Regional Report shows majority of international students call Asia home Asian students continued to represent over half of international students enrolled in tertiary education in 2013, according to the latest Education at a Glance report by OECD. The report also shows that the proportion of international students…
Regional A new ‘third pole’ in higher education Asia is becoming a ‘third pole’ in higher education, as the bipolar world of higher education previously dominated by Europe and North America is set to change, a conference organized by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and…
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…
Australia More Australian Universities Join Top 500 Australia now has more than half its public universities listed in a prestigious international ranking after Queensland University of Technology made the top 500 for the first time. Melbourne University was again named Australia’s best university by the…
Australia University of Sydney to Adopt 4-Year Undergrad Degree The University of Sydney announced in June plans to shift undergraduate degrees from three to four years as part of a major overhaul of instruction, that includes the reduction in the number of undergraduate degrees from…