ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand International education news summary • November 2010
International higher education news, November 2010
US: International students pay nearly $19 billion Singapore's Newest University Is an Education Lab for Technology Some U.S. College Students Look to the U.K. Foreign student rights overlooked 44 mn students to enter higher education in next 10 years UK: Foreign students face curbs on jobs and visas Mixed Reviews for Indonesia’s Private Universities 30,000 Indian students have left Australia: Student federation Carnegie University missing out on Chinese student windfall The student firebrand behind wave of protests Indian students ditching Australian education plans Done in by degrees A degree of truth Malaysian Education Sector Set For Next Boom Phase Uni does own trade deal Students refusing to end university occupations Waikato students, staff to benefit from links with top Chinese universities Migration cap will dumb down Scottish universities Monash University Wins Cambridge Debating contest China's top universities to use same entrance exam Safety tips via social media No art to savage British cuts Govt told to ease up on foreign students Three universities are occupied in fees protests A Confucian tide Watchdog won’t bite you, Australia’s elite universities assured EU-wide student credit union proposed UK: Wrong time to raise fees, say global rivals UN forges world partnership with universities Five Website Tips for International Student Recruitment America studies My School website Opening remarks - Australia–United States Education Roundtable Language rules lift bar for sector Unis see big decline in overseas enrolments School ties sought with China 209,000 university hopefuls miss out on degree places Curtin Sarawak staff urged to be involved in community work China Surges Past India as Top Home of Foreign Students University of Central Florida cheating scandal: 200 students step forward China Props Up Foreign Students' Numbers in U.S. What to Expect as News Corp. Dives Into Business of Education Taylor-made for success Students could be tough customers Foreign student numbers slump Student protests set stage for winter wave of unrest Singapore shifts from science to humanities Germany: University opens with five students New campus for Nottingham in Shanghai Carleton admin, students in $3M battle Scottish Universities cash in on China UK graduates look to new horizons Gov't tries to boost Asian literacy Gap year operators tap into parents' worries At D.C. area community colleges, coaches help students stay on track ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc
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Thousands of UK students protest plan to triple tuition fees, union vows to recall lawmakers Nottingham in talks to set up second campus in China Can your family afford the university fees challenge? International students: in our best interests International education in NZ continues to grow Student expo reveals China crisis Overseas students face biometric scans Student loss a $2.6bn blow New international education partnership signed Muslim challenge to tuition fee interest charges Textbook rentals no cure for rising college costs Free Or Reduced Tuition Fee For Students Pursuing Degree, PhD After 50 Uni's great leap forward International students deterred by dollar and discrimination Malaysia: Models in private higher education UNH to look abroad to get dollars, diversity Canadian university delegation on recruitment drive in India Troubled Aceh (Indonesia) celebrates student successes University suspends ties with Malaysian college Britain moves to shift burden of university fees on to students Chinese want quality, not cheap education Currency crunch forces students into Oz rethink High dollar hurting student numbers Student visa crackdown has hurt the education industry in Victoria, John Brumby says Singapore: conviction casts doubt on Yale tie-up Strong dollar puts off Chinese students Irish government comes under fire from students Universities to charge fees of £7,000 to £8,000 a year Overseas student strategy criticised Alarming fall in Chinese student numbers $100,000 to expand China-Australia University Exchange PM's $500m for Indonesian schools Government scrambles to avoid China crisis Signs offshore market about to turn up Barriers steering Chinese students away Australian and New Zealand Higher education resources: ACUMA Incorporated
Singapore's Newest University Is an Education Lab for Technology The Chronicle of Higher Education November 28 2010 With vital input from MIT—and China—an unorthodox idea takes shape, with implications beyond the city-state's borders Every year automakers roll out "concept" cars, which incorporate novel design elements that may become standard years from now. Singapore has taken the rarer step of building a concept university... Full article: http://goo.gl/zbFTQ Some U.S. College Students Look to the U.K. The Wall Street Journal November 29 2010
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ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand International education news summary • November 2010
