Egypt Facing Deteriorating Facilities, Egyptians Look Abroad for Study Options As Egypt’s tumultuous transition period approaches a new crossroad, the country faces a deepening education crisis that threatens to leave hundreds of thousands of students behind their international counterparts. Schools have repeatedly been forced to…
Regional Global Mobility in Science Research It’s no secret that there’s a great deal of international mobility in the science world, but reliable, consistent figures are hard to come by. A recent attempt by Nature to sift through the data, talk to experts and conduct…
Regional Recruiting and the Parent Factor Considering the investment many parents make in their children’s education, especially those traveling abroad, it should come as no great surprise that they have an incredible influence over the final choice of study destination. Indeed, a recent study in…
Regional UNESCO Launches Interactive Global Mobility Map The UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS) released an interactive map in October that highlights the movement of students across borders with graphics displaying where students are going and where they are coming from when traveling across borders to…
United Arab Emirates Canadian Branch Campus Shuts Up Shop After just three years, Canada’s University of Waterloo is giving up on its Dubai campus after enrolling only 30 percent of the student population required to keep the campus afloat. The Ontario-based university said that it…