Testing English as a Foreign Language for University Admissions

By Nick Clark, Editor, World Education News & Reviews According to recently released figures from the OECD, the number of students enrolled outside their country of citizenship more than doubled in the period between 2000 and 2012, to a total of approximately 4.5 million. Of…

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Brazil: Pathways for the Future

Alejandro Ortiz, Research & Advisory Services, WES In 2013, the number of Brazilians studying in the U.S. increased by 20% from the previous year (IIE, Open Doors 2013), making it one of the fastest growing source countries for international students in the U.S. Despite these…

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WENR, October 2014: Asia Pacific

Australia India Added to List of Study Abroad Destinations Under New Colombo Plan Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott is keen to see “hundreds and thousands” of Australian students studying at Indian universities, according to comments made at the launch of the country’s Indo-Pacific study abroad initiative,…

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WENR, October 2014: Europe

Regional Study: World’s Best Universities are all Financially Well-endowed Times Higher Education has identified the characteristics of the world’s most successful universities, and money is the key. The UK had 31 universities in the top 200 last year but the leading 20 were dominated by…

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