When final-year economics undergraduate Robert Rogers transferred from Georgetown University to the London School of Economics, his annual tuition fees plummeted to around $20,000 a year... Full article: http://goo.gl/NAgY2 US: International students pay nearly $19 billion University World News November 28 2010 A study released last week by NAFSA: Association of International Educators estimated that international students and their families contributed an impressive $18.78 billion to the US economy during the 2008-09 academic year - an increase of $1 billion over... Full article: http://goo.gl/uqBUm Foreign student rights overlooked University World News November 28 2010 The Australian Human Rights Commission has criticised the federal and state governments over a strategy they released relating to international students, arguing that it failed to tackle significant problems including... Full article: http://goo.gl/UGPIK 44 mn students to enter higher education in next 10 years LiveMint.com (WSJ) November 20 2010 India’s higher education enrolment will move up to 44 million from the current 14 million in a decade, the Central government said on Friday, underlining that private players, distance education and foreign education providers will play... Full article: http://goo.gl/jQdbD UK: Foreign students face curbs on jobs and visas University World News November 28 2010 The Home Secretary has signalled that she intends to clamp down on the number of international students entering the UK labour market when they graduate and dramatically cut the number of pretertiary students coming... Full article: http://goo.gl/Gc8Xj
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Mixed Reviews for Indonesia’s Private Universities The New York Times November 21 2010 Motorbikes deliver students — some with helmets over their head scarves, others with laptops slung across their shoulders — down the wide, tree-lined boulevard, past the mosque’s gold dome, around a fenced-off excavation site where a ninth-century Hindu temple was uncovered this year... Full article: http://goo.gl/51iIh 30,000 Indian students have left Australia: Student federation The Times of India November 27 2010 A spate of attacks, tough visa norms and denial of permanent residency have caused around 30,000 Indian students, mostly based in Melbourne, to leave Australia in the past year, claims the Federation of Indian Students in Australia (FISA) ... Full article: http://goo.gl/A6PVr Carnegie University missing out on Chinese student windfall Adelaide Advertiser November 29 2010 CARNEGIE Mellon is missing out on hundreds of thousands of dollars in tuition fees from Chinese students because the Chinese Government does not recognise the Adelaide campus as an accredited university... Full article: http://goo.gl/sqvDT The student firebrand behind wave of protests The Telegraph, UK November 27 2010 The nationwide wave of demonstrations against student fees is being led by a woman who applied to be a police officer before changing course and becoming a Marxist revolutionary... Full article: http://goo.gl/XCWRo Indian students ditching Australian education plans The Australian November 29 2010 AUSTRALIA'S multi-billion-dollar Indian student market has collapsed in just 12 months. This is because new students are turning their backs on the once-prized Australian education sector in favour of Canada, New Zealand and Britain... Full article: http://goo.gl/6nvVX ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc
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Done in by degrees Thanh Nien News, Viet Nam November 26 2010 Returning overseas graduates find it difficult to secure cushy jobs; recruiters say experience does more than degrees... Full article: http://goo.gl/jdkfA A degree of truth The Spectator, UK November 28 2010 Tuition fees work. By the standards that any progressive is supposed to hold dear - higher overall participation rates in universities and higher participation rates among low income groups – experience from other countries shows that fees work. As the think tank Centreforum showed four years ago... Full article: http://goo.gl/4Z6QY Malaysian Education Sector Set For Next Boom Phase Bernama, Malaysian National News Agency November 26 2010 While the property sector now is in a flurry of consolidation through mergers and acquisitions, kicked off by UEM Land Bhd's acquisition of Sunrise Bhd, followed swiftly by the just announced mergers of MRCB Bhd with IJM Land Bhd and Sunway Holdings Bhd with Sunway City Bhd, the education sector... Full article: http://goo.gl/QqNRy Uni does own trade deal The Waikato Times November 27 2010 Waikato University students could have the opportunity to swap places with their counterparts at two Chinese universities under a new agreement between the three institutions... Full article: http://goo.gl/Ik6T5 Students refusing to end university occupations BBC, UK November 26 2010 Students occupying universities are still refusing to leave as protests continue over raising tuition fees and cutting higher education budgets. University College London, Newcastle, Edinburgh and London South Bank are among the continuing... Full article: http://goo.gl/9tDe0 ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc
