The PIE News

APRIL 29, 2024

The UK’s Education Committee has launched an inquiry into international students in English universities. “That the UK is the third most popular destination for international students is a source of pride and a credit to the strength of our world class universities,” said MP Robin Walker, chair of the Education Committee.

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The PIE News

MARCH 21, 2024

Universities in Ireland intend to double their number of African students from the current estimated 1,500 in the next three to five years in a bid to help the country attain its target of 30% international students in its universities. Education in Ireland will also deal directly with international high schools.

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HEPI

MARCH 8, 2024

Travelling to and from these major UK cities within such a short space of time, with an additional trip for me to a brilliant Higher Education Authority conference at Dublin’s Croke Park stadium in between, is the closest I will ever get as a think-tank director to feeling like a rock star on tour.

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The PIE News

MARCH 6, 2023

Top universities and colleges in Ireland are using the two-year post-study working opportunity for international students as a major selling point to attracting African students, in a recruitment campaign targeting Anglophone countries on the continent.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The events at Ireland’s largest university will celebrate “our university and our community at this time of transition,” said Feely. “Ireland was transforming economically, industrially, and socially in a story that just had very few parallels around the world.” .

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The PIE News

APRIL 4, 2023

Almost two-thirds of international students in Ireland have experienced or witnessed racism, according to a new report from the Irish Council of International Students. Verbal abuse was the most common form of racism reported by the 428 participants in the study, which included higher education and English language students.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Fees from international students are forecast to become up to 66% of all course fee income for 70 higher education institutions across England & Northern Ireland by 2026/27, new research shows. Up to 80% of providers could fall into deficit if there is a gradual or sudden drop in international students in coming years.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Some 200 students have been affected by the sudden closure of an English language college in Ireland. All of the students are covered by mandatory insurance that was taken out when they booked their courses and have now been relocated, according to Lorcan O’Connor Lloyd, general manager at Marketing English in Ireland.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 5, 2024

UK-based Global Education Holdings announced the acquisition of the Australian Performing Arts Conservatory in Brisbane in December, following a string of takeovers the education group made in 2023. English Path also has a centre in Toronto, Canada. Locations in Berlin and Riyadh will also open soon.

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The PIE News

JUNE 27, 2023

Language provider English Path has acquired NCG Dublin in Ireland as it seeks to profit from what it sees as increased interest in the country. The acquisition of NCG Dublin, for an undisclosed fee, is the latest move for the provider which launched in Dubai in 2021 by higher education specialist GEDU Global Education.

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HEPI

JANUARY 16, 2024

It is widely acknowledged that lower income households experience a higher-than-average rate of inflation, as they spend a greater proportion of their income on the goods and services that see the biggest increases in cost. per cent in Scotland and, at worst, 0 per cent in Northern Ireland. This is to be expected.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

UK higher education provider Global Education Holdings has announced the acquisition of distance learning degree specialist MLA College from BAU Global Education Network. MLA, which focuses on marine and maritime education, was acquired in August of this year.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Natasha Abrahart’s parents and supporters say a ruling by a high court judge against the University of Bristol has implications for the whole higher education sector and hope it will prompt politicians to think again about bringing in a statutory duty of care for students. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14.

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The PIE News

MAY 23, 2023

In addition to the professional development seminars, the week-long program included sessions from Education USA , Campus France , Education Ireland and UCAS , along with visits to UCL and Kings College London. Hats off to the BMI team. Many of these people have never been to Europe.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 23, 2024

The pivotal validation of PSI Services’s Skills for English: SELT by the central admissions office in Ireland will expand opportunities for aspiring students. Consequently, tens of thousands of prospective students aiming for English-speaking universities gain access to our test, thereby expanding their educational horizons.

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The PIE News

MARCH 10, 2023

UCD is Ireland’s largest university with over 38,000 students and is ranked within the top 1% of higher education institutions worldwide. “UCD has had an extraordinary influence on the development of modern Ireland,”Feely told The PIE News. A third of faculty members are also international.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 18, 2023

Especially now, irrespective of where you are within the sector – our membership is made up of the higher education and the language schools and the K12 and now online providers as well. It was an experience to try and find how we could help the members in different way” “Higher education has definitely been a growth area.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 30, 2024

As well as rejoining the scheme, Erasmus+ funding should be reinstated to further education colleges and community organisations. The Conservative government said it would raise immigration fees – including for international students – to fund public sector pay rises last year.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 22, 2023

At the other end of the spectrum, Malta was the only major ELT destination to outperform its pre pandemic levels and Ireland recorded a 97% recovery, the report said. Trends Shaping the Future of Global English Language Teaching called 2023 an “obstacle race with mixed results” for destinations.

