairs to be held in Taiwan

Focus Taiwan
September 23 2010
Education fairs to promote studying in the United States and Australia will be held in Taiwan in early
October, according to organizers Thursday.
ABN: 56 168 491 622 4
An American education fair will be held in three cities in Taiwan from October 9 to 12. Over 20
universities and colleges from the United States will…..
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http://bit.ly/bslsxB
Foreign-student numbers decline at Canterbury

Stuff.co.nz
September 24 2010
International student applications to Canterbury University have dropped by more than half since a
year ago.
By last month, the university had received 169 applications from international students for next year –
55 per cent less than the 372 received at…..
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http://bit.ly/dvmBtB
Parents can't foot bill university bill

The Toronto Sun
September 23 2010
Almost two-thirds of Canadian parents say they can't afford the soaring costs of sending their children
to university, a poll by BMO Financial Group found, while a separate survey said students are
graduating with double the debt of 20 years ago.
The costs of a four-year undergraduate course at a Canadian university currently runs at…..
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http://bit.ly/9t3djE
AOL, journalism schools team up to offer students credit for Patch work
USA Today
September 21 2010
Up to now, AOL has pitched its Patch Media simply as a provocative new business that sells ads on
websites filled with hyper-local news.
But in an arrangement unveiled this morning, called PatchU, the company says that its editors will also
provide a graduate-level education to students from 13 journalism schools who will work for Patch in
exchange for…..
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http://usat.ly/bkudxL
Fee rise 'will not stop demand for university places'

BBC, UK
September 21 2010
Even if fees were doubled, nine out of 10 teenagers say they would still apply for university
Increasing tuition fees - even to £10,000 per year - would not significantly reduce applications for
university in England, say researchers.
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But the University of Leicester study suggests poorer students would be more likely to…..
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http://bbc.in/digvfN
Graduate tax 'could hit UK's competitiveness'

BBC, UK
September 21 2010
Business leaders are opposed to the introduction of a graduate tax

The introduction of a graduate tax would undermine the competitiveness of the UK economy, say
business leaders.
The Institute of Directors says firms would shoulder the burden as graduates expect higher salaries to
compensate for what would lose through…..
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http://bbc.in/9Wpyvo
America's inclusive model

The Australian
September 22 2010
THE US boasts a complex but amazingly diverse system of learning.
IT is widely acknowledged that expanding Australian higher education means increasing diversity. But
how, why and by how much?
A focused look at the most diverse higher education system in the world may suggest…..
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http://bit.ly/9bjQDd
University of Edinburgh asks ex-students for £40m

The Guardian, UK
September 20 2010
Campaign faces 'considerable hill to climb' even after JK Rowling donation
Former students of the University of Edinburgh have been asked to help raise £40m, in the same month
that a report claimed one in three Scottish students were so in debt they considered dropping out.
The university's principal Sir Timothy O'Shea emailed alumni on Friday to flag…..
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http://bit.ly/9TuaiK
Part-time jobs hurting students’ academic performance, profs say

The Star, Canada
September 20 2010
More work means lower grades, less likely to continue on, surveys find
ABN: 56 168 491 622 6
University students struggle to keep up in school because of part-time jobs, according to almost two-
thirds of Ontario professors who took part in…..
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http://bit.ly/bY6KP8
UK: New universities push for graduate tax, not fees

September 19 2010
A think tank representing newer UK universities is attempting to head off the prospect of higher tuition
fees for undergraduate students by reviving the case for a graduate tax through which students would
contribute to the cost of their education over their working lives.
Million+, which is supported by 27 mostly former polytechnics, released a report based on…..
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http://bit.ly/asS4iW
China: Universities face internationalisation dilemma

September 19 2010
Just imagine that the US Department of Education announced to the world that it had 3,000 scholarships
on offer for study at college level in the United States, open to any applicant with proficient English. The
number of applicants from China alone would undoubtedly be in the millions. In fact, just such a highly
unlikely offer was made recently, but by the Ministry of Education of…..
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http://bit.ly/chL19m
France: One-stop advice service for foreign students

September 19 2010
A 'one-stop' advisory service has opened in Paris for foreign students arriving for the first time in the
French capital. Open until 15 December, it brings together in one location information and advice on all
the authorities and administrative agencies with which new students need to register, and services…..
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http://bit.ly/aooNlz

