Strategies for working with students with disabilities
Today we present a guest post from Rob Crawford, co-founder and CEO of the Life Development Institute (LDI) on the challenges educators face in helping students with disabilities to succeed. The post...
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Market snapshot: Argentina
As the second largest country in South America, Argentina is both a good source of international students and an attractive study abroad destination. It has a long tradition of higher education, but...
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Surging global demand for digital language learning
A series of recent market reports highlight that the demand for digital English language learning products is booming in global education markets. The research firm Ambient Insight reports that...
View ArticleDemand for study abroad shifting as education reforms take hold in Hong Kong
Today we are pleased to present an ICEF Monitor interview with Dr Edward Wong, director of the Milton International Education Group (MIEG) in Hong Kong. Dr Wong’s company, founded in 1999, serves both...
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Market Snapshot: Ecuador
Ecuador’s higher education system has changed in recent years due to a new national constitution ratified in 2008, and a new organic law on higher education, which passed in 2010. These two documents...
View ArticleBrazil extends Science Without Borders with 100,000 new scholarships
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has announced a major extension of Brazil’s ambitious Science Without Borders programme (Ciência sem Fronteiras, or CsF – also known as the Brazil Scientific Mobility...
View ArticleIncreasing momentum toward internationalisation in Saudi school system
Saudi Arabia has quickly become one of the most important international education markets in the world in recent years. It is now the fourth-largest source of foreign students in the US – after only...
View ArticleRussia announces new investments in higher education and study abroad
The Russian government’s recent announcement of increased funding for 14 universities is yet one more sign of Moscow’s continuing push in boosting the global competitiveness of its higher education...
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As Royal Society calls for changes to UK schools, demand for British...
A new report released by The Royal Society calls for sweeping reforms to how science and mathematics are taught in British secondary schools. The proposed reforms are designed in part to encourage more...
View ArticleMarket Snapshot: Ghana
The West African nation of Ghana has experienced a decade of sustained growth, outpacing that of nations such as Taiwan and South Korea. Its education expenditure relative to income is double the...
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International student enrolment strengthening in New Zealand
Education New Zealand (ENZ) recently released its full-year report on international enrolment for 2013 and the numbers tell a tale of two sharply contrasting trends over the course of the year....
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Market Snapshot: Mongolia
Bordered by Russia to the north, and China everywhere else, Mongolia is a landlocked country nearly twice the size of Eastern Europe. With a population estimated at just over three million, Mongolia is...
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From the field: UAE education sector set for robust growth
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a country that punches well above its weight in the education world. While the latest figures from UNESCO Institute for Statistics show the UAE sends about 8,500...
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Teachers’ strike in British Columbia raising concerns for international...
An ongoing labour dispute is raising concerns about the 2014 international student intake in British Columbia, Canada’s westernmost province and a leading destination for the country’s international...
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Outbound mobility gathering steam in the Philippines
The number of Philippine students studying abroad is up sharply in recent years, fuelled by a rapidly growing economy, high levels of youth unemployment, strong outbound migration, and a strengthening...
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Number of Vietnamese students abroad up 15% in 2013
We have published two significant updates on Vietnam over the past 18 months. The first, a guest post from market specialist and international educator Dr Mark Ashwill, provides a strong foundation in...
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Eighth annual Agent Barometer survey gathers insights from 104 countries
The results from the 2014 installment of the ICEF i-graduate Agent Barometer – the most comprehensive survey of education agents regarding their perspectives on the international education markets –...
View ArticleFrom the field: Signs of continuing growth in Ecuador
Ecuador is emerging as an increasingly interesting Latin American market for international recruiters and educators. There are at least two reasons why: Ecuador’s real GDP growth in 2014 stands at...
View ArticleDid growth in outbound Chinese mobility really slow in 2013?
China is by far the world’s largest source market for international students. Chinese students account for 32% of international enrolment in Canada, 29% of all foreign students in the US and Australia,...
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Arabic language studies booming in the US
The Modern Language Association (MLA) reports that foreign language study is on the rise in the US, with enrolment in language courses at colleges and universities growing 12.9% from 2002 to 2006 and...
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