Regional Islamic Nations Look to Build Education Cooperation The Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has announced a higher education exchange program, which is being designed to encourage scholarships, faculty exchanges, and collaboration on distance learning methods and research projects among its 57 member countries….
Regional China and Australia Increase Support and University Relationships in Africa Both China and Australia have recently pledged increased support for African higher education. The China-Africa strategic partnership has strengthened its focus on higher education, and the Australia-Africa Universities Network seeks to build collaboration with…
Regional The University as a Multinational Corporation A new report from the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney Business School looks at how “some universities are considering transforming the branch campus model into fully fledged multinational universities by slicing up the global…
Australia Slump in Enrollments May Have Bottomed Out The Australian professional sector was the most severely impacted by the drop in international enrollments last year, with a decline of 35,000 international students (16 percent) between 2010 and 2011, according to final figures from the Department…
Regional New British Council Insight Studies Offer Clues on International Student Motivations Students in key source countries considering graduate education are more likely to use agents than those looking at undergraduate opportunities, according to the latest Student Insight findings, produced by the British Council’s Education…