Brazil Exposing the dangers of fictitious study abroad programs Students visiting a BMI fair in Brazil last month were offered fictitious study abroad options by children’s charity UNICEF, in order to highlight the struggles young people face in other parts of the world. As part…
By Jennifer Bild, WES In the past ten years, the middle class in Latin America has grown 50%, comprising almost one third of the region’s population. This trend can in part be attributed to big strides made in the field of education and has subsequently…
Regional Japan and China are Top International Education Contenders for US Parents According to a recent HSBC survey, sixty-five percent of parents in the U.S. would consider sending their child abroad for all or part of their university education, with Japan and China seen as…
Finland Helsinki Slashes University Staff The board of the University of Helsinki, the oldest and largest university in the country, is to cut 1,200 out of 8,200 staff posts, a measure of how Finnish universities are being hit by the effects of the government’s austerity…
Regional Arab Countries Moving Up in Global University Rankings The Times Higher Education released a list this week of what it believes to be the best 801 universities in the world. The top ten positions are dominated by familiar institutions in the United Kingdom and…