September 19 2010
After analysing international trade data, Angel Calderon of RMIT University in Australia predicts the sun
is setting on international students from some East Asian countries, continues to shine on India and China,
while sunrise countries such as Chile and the Czech Republic may not yet be visible on the horizon but
will be a source of international students in future.
Traditional sources of mobile students such as Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore…..
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http://bit.ly/aVXvuA
UniSA joins elite global network

UnisAustralia.com
September 19 2010
Joining Yale and Oxford as part of the prestigious Global21 network, UniSA is set to launch its
inaugural edition of The South Australian Globalist magazine, focusing on the future of global political,
economic and social issues. Founded at Yale in 2005, Global21 is a student-run international affairs
network that invites select universities to publish the best of…..
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http://bit.ly/9P1Qbl
Merdeka award winners

The Star, Malaysia
September 19 2010
PETRONAS scholar Mohd Hakim Hamid from Kuantan, Pahang, has emerged as the overall Merdeka
Award winner for being the top Malaysian university student in Adelaide, Australia.
Mohd Hakim who is studying for an engineering degree at Adelaide University, has won many…..
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http://bit.ly/bWTvGu
Korea strengthens ties with UWA in minerals and energy

UnisAustralia.com
September 19 2010
The top ten resource universities in Korea have strengthened ties with The University of Western
Australia to develop a global talent in mineral and energy resources development.
Professor Chang Woo Lee of Dong-A University represented the Korean Universities involved in…..
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http://bit.ly/aM9MXI
Malaysian, Canadian Varsities To Forge Scientific Collaboration

Bernama, Malaysian National News Agency
September 17 2010
The Sultan Mizan Royal Foundation (YDSM) and three Malaysian universities will explore scientific
research in the field of genomics, agricultural and nutrition sciences in collaboration with two Canadian
universities.
The academic expertise and skills will be harnessed through…..
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http://bit.ly/cpNZrp
Soon, Madras univ students may get free edu in Europe

The Times of India
ABN: 56 168 491 622 8
September 17 2010
CHENNAI: Soon, select students and faculty from the University of Madras will get opportunities to study
at almost no cost in European universities.
The university announced on Thursday that its proposal for the Man Health, Environment, Biodiversity for
Asia (MAHEVA) Project was accepted by Erasmus Mundus, an organisation which facilitates…..
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http://bit.ly/bioJY1
International Educators Exchange Worries About Money

THe Chronicle of Higher Education
September 16 2010
When students pay for their education, the result is stronger academic programs. University leaders
support internationalization, but only to gain political points. Not every student should study abroad.
Those and other provocative points were argued here on Thursday at an opening session of the
European Association for International Education's annual conference. The panel debate was…..
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http://bit.ly/9kKats
Research Suggests a 'Gap Year' Motivates Students

EducationWeek.org
September 15 2010
As policymakers ponder how to get students to complete college, some parents and researchers suggest
a counterintuitive strategy: Encourage students to take time off school after graduation.
The concept of a gap or bridge year—usually involving six months to a year of travel, service learning,
or other experiential programs—appears to be taking hold in the United States after…..
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http://bit.ly/b05sHr
Colleges face crisis as Chinese stop enrolling

The Australian
September 17 2010
AUSTRALIAN universities are facing a funding crisis that could throw Julia Gillard's education revolution
into turmoil.
The nation's $6 billion education business with China is in jeopardy, according to…..
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http://bit.ly/beVrbM
More, faster, face-to-face: NUS demands on feedback

Times Higher Education
September 16 2010
Charter calls for students to determine the format of tutors' responses. Hannah Fearn reports
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Students would be able to choose whether to receive feedback on their work verbally, electronically or
in written form under a new National Union of Students…..
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http://bit.ly/9QCiKc
Russia’s Huge Brain Sits on a Stunted Body

The Moscow Times
September 15 2010
Two weeks ago at the State Council meeting devoted to education and modernization, President Dmitry
Medvedev advocated radical improvements in the vocational component of Russia’s education system. Is
this at odds with his commitment to high-tech modernization?
No. Medvedev’s focus is correct. The key to modernization is knowledge that creates…..
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http://bit.ly/92OFOt
Survey: University education declining in Canada

DigitalJournal.com
September 14 2010
Larger classes and fewer full-time replacements are the main causes of deteriorating university
education in Canada, according to faculty and librarians in a new survey recently released.
In Ontario average university class sizes are 26 to 1--the worst in Canada. Over half of those surveyed
by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) report the size…..
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http://bit.ly/9Wo9XQ
Yale Plans to Create a College in Singapore

