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The PIE Blog
6d ago
“Courses that recognise the importance of developing learning skills, as well as subject knowledge, may well have the edge” Foundation courses have been one of the success stories of recent times, with numbers quadrupling over the last five years and more than 55,000 students choosing to study foundation year courses in 2019/20. “A foundation course ..read more
The PIE Blog
1w ago
“The ambition is to scale up AI-powered test prep to provide effective education across a wide range of subjects and learning environments” I am always excited to see new innovations that have the potential to make learning more accessible and effective, and that’s why I am thrilled to launch R.test, an AI-powered application from Riiid ..read more
The PIE Blog
2w ago
“Broadly, international students have a greater variety of attitudes and a greater variance of digital skills than their UK counterparts” International students coming to the UK are an increasingly diverse group. They arrive with a breadth of personal perceptions, cultural backgrounds and prior experiences both inside and outside formal education. These experiences impact on how well ..read more
The PIE Blog
3w ago
“Considering 45% of 16 to 25-year-olds are suffering from climate anxiety, it’s understandable that they want to study at an institution which shares their vision for a sustainable future” 2023 saw the launch of a new league table for higher education institutions based on sustainability. The QS sustainability rankings set out to measure a university’s ..read more
The PIE Blog
3w ago
“82% of prospective international students either actively seek out or will be seeking out information on an institution’s sustainability practices” 2023 is set to be the 10th year in a row which will see global average temperatures reach at least 1C above what they were in pre-industrial times. Governments and organisations across the globe are ..read more
The PIE Blog
1M ago
“In March 2021 Z.J. started livestreaming from Chicago area universities on WeChat and immediately found it was a big hit” The world of international higher education recruitment has traditionally been a very analogue affair. Typically, a representative from a university will do a tour of a region of the world and dutifully set up a table in ..read more
The PIE Blog
1M ago
“Within the busy, everyday lives of teachers, is it practical to overhaul the system while protecting the sanctity of their subject?” Regardless of which level of education they work in, every teacher will have some form of specialism; be it early years, secondary mathematics, art or music. However, in an increasingly globalised and interconnected world ..read more
The PIE Blog
1M ago
“The assumption that top universities will be willing to open campuses in India in highly regulated atmosphere is wishful thinking” India has a total of 1,072 universities as of 22 November 2022. There are 54 central universities, 460 state universities, 430 private universities and 128 deemed to be universities. But there is no university within top ..read more
The PIE Blog
1M ago
“The proposed policy seems out of the blue, as it goes against everything the government has said in the past decade” British home secretary Suella Braverman is drawing up new immigration rules to make it harder for foreign students to come to the UK with their dependents. This proposal has come in light of a five-fold growth ..read more
The PIE Blog
1M ago
“There is a large chunk of international students who are scammed and don’t even report the issues” Student rental scams have become rampant among students booking accommodation in recent times when every process is done online, Thanks to Lockdowns. These scams are usually common in big cities like London, Manchester, New York, Melbourne, etc, where the ..read more