WENR, June 2009: Europe

Regional Students Express Bologna Concerns European universities have failed to improve student opportunities – a stated goal of the Bologna Process – and must act now if they are to avoid the entire exercise becoming a “superficial redesign” of higher education, say European students. The…

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WENR, June 2009: Middle East

Iraq Students Leaving En Masse for Britain On the day that British troops formally ended their mission in Iraq, that country’s prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, announced that 500 Iraqi students will this year be coming to study at Britain’s universities and colleges under a new…

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WENR, June 2009: Russia & CIS

Regional Turkish Schools Set Standards in Central Asia amid Increasing Scrutiny Haji Kemal Tajik-Turkish boarding school in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe is considered one of the best schools in the country. Students are taught and communicate in four languages – English, Turkish, Russian, and…

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Five Rules for Translating Academic Transcripts

Victor Hertz, President and Chief Executive Officer of University Language Services OK. You caught us. Really there is only one rule! Translations of academic transcripts and course descriptions must be accurate. All the guidelines we have pinpointed in more than 25 years of doing translation…

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WENR, May 2009: Africa

Regional Re-staffing Africa’s Universities International partnerships are seeking to help rebuild African academia, as universities expand quicker than they are able to produce doctorate-holding professors. Universities across Africa have expanded so rapidly in the past decade, in response to demand, that they have not had…

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