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Waikato students, staff to benefit from links with top Chinese universities University of Waikato November 24 2010 Students and staff at the University of Waikato now have the opportunity to work closely with two of China’s leading universities, thanks to new agreements signed during a recent visit to China by Waikato’s Chancellor Rt Hon Jim Bolger and Vice-Chancellor Professor... Full article: http://goo.gl/ta2aR Migration cap will dumb down Scottish universities The Scotsman November 24 2010 UNIVERSITY principals have warned Scottish Secretary Michael Moore that standards could drop because of proposed immigrations limits... Full article: http://goo.gl/Co6ZN Monash University Wins Cambridge Debating contest Varsity.co.uk November 24 2010 Monash University comes out on top at the Annual Cambridge Union Debating Inter-Varsity Championship A team from Monash University, Australia, Fiona Prowse and Victor Finkel, won the annual Cambridge Union Inter-Varsity (IV) held on... Full article: http://goo.gl/W09oh China's top universities to use same entrance exam China Daily November 23 2010 Seven prestigious universities in China announced Sunday that they would begin using the same independent exam - besides the national one - to test students hoping to gain entrance... Full article: http://goo.gl/y6VTw Safety tips via social media The Australian November 24 2010 AN initiative that taps into social media networks to deliver information to international students on a range of welfare issues is being promoted. The not-for-profit organisation intends to promote the wellbeing of international students by... Full article: http://goo.gl/BM7Lo ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc
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No art to savage British cuts The Australian November 24 2010 SLASHING funding to the humanities and social sciences is short-sighted. THE collective noun for deans of arts, social sciences and humanities, DASSH, was coined in Australia but has reached Britain... Full article: http://goo.gl/DvJh8 Govt told to ease up on foreign students The Canberra Times November 22 2010 Australia is predicted to lose $3.8 billion by 2012 because the Government is making it too hard for international students to study here, educators say... Full article: http://goo.gl/jB7pB Three universities are occupied in fees protests BBC, UK November 22 2010 Students are planning a day of protests against raising tuition fees Students protesting against raising tuition fees are staging occupations in London, Bristol and Manchester... Full article: http://goo.gl/G5AhQ A Confucian tide Simon Marginson in The Age November 23 2010 IN THE past decade East Asian universities have emerged in a leading global role. Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and now China have followed Japan... Full article: http://goo.gl/jGmlt Watchdog won’t bite you, Australia’s elite universities assured Times Higher Education November 20 2010 A chief architect of the regulatory reform proposed to guarantee the quality of higher education in Australia has assured the heads of the country’s elite universities... Full article: http://goo.gl/R1dfo ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc
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EU-wide student credit union proposed University World News November 21 2010 With student fees in many European countries rising and a patchwork of different loan systems, it was "only a matter of time" before the European Union considered a region-wide scheme, says French higher education researcher CĂŠcile Hoareau. In a just-published paper she proposes an EU student credit union... Full article: http://goo.gl/lv97S UK: Wrong time to raise fees, say global rivals University World News November 21 2010 How will plans to slash 40% of the teaching budget in England and allow universities to raise tuition fees threefold affect the competitive edge of UK universities globally? We asked university leaders... Full article: http://goo.gl/OCVNX UN forges world partnership with universities University World News November 21 2010 United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon last week inaugurated the new United Nations Academic Impact, UNAI, which seeks to generate ideas in partnership with higher education... Full article: http://goo.gl/WObGQ Five Website Tips for International Student Recruitment InsideHigherEd.com November 18 2010 Even as the demand in international markets for a US education continues to rise, more institutions are responding to budget pressures in part by stepping up recruitment of international students, who typically bring significantly more tuition revenue than domestic students. According to the Institute of International Education, in 2008-09, more than 26,000 Chinese students were enrolled in college... Full article: http://goo.gl/3Ocd7 America studies My School website The Age November 19 2010 The Obama administration will draw on Australia's My School website as it considers ways to tackle underperformance in American schools. The United States deputy secretary of education, Tony Miller, led a delegation... Full article: http://goo.gl/aSNPv ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc
