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James Slocombe, PEN/Elizabeth School, UK

The PIE News

This week, we spent five minutes with James Slocombe, the director of Planet Education Networks and education consultant at the Elizabeth School. He tells us about recruiting students in Central and South America, collective learning and re-learning to embrace his own mental absorbency. Proudest career moment?

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“America is open for opportunity” – International Education Week

The PIE News

Stakeholders have many reasons to celebrate International Education Week in 2022 – with some saying that cultural exchange is the closest we’ll get to having superpowers. Department of Education (@usedgov) November 17, 2022. “I often say that being multilingual and multicultural are superpowers.

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NZ scholarships to send students to Asia and LATAM

The PIE News

New Zealand has announced the 171 exchange students to be supported by Prime Minister’s Scholarships who will travel to Asia and Latin America over the next year. Diversity within outbound mobility is a key part of the country’s international education strategy , and the first round of scholarship recipients are from 14 groups.

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Helping Afghan women back into higher ed

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Since the Taliban suspended the rights of Afghan women to pursue higher education last month, many American higher education institutions and leaders have decried the ban. “Now is a real opportunity to galvanize efforts to support Afghan students that are able to come over safely.” He said that while U.S.

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Three takeaways from AIEC 2023

The PIE News

More than 1,700 international educators convened in Adelaide from October 10-13 to discuss policy, growth and sustainability of the sector at AIEC. Chair of the Australian Universities International Directors’ Forum, Jogvan Klein, told the same audience that the government is showing “good policy intent”. “We

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Gilman program ‘expands horizons’ – US students

The PIE News

 Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad through the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The ECA’s Gilman Scholarship initiative began in 2001 and is supported by the Institute of International Education. Richie is one of nearly 1500 US undergraduate students to receive a Benjamin A. Gilman International

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Diversity, equity, and inclusion and int’l recruitment

The PIE News

At the recent PIE Live North America conference in Toronto, DEI was focus in numerous discussions, with stakeholders pointing to needs-blind admissions, scholarships, varied recruitment strategies via high school networks, government agencies and professional recruiters, to build out a broad nationality base. We want diversity on campus.