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The PIE News

MARCH 14, 2024

“At a time of increased competition for international students, the UK must work to maintain its position as a global leader in higher education,” said director of Education at the British Council, Maddalaine Ansell. The predicted average GDP growth pace of 4.2% in the period to 2030 will be down from the 5.5%

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This year, Ireland – the only EU country to maintain its access to home fee status and UK funding – saw 2,560 applicants accepted, a record number of Irish students using the UCAS platform. Latest data from UCAS in the UK shows a slight decline in international students accepted to undergraduate courses for the next academic year.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The awards – based on the responses of 126,000 domestic and international students – recognise student satisfaction at higher education institutions in 126 countries. The US was the only ‘Big four’ study destination to be rated higher than average, with some of its institutions among the seven winners. out of 5, up from 4.06

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Irish language colleges have reiterated their concerns about the proposed learner protection fund that will be introduced with the International Education Mark, following the release of new draft policy documents. . Both ELE Ireland and PCN both currently offer their own insurance products for language students. .

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HEPI

APRIL 21, 2024

This methodology enables a nuanced understanding of higher education-related migration patterns and their implications at a subregional level. Specifically, qualitative impacts are evaluated based on educational qualifications of graduates before university and their occupational status 15 months after graduation.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The higher education minister, Robert Halfon, announced the national review earlier this year amid mounting concern over student mental health and a series of suicides that attracted widespread coverage in the media. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Baroness Blackstone was Minister for Education and Employment from 1997 to 2001, and has led two universities: Birkbeck, from 1987 to 1997, and the University of Greenwich, from 2004 to 2011. The policy paper outlines how realigning with this good practice could help retain international trust in UK higher education.

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totallyrewired

MAY 19, 2023

. “ACCELERATE has a simple but ambitious aim: to improve the teaching of art and design at higher education in a post-pandemic Europe through the development of innovative methodologies, tools, platforms, and resources for accessible immersive learning.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 7, 2023

Surveying close to 43,000 students – including 15,180 international students – across the UK and Ireland, it identified that international students are twice as likely as UK students to prioritise living on their own. Chinese and Indian students fare better socially than those from Nigeria, the UK and Ireland, the report highlighted.

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HEPI

JANUARY 24, 2024

Mathias Cormann, Secretary General of the OECD, on the value of higher education in developed countries. Never mind that the 50% target he refers to relates to tertiary education, I am certain he is not alone in believing that too many people go to university. In 1998, 20% of adults in the OECD had a tertiary education.

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HEPI

JANUARY 13, 2024

HEPI Director Nick Hillman takes a look at PwC’s new assessment of the financial health of the UK’s higher education institutions. I am referring to the long-awaited report that Universities UK (UUK) commissioned from PwC on the financial sustainability of higher education institutions.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

However, to address the global challenges of our time, higher education needs to strengthen global discourse and international collaboration, delegates to the first general conference of the International Association of Universities (IAU) for six years were told.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The step marks the beginning of the state’s new policy on student accommodation,” said Simon Harris, Ireland’s minister for further and higher education, research, innovation and science. “We Ireland’s housing minister met with ICOS and the Union of Students in Ireland earlier this week to discuss concerns around accommodation.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 4, 2023

Much of what is being reported and communicated by Dutch media and government is a misrepresentation of what is actually happening with internationalisation of education in the Netherlands. What is happening? The debates have resulted in a decision to halt international student recruitment. Should the bill be passed?

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

First, that mergers in higher education are a global phenomenon. The global phenomenon of higher education mergers has, in many ways, presaged the expected consolidations unfolding at colleges in the U.S. Second, that mergers are being pursued in many countries to enhance global competitiveness.

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The PIE News

JUNE 16, 2023

One of the most vocal education agencies and exchange program providers in Brazil has acquired two companies to form its own conglomerate – the CI Group. CI Intercambio , as it used to be known, merged with entertainment travel company Amaze Travel , and also acquired educational travel agency Trilha Educação.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 18, 2024

It also chairs an elected committee of representatives from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. There is however, an absence of formal regional groups in England despite the size of the higher education sector. Many of us have worked as a group of regional institutions for many years and know each other well.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Understanding these changes is crucial for us in the higher education sector, especially in light of the challenges and transformations we’ve witnessed post-pandemic,” Tang-Plowman said. Some 60% listed quality of education, while just under half (46%) also listed cultural experiences as a reason for choosing the UK.

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