The Biden-Harris administration in the US has announced actions to speed up visa processing for college graduates who hold job offers, sending a positive signal for prospective international students. The post US to ease visa processing for graduates with job offers appeared first on The PIE News ..read more

Five independent schools in the UK were bought by Chinese investors in 2023 – a record number only superseded by the number bought in 2017, a new report has shown. The post Number of Chinese investors buying UK indie schools grows again appeared first on The PIE News ..read more

A new representative body for vocational education and training is launching in Australia to recognise reliable VET providers and set them apart from non-compliant colleges in the sector. The post Launch of new body to clean up Australian VET   appeared first on The PIE News ..read more

You’ve heard of intercultural competency; you’ve heard of emotional intelligence – but what can cultural intelligence add to the internationalisation mix? The PIE News spoke to some experts to find out. The post Cultural intelligence – the new kid on the internationalisation block appeared first on The PIE News ..read more

The past five years have been challenging for universities around the world.  Massive changes—pandemic, societal, political, demographic, regulatory—have had wide and disparate impacts but for higher education, they continue to inject an uncommonly large amount of existential risk. The post The case for online international education appeared first on The PIE News ..read more

The IRCC has launched a consultation examining loopholes in Canda’s study permit regulations which leave the door open for abuses by DLIs going undetected by the federal government. The post Canada proposes new regulations for DLIs appeared first on The PIE News ..read more

Stakeholders have said that they were not surprised by the policy change itself – as South Africa and Botswana were the final two African countries not requiring an Irish travel visa – but that the last-minute announcement has overwhelmed the newly-created visa offices.   “It’s been spoken about for the last 12 months… the way they’ve done it is terrible, but we all knew it was coming,” Brent Morris, Sable Study Abroad managing director, told The PIE News.  “As far as I’m concerned, this is really not okay… Change the system, fine, but don’t do it in the middle of an intake.”   ..read more

Keir Starmer’s government will move away from the “mixed messaging” of previous administrations and towards a more welcoming attitude towards international students, said Bridget Phillipson, speaking at the Embassy Education Conference on July 23. Overseas students have for “too long… been treated as political footballs, not valued guests. Their fees welcomed, but their presence resented. Exploited for cheap headlines, not cherished for all they bring to our communities,” she said. “I want to set the record straight on international students. I know there’s been some mixed messaging from ..read more

Ireland’s leader – the Taioseach – has brought together a group of government officials to offer a “joined up package” on international education as part of the country’s global strategy, said a member of Ireland’s international cooperation unit at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. “The advantage of a centrally driven global brand is that all government departments play a part. We can go back to our Department of Justice, which is equivalent to the the Home Office here[ in the UK], And we can say, look, you need to look at your visa policy. You n ..read more

School ambassadors shared the reasons they chose a specific university – including why they chose the UK over other popular study destinations – with school counsellors, who all travelled from South East Asia to the UK for Cialfo’s inaugural UK Counsellor Fly-In between June 16 and June 22. The counsellors stopped in six UK cities to visit HE institutions such as the University of Liverpool, Durham University, the University of York, Loughborough University, the University of Surrey and Queen Mary University of London to help them gain a deeper understanding of each university’s academic perfo ..read more