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Opening remarks - Australia–United States Education Roundtable Speech: The Hon Peter Garrett MP November 16 2010 Acknowledgments I would like to acknowledge and very warmly welcome US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, who will shortly be joining us via a live feed from Chicago. Ms Lisa Paul, Secretary of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Dr Michele Bruniges, Deputy Secretary, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and Roundtable Chair Mr Tony Miller, Deputy Secretary of Education, US Department of Education... Full article: http://goo.gl/l1yRd Language rules lift bar for sector The Australian November 17 2010 UNIVERSITIES now have a "potent incentive" to redesign their course offer so international students graduate with a professional level of English... Full article: http://goo.gl/emDdI Unis see big decline in overseas enrolments ABC Lateline November 16 2010 Universities say the strong dollar, well publicised violent attacks and changes to student visas are jeopardising the $18 billion overseas student sector, with enrolments down by up to 30 per cent... Full article: http://goo.gl/3cMkp School ties sought with China The Australian November 17 2010 THE fall in overseas students has spurred a ministerial visit to Beijing and Shanghai. SENATOR Chris Evans's recent ministerial delegation to Beijing and Shanghai was designed to send a clear signal reaffirming the importance accorded high quality education and research... Full article: http://goo.gl/vo5Ih 209,000 university hopefuls miss out on degree places BBC, UK November 16 2010 More than 209,000 would-be students were left without a university place this year in the UK, official figures show... ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc
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Full article: http://goo.gl/rnBRi Curtin Sarawak staff urged to be involved in community work The Borneo Post November 15 2010 Curtin University Sarawak staff are urged to be actively involved in community service to strengthen ties with the local community... Full article: http://goo.gl/NHbeb China Surges Past India as Top Home of Foreign Students The New York Times November 15 2010 The number of Chinese students studying in the United States surged 30 percent in the 2009-10 academic year, making China, for the first time, the top country of origin for international students, according to “Open Doors,” the Institute of International Education’s annual report... Full article: http://goo.gl/PbMyS University of Central Florida cheating scandal: 200 students step forward The Orlando Sentinel November 12 2010 About 200 students at the University of Central Florida have come forward to admit their involvement in a cheating scandal that has drawn national attention, college officials announced Friday evening... Full article: http://goo.gl/8eHWP China Props Up Foreign Students' Numbers in U.S. The Chronicle of Higher Education November 15 2010 When Li Zhou visited Washington last month, he didn't take in the sights. He stuffed envelopes, hundreds of them, addressed to college-admissions directors across the country. The associate director of college counseling at a Beijing high school, Mr. Li needed to make sure... Full article: http://goo.gl/fT90g What to Expect as News Corp. Dives Into Business of Education Advertising Age November 15 2010 Are you ready for News Corp. to help teach your children?
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Hearst Magazines Chairman Cathie Black got most of the attention last week when she was named the next New York City schools chancellor, succeeding Joel Klein as the head of a $23 billion publiceducation system with 1.1 million students. But Mr. Klein's new job at News Corp... Full article: http://goo.gl/lGKBl Taylor-made for success The Star, Malaysia November 14 2010 IMAGINE having Fortune 500 companies competing to hire you for your service and expertise — barely after you've completed your studies. This, says vice-chancellor and president Prof Datuk Dr Hassan Said, is the kind of quality graduates that Taylor's University wants... Full article: http://goo.gl/nqCnq Students could be tough customers BBC, UK November 12 2010 Will there be a consumer revolution amongst students in England if fees rise to £9,000 a year? Until now, vice-chancellors and students leaders have insisted that universities are not about hardheaded seller-buyer relationships but about high-minded partnerships for learning... Full article: http://goo.gl/qS2Qm Foreign student numbers slump The Age November 13 2010 AUSTRALIA is facing years of decline before universities recover from a significant slump in international student numbers, as institutions lose out to aggressive competitors in the United States, Britain and Canada... Full article: http://goo.gl/KlIgR Student protests set stage for winter wave of unrest The Guardian, UK November 14 2010 Millbank occupation caught police badly prepared, and fuelled belief on Labour's left and among unions that direct action will bring results Few "occupations" have been more swiftly and widely condemned. The storming by students of... Full article: http://goo.gl/uCqHF ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc
