Regional Australia and Japan to Boost Educational Exchange Representatives of more than 100 Japanese universities have been briefed about the Australian government’s new strategy to increase engagement with Asia, raising hopes that mobility between the countries will improve. Representatives of Australian Education International (AEI), a government…
Regional Majority of Overseas African PhDs Plan to Return Home Most African doctoral students studying abroad plan to return home at the end of their studies, according to a survey conducted by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), due to be published in October. Although 90…
Brazil New Scholarships for Pakistan Sixty-three Brazilian universities are to offer Pakistani students scholarships to study in Brazil, through a scheme announced in August. The scholarships stipulate that the awardee must return to their home countries after study. “This requirement to serve their country of…
China International-Student Returnees Hit 1 Million As of the end of 2012, a total of 1.09 million Chinese students had returned to China from abroad after a period of study. In the last five years alone, more than 800,000 students have returned from campuses around…
Regional New Africa-Brazil Higher Education Program Brazil has launched a major higher education cooperation program with Portuguese-speaking Africa. Under the project, educators and researchers from 20 Brazilian institutions of higher education will provide services in five African nations: Angola, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique and…