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International education’s winners and losers of 2023

The PIE News

Each year, some countries and sub-sectors of international education have a banner year – and others find themselves in hot water. Numbers were confirmed to be back over a million in November, showing that the country, while not the powerhouse it once was, still takes in the most international students across the world.

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Australian MP defends onshore commission ban as agents voice concerns

The PIE News

The agents who we worry about in that regard are not the people in this room; but the government can’t just ignore it,” Hill told delegates. The agents who we worry about in that regard are not the people in this room; but the government can’t just ignore it,” Hill told delegates.

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Australian MP defends transfer commission ban as agents voice concerns

The PIE News

Speaking at SymplEd in Sydney in December, Hill reiterated that some international students are not genuine in their requirement to transfer providers, and some providers are not genuine either – and that nefarious practice is “unacceptable”. Some agents… are not acting in the best interests of students.

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Colleges go offbeat for cybersecurity training

Inside Higher Ed

Meanwhile, students and faculty and staff members—end users—who remain unaware of security threats pose significant risks. “It’s really important that end users get cybersecurity education.” The incident was one of an increasing number of cyberattacks against colleges since 2020. Cybersecurity Festivals.

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It’s Time to Embrace the Emotional or Affective Turn

Inside Higher Ed

The first volume, Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking by the physicist and science writer Leonard Mlodinow, not only offers an up-to-date overview into the science of emotions, but self-help advice that views a rethinking of our relationship to our feelings as the key to a happy life and better connections with others.

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The Louisiana cyberattacks that weren't—or maybe were?

Inside Higher Ed

“I don’t think that the [Louisiana] authorities or schools are trying to hide something,” said Alexandru Bardas, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Kansas who researches cybersecurity. ” But other experts offer another view.