The New York Times
September 13 2010
Yale University announced on Monday that it was planning to create a liberal arts college in Singapore
that would be financed entirely by the government there and could, in time, establish a new model for
higher education in Asia.
While Yale has many international programs, it has not put its name on an overseas project the way…..
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http://nyti.ms/bcYwlU
Branch campuses are 'hollow shells'

September 14 2010
Many branch campuses where students can earn a degree from another country without ever going
abroad are proliferating. However, they were described as "hollow shells" at an OECD higher
education conference in Paris on Tuesday.
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Soumitra Dutta, professor of business technology at the Paris-based business school INSEAD, told the
OECD's International Management for Higher Education conference that branch campuses…..
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http://bit.ly/doHqS4
Tertiary quality attracts the Chinese

The Australian
September 15 2010
CHINA'S influential ambassador to Australia, Zhang Junsai, is urging the federal government to manage
its international education sector more effectively.
Stable policies and a stress on quality will bring students back, he said, even if costs rise.
Mr Zhang said that…..
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http://bit.ly/9vouFP
'A World Changed Utterly'

InsideHigherEd.com
September 14 2010
PARIS -- "We must identify ways to achieve higher quality and better outcomes at a time of increased
demand and declining resources."
Statements like that will sound familiar to anyone who has spent more than a half hour at virtually any
higher education meeting in the United States since 2008 (or, failing that, who has read Inside Higher
Ed's coverage of such meetings), as the global recession stifled…..
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http://bit.ly/azGiCd
Turning off the tap

The Age
September 15 2010
Universities that rely on foreign student fees are heading for financial disaster as international
education takes a battering.
FOR more than a decade, the world watched enviously as Australia transformed the art of teaching
foreign students into a formidable money-making machine.
Many countries have kept a close eye on the way Australia snared a hefty chunk of the global…..
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http://bit.ly/d1GR3I
Pressurised universities letting students down on accommodation

The Guardian
September 14 2010
Universities are working hard to squeeze first-years into halls. But are students expecting too much?
ABN: 56 168 491 622 11
Until last week, Louise Kinsey was looking forward to her new-found independence at University College
Falmouth, in Devon, where she was due to take up a place at the end of September. Having opted for a
room in the student village, she was excited about…..
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http://bit.ly/9NAHzh
For American Higher Education, the Sincerest Form of Flattery

The Chronicle of Higher Education
September 12 2010
A few years ago, I attended a conference on college rankings at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. A
woman from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan stood up and began
describing her nation's new ranking system…..
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http://bit.ly/8Xwcvb

September 13 2010
After analysing international trade data, Angel Calderon of RMIT University in Australia predicts the sun
is setting on international students from some East Asian countries, continues to shine on India and China,
while sunrise countries such as Chile and the Czech Republic may not yet be visible on the horizon but
will be a source of international students in…..
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http://bit.ly/caRLt3
Education response a national disgrace

The Australian
September 14 2010
THE federal election confirmed the mining industry is a formidable political force. Having helped topple
a prime minister and had a tax radically modified, the sector can be seen to have played a big role in
the Coalition's gains in Queensland and Western Australia.
There is an obvious contrast between the government's accommodation of…..
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http://bit.ly/cpMowl
Millennial challenges
The Star, Malaysia
September 12 2010
The changing nature of work and the workforce presents a challenge to both employers and employees.
THE issue that has preoccupied industrial debate in recent years is the tiresome one about whether fresh
graduates shoot themselves in the foot with outsized expectations.
It is not an unfounded notion. A whopping 55% of hiring managers surveyed in…..
ABN: 56 168 491 622 12
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http://bit.ly/cxzQ63
Chinese parents taught to prize all-rounders

The Sydney Morning Herald
September 13 2010
Anna Liu is encouraging Chinese families to reduce the pressure they place on academic achievement.
The phenomenal results achieved by Chinese-Australian students are not without cost, says a community
worker who has devised a program to encourage parents not to focus exclusively on…..
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http://bit.ly/9YZE0Y
Vocational education has 'lost its way', says Gove

