Turkmenistan New President Decrees Education Reform Newly elected Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov issued a decree on February 15 rolling back his predecessor’s curtailment of the country’s educational system, according to turkmenistan.ru. The decree will increase secondary education from nine to 10 years, and university education…
Australia International Student Enrollments up 11% in 2006 According to data released by the Department of Education Science and Technology in February, Australian institutions of education enrolled 383,818 full-fee paying international students on a student visa in calendar year 2006, a year-on-year increase of 10.9…
Egypt Scottish University Establishes Nursing College Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh revealed in March it had signed a deal to create a new nursing faculty at the British University of Egypt in Cairo. The university has already worked in Saudi Arabia with businesses and the…
Canada Private Colleges in Ontario Seek to Salvage Battered Image with the Chinese A new Ontario law aims to repair the damage caused to the reputation of the province’s colleges after a warning on a Chinese government website about unscrupulous operators and substandard programs at…
Regional European Commission Seeks to Curb Discrimination against Foreign Students in Austria and Belgium The European Commission has launched legal action against Austria and Belgium over accusation that laws in the two countries restrict the access of foreign students to national institutions of higher education….