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International students can pay up to five times more than domestic students for the same education, and now they are fighting back against a practice they are calling ‘harmful and exploitative’ International students have become a nearly $2 billion a year revenue stream for Ontario colleges. These students coming from abroad are standing up and fighting against what they think are unfair increases to their tuition.  On Thursday Nov. 17, students from Conestoga College and several other colleges from around Ontario, will march on Queen’s Park in Toronto to peacefully protest against rising tuition in their Need or Greed campaign. …

Over 76 per cent of students living in shared accommodation in Germany were at risk of poverty in 2021, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) has revealed.  Recently published data from Destatis also shows that in general 37.9 per cent of all students are at risk of poverty in the country, with this data also reflecting on the whole population. Moreover, 15.8 per cent of the German population risked becoming impoverished in 2021, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.  Furthermore, about 38.5 per cent of all students were unable to face unexpected financial expenses in 2021, with this phenomenon being especially concerning for students in shared accommodation,…

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could be considering drastic steps to curb sky-rocketing immigration, including a ban on foreign students from attending all but the best universities. The prime minister’s official spokesman has said Sunak was “fully committed” to bringing overall immigration levels down and blamed “unprecedented and unique circumstances” for the record high. Do you meet the immigration criteria? Check here”We’re considering all options to make sure the immigration system is delivering, and that does include looking at the issue of student dependents and low-quality degrees,” the official added. This would be in line with proposals being explored by…

Advance HE’s Postgraduate Research Experience Survey 2022 found that non-UK students reported satisfaction at 82%, helping to drive the overall satisfaction among postgraduate research students. Overall satisfaction has risen slightly from 79% to 80%, stemming the small but consistent fall over the past three years. Meanwhile, the survey found that satisfaction for UK domiciled postgraduate research students has fallen slightly to 79%, remaining on a similar level to that experienced during the pandemic. Photo: Advance HE Although the overall increase in satisfaction for all nationalities is just one percentage point, “there has been an encouraging increase in strength of feeling”, Jonathan Neves, head…

From a policy perspective, it is understandable that politicians would want to highlight how well education has been doing under their leadership.  This is why you might have heard chancellor Jeremy Hunt describing how “we have risen nine places in the global league tables for maths and reading in the last seven years” in the autumn budget statement. His claim is not untrue – but, if we zoom out to see the big picture, it starts to look a bit different. Hunt based his statement on the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) results for attainment in reading, science…

GLOBAL It has been 18 years in the making, but a new university ranking based on “enriched student learning, inspired leadership and commitment to sustainability and integrity” has finally seen the light of day.The new Globethics.net University Ranking (GUR), launched on 16 November 2022 with University World News as the media partner, claims to provide a unique global ranking instrument that places values, ethics and sustainability as central principles of higher education institutions worldwide. It encompasses themes not previously captured in other higher education ranking instruments, including the aspirations of students and the values of institutions.“We are proposing a new…

By Sayantan Biswas, Co-founder, UniCreds International education is now more accessible to Indian students than ever. Students today look forward to the opportunity of higher education from a prestigious college abroad coupled with the wide array of experience and exposure that comes along with it. Unfortunately, international education is also more expensive than it has ever been and its rising popularity has resulted in a proportional rise in competition. Student loans are getting difficult to obtain even with the best credentials. However, this may not be the whole story as 84.8% of student loans are approved through NBFCs. There may…

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has given the go-ahead for 3,000 visas for young professionals from India to work in the UK each year. The British government said India is the first visa-national country to benefit from such a scheme, highlighting the strength of the UK-India Migration and Mobility Partnership agreed last year. “Today the UK-India Young Professionals Scheme was confirmed, offering 3,000 places to 18-30-year-old degree-educated Indian nationals to come to the UK to live and work for up to two years,” the UK Prime Minister’s Office said in a tweet. – Advertisement – This announcement in the Downing…