BBC, UK
September 09 2010
Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced a review of vocational education in England, which he
says "lost its way" under Labour.
Mr Gove said the last government had allowed an increase in "pseudo-academic" courses which had
been used to boost…..
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http://bbc.in/8YzC7X
'Cheap, near and chosen for us': why students select FE for HE
The Times Education Supplement, UK
September 10 2010
Research suggests that colleges have their own market of students
Most degree students at colleges have chosen it in preference to university because it is nearer, cheaper
or selected by their…..
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http://bit.ly/aQT3OK
Malaysia And China To Sign MRA To Recognise Higher Education Degree

Bernama, Malaysian National News Agency
September 09 2010
Malaysia and China are to sign a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) on higher education degree
soon as a catalyst to increase student-exchange between both countries.
Malaysia's Ambassador to China Datuk Iskandar Sarudin told Bernama during a special interview that
the agreement was…..
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http://bit.ly/dipYfQ
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You want to go to the library at 3am? Britain's the place

The Times Higher Education
September 09 2010
A quarter of UK universities offer round-the-clock opening for flexible study. Matthew Reisz reports
An international survey of universities has revealed a striking difference between the library services
offered by British institutions and those in the rest of the world…..
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http://bit.ly/bl3qcq
Unis angry over visa rule changes

The Age
September 10 2010
AUSTRALIA'S leading research universities have lashed out at the federal government for failing to
tackle problems caused by changes to student visa rules.
''We just went through an unedifying election where the leaders of the two main parties put up the 'not
welcome here' sign in flashing lights,'' said Michael Gallagher, executive director of…..
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http://bit.ly/dBn2a3
Both sides of politics deterring international students says Group of Eight

The Australian
September 10 2010
THE elite universities have condemned both sides of politics for giving a "green light to intolerance"
during the election campaign
The Group of Eight research-intensive universities yesterday said Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott needed
to make a "major statement" championing international education, warning that Australia's image as a
welcome destination for international students has…..
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http://bit.ly/bOz6wY
Student violence research project's flawed focus 'a minor tragedy'

The Australian
September 08 2010
BY focusing only on the victims, the federal government's landmark research project into violence against
overseas students will fail to give a full picture, according to a leading criminologist.
Bond University's Paul Wilson described the omission of offender information from the project as…..
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http://bit.ly/cWqztv
University students 'driven out by £7,000 fees'

The Telegraphy, UK
ABN: 56 168 491 622 14
September 07 2010
Thousands of students would be driven out of university by £7,000-a-year tuition fees, research
suggests.
Almost three-quarters of students said they would be put off higher education if costs soared by…..
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http://bit.ly/afV7pX
Britain falls behind Poland and Slovakia in university tables

The Independent, UK
September 08 2010
The UK has lost its edge as a world leader in providing higher education, one of the most authoritative
international studies has revealed.
It has plummeted from fourth place to 15th in less than a decade in the percentage of graduates it
produces – being overtaken by countries such as…..
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http://bit.ly/aQ8jum
In Europe, Fund-Raising Lessons From Americans

The New York Times
September 05 2010
LONDON — It’s tailgating season, when alumni gather in stadium parking lots to enjoy impromptu
picnics, cheer on the college team — and fend off requests for donations. But try telling Andrew
Hamilton, Oxford University’s affable vice chancellor, that part of his difficulty in raising money may
stem from the fact that the British do not tailgate, and he suddenly…..
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http://nyti.ms/9IxqPS
University of Toronto Bookstore now offering textbook rentals

TheVarsity.ca, Canada
September 07 2010
Rent-a-text program could result in up to 40 percent savings for students
University of Toronto students can look forward to some savings when shopping for textbooks this
semester.
Over the summer, the U of T Bookstore launched a pilot program which gave students the chance to rent
their textbooks as opposed to purchasing them. The test run was so successful that the bookstore decided
to increase the number of texts available…..
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http://bit.ly/a73OYt
I'll be there for you: Hundreds of Chinese parents sleep on gym floors to support their children as
they start university
The Daily Mail, UK
ABN: 56 168 491 622 15
September 06 2010
Is this the ultimate in helicopter parenting? 400 parents of first-year university students in Wuhan, a city
in central China's Hubei province, sleep on mats in the university's gymnasium so that they can be near
their offspring in those nervous first…..
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http://bit.ly/97Kd6C
Visa risk review sends shivers through international sector

The Australian
September 08 2010
A DEPARTMENT of Immigration and Citizenship review of student visa risk assessment levels could further
hurt the falling international market amid fears that some risk levels will be lifted, the International
Education Association of Australia has warned.
The department has been consulting with the sector on…..
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http://bit.ly/aY816P
UK slipping down graduate league