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Singapore shifts from science to humanities University World News November 14 2010 The proposed tie-up between the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Yale University in the United States to set up a joint liberal-arts college in Singapore is more than just a university partnership. It represents a departure for resource-scarce Singapore's emphasis on technology and... Full article: http://goo.gl/qDW4d Germany: University opens with five students University World News November 14 2010 A private university of applied sciences that has begun teaching activities with just five students is said to be running the most expensive higher education courses in Germany... Full article: http://goo.gl/V8U7K New campus for Nottingham in Shanghai University World News November 14 2010 Nottingham University has been invited by the Shanghai city government to set up a new British-Chinese university that will be able to attract top students and faculty, the British university has announced... Full article: http://goo.gl/bU1eY Carleton admin, students in $3M battle The Ottawa Citizen November 12 2010 University says it just wants to audit books, student union says it's being 'blackmailed' Carleton University's student unions and administration have locked horns in a multi-million-dollar quarrel that appears headed to court... Full article: http://goo.gl/A6v15 Scottish Universities cash in on China The Journal, UK November 10 2010 Education secretary Mike Russell has encouraged Scottish universities to cash in on the Chinese student market, as UCAS has reported record numbers of Asian students applying for study in the UK... Full article: http://goo.gl/vvWUH
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UK graduates look to new horizons The Independent, UK November 11 2010 Little is disclosed about the number of UK students who go abroad to study for postgraduate degrees. It is a largely undocumented area that is overlooked and often miscalculated. Yet as graduates start to speculate over increased tuition fees, diminishing funding and the changes to the quality... Full article: http://goo.gl/CKEec Gov't tries to boost Asian literacy The Sydney Morning Herald November 10 2010 The federal government is pumping millions into Asian language and related studies to help Australian children understand their nearest neighbours... Full article: http://goo.gl/qKakD Gap year operators tap into parents' worries The Sydney Morning Herald November 11 2010 IT IS goodbye, farewell and amen for the 2010 Higher School Certificate. Traditionally after exams, the focus switches to graduation formals or universities, but for a growing number of students it is all about the gap year of international travel... Full article: http://goo.gl/hIR0Z At D.C. area community colleges, coaches help students stay on track The Washington Post November 09 2010 Jonathan Tucker sits down for an hour each week with Rick Leith, a professor at his community college, to talk about whatever is on his mind. It doesn't sound particularly revolutionary. But leaders of Howard Community College have found... Full article: http://goo.gl/pkFit Thousands of UK students protest plan to triple tuition fees, union vows to recall lawmakers Los Angeles Times November 10 2010 Tens of thousands of students marched through London on Wednesday against plans to triple university tuition fees, and violence erupted as a minority battled police and trashed a building containing... Full article: http://goo.gl/hSBXq ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc
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Nottingham in talks to set up second campus in China Times Higher Education, UK November 09 2010 The University of Nottingham is in talks about creating a new campus in China – its second in the country and its third overseas campus... Full article: http://goo.gl/TB2wi Can your family afford the university fees challenge? The Daily Mail, UK November 10 2010 Baffling interest rates, early repayment fines and debts of £51,000 - welcome to the daunting world facing tomorrow's students. James Coney and Liz Phillips examine the impact changes to funding a university education will have on your family... Full article: http://goo.gl/2BQpw International students: in our best interests ABC Australia November 10 2010 International education is the third-largest earner of international export revenue for Australia, generating more than $12 billion per annum, trailing only the coal and iron ore extraction industries, and eclipsing tourism. Australia’s share of the international education market is many times larger than would... Full article: http://goo.gl/qxG2A International education in NZ continues to grow Press release: Hon Steven Joyce November 10 2010 The number of international students enrolled to study in New Zealand is continuing to increase, says Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce... Full article: http://goo.gl/ByPkJ Student expo reveals China crisis The Australian November 10 2010 "WHERE is the Australian section?" we asked at one of the smartly branded, well-attended British stands. "Oh, it's tucked down in the back corner." Sure enough, there were 19 Study in Australiabranded... Full