BBC, UK
September 07 2010
The UK is slipping behind its international rivals in the number of graduates, according to a report.
Between 2000 and 2008, it fell from third highest to fifteenth among top industrialised nations for the
proportion of young people graduating.
The UK now trails higher education systems in…..
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http://bbc.in/c5jFhS
NUS: Student hardship in Scotland at 'crisis level'

BBC, UK
September 05 2010
Student hardship in Scotland has reached "crisis levels", a survey by the National Union of Students
(NUS) has suggested.
They found that of the 7,400 students asked, 62% said a lack of…..
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http://bbc.in/clbF7g
OECD: How higher education can help economic recovery

September 05 2010
ABN: 56 168 491 622 16
Against the background of the most synchronised recession in developed countries in over half a century,
the upcoming conference of the OECD's Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) programme
will focus on how the higher education sector - governments, institutions and individuals - can help
contribute to…..
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http://bit.ly/cHwMfx
Departure of overseas students will cost dearly, warn university chiefs

The Age
September 07 2010
MONASH University vice-chancellor Ed Byrne has warned that continuing decline in the number of
overseas students will endanger universities, and seriously harm higher education.
The comments came as the vice-chancellors of Australia's top research universities wrote to Prime
Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to seek…..
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http://bit.ly/93EYMo
Hong Kong Aims to Attract Foreign Campuses to Its Shores

August 31 2010
In a former courthouse here, jail cells have been converted into offices and a courtroom adapted into a
lecture hall. The unusual changes are part of the Savannah College of Art and Design's transformation
of the North Kowloon Magistracy into its first Asian campus, which opens to students in September.
While the 1960s building is in an area where land prices are among the most expensive in the world,
Savannah College paid the government the equivalent of…..
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http://bit.ly/dc44BW
Singapore: New Universities Trust to ensure funding

September 05 2010
Singapore will set up a national endowment fund known as the Singapore Universities Trust to support
higher education institutions through economic downturns, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced
during his annual National Day Rally speech this week.
The trust will be set up as part of US$4 billion to be provided to universities over the next…..
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http://bit.ly/ay4fyz
Downturn threatens universities

September 05 2010
Frequent warnings over the past three months that Australian universities are facing a collapse in
overseas student numbers have had little impact on the nation's political leaders.
ABN: 56 168 491 622 17
Caught up in a post-election battle over who will hold the reins of government, neither Prime Minister
Julia Gillard nor Opposition Leader Tony Abbott appear concerned by the effects of…..
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Higher education bubble poised to burst

The San Francisco Examiner
September 03 2010
Imagine that you have a product whose price tag for decades rises faster than inflation. But people
keep buying it because they're told that it will make them wealthier in the long run. Then suddenly they
find it doesn't. Prices fall sharply, bankruptcies ensue, great institutions disappear.
Sound like the housing market? Yes, but it also sounds like what Glenn Reynolds, creator of
instapundit.com, writing in The Examiner, has called…..
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http://bit.ly/90FBpe
Foreign students 'cheating on university applications'

The Telegraph, UK
September 02 2010
Foreign students are attempting to bluff their way into British universities by parroting education
websites in their applications, research suggests.
A study found many students copied phrases directly from the internet into their personal statement – a
detailed note setting out their reasons for…..
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http://bit.ly/bAMzW6
Overseas student numbers plummet

The Australian
September 03 2010
THE fall in international student commencements accelerated in July as numbers from India plummeted
with the crackdown on student visa fraud and tougher migration policies.
The falls are hitting vocational and English language courses heavily but these also feed…..
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http://bit.ly/bwPsTR
Overseas growth exposes Brits to knowledge vacuum

Times Higher Education
September 02 2010
Lecturers at UK universities are coming under pressure to create course materials tailored to students on
overseas campuses.
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As the number of British universities operating overseas outposts grows, academics report being asked
to demonstrate expertise in unfamiliar areas and without…..
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http://bit.ly/cQUqZE
EduCity projects target for completion by 2011

The Star, Malaysia
September 02 2010
CEO views it vital to have institutions operational as scheduled
JOHOR BARU: Education@Iskandar Sdn Bhd (EISB) plans to complete the ongoing education-related
projects and facilities at EduCity in Nusajaya, Iskandar Malaysia next year.
Chief executive officer Khairil Anwar Ahmad said it was vital to have…..
Full article:
http://bit.ly/a8DvFu
New Group Strives to Protect International Students in Australia

August 31 2010
In recent years, international students in Australia have found themselves caught in the middle of a
national debate about visa policy, student safety, and higher-education regulation.
First came a series of highly publicized incidents attacks on foreign students. Then reports that
unscrupulous vocational-education providers were accepting students more interested in….
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http://bit.ly/azQ3uG
Indian student visas fall by half

The Age
September 02 2010
INTERNATIONAL student visa numbers dropped more than 16 per cent last financial year, with the
number from India falling by more than half.
In 2008-09, 65,503 Indian passport holders were granted Australian student visas across all education
sectors. But in 2009-10, the number fell to….
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http://bit.ly/9hGGXS
Imperial College plans its first overseas institution

BBC, UK
September 01 2010
Imperial College is going to open a medical school in Singapore, in partnership with a local university.
This will be the first time that the London university has delivered a course overseas.
ABN: 56 168 491 622 19
The medical course, which will accept its first intake in 2013, will teach about….
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http://bbc.in/asCEJl
Officials clueless on student visa breaches

The Australian
August 31 2010
PRIORITY efforts by universities and TAFEs to win more streamlined visa processing for their students are
being hampered by a lack of official research on student visa breaches.
Sixteen months after Indian student unrest triggered the collapse of the export education industry, the
immigration department has conceded it can't….
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http://bit.ly/ctBIJe
ABN: 56 168 491 622 20

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International education in the press in September 2010

 Unis braced as another international college closes

 In Europe, Fund-Raising Lessons From Americans

Unis braced as another international college closes

MSU explains what went wrong in Dubai

Learning links grow with India

Quotas are needed on overseas students

Since the incident, Indian students have been voting with…..

Mobility program helps strengthen ASEAN relations: minister

Desperate students may seek refugee visas

Future tax leaders

Germany: Lagging behind in OECD statistics

Johns Hopkins University to set up hospital in Malaysia

It will be Malaysia's first private teaching hospital with…..

Irate students may not go home, lawyer David Bitel warns

American and Australian education fairs to be held in Taiwan

Foreign-student numbers decline at Canterbury

Parents can't foot bill university bill

Fee rise 'will not stop demand for university places'

Graduate tax 'could hit UK's competitiveness'

Business leaders are opposed to the introduction of a graduate tax

America's inclusive model

THE US boasts a complex but amazingly diverse system of learning.

University of Edinburgh asks ex-students for £40m

Campaign faces 'considerable hill to climb' even after JK Rowling donation

Part-time jobs hurting students’ academic performance, profs say

UK: New universities push for graduate tax, not fees

China: Universities face internationalisation dilemma

France: One-stop advice service for foreign students

Changes looming in global student market

UniSA joins elite global network

Merdeka award winners

Korea strengthens ties with UWA in minerals and energy

Malaysian, Canadian Varsities To Forge Scientific Collaboration

The academic expertise and skills will be harnessed through…..

Soon, Madras univ students may get free edu in Europe

International Educators Exchange Worries About Money

Research Suggests a 'Gap Year' Motivates Students

Colleges face crisis as Chinese stop enrolling

More, faster, face-to-face: NUS demands on feedback

Russia’s Huge Brain Sits on a Stunted Body

Survey: University education declining in Canada

Yale Plans to Create a College in Singapore

Branch campuses are 'hollow shells'

Tertiary quality attracts the Chinese

Mr Zhang said that…..

'A World Changed Utterly'

Turning off the tap

Pressurised universities letting students down on accommodation

For American Higher Education, the Sincerest Form of Flattery

Changes looming in global student market

Education response a national disgrace

There is an obvious contrast between the government's accommodation of…..

It is not an unfounded notion. A whopping 55% of hiring managers surveyed in…..

Chinese parents taught to prize all-rounders

Vocational education has 'lost its way', says Gove

Research suggests that colleges have their own market of students

Malaysia And China To Sign MRA To Recognise Higher Education Degree

You want to go to the library at 3am? Britain's the place

Unis angry over visa rule changes

Both sides of politics deterring international students says Group of Eight

Student violence research project's flawed focus 'a minor tragedy'

Unis braced as another international college closes

In Europe, Fund-Raising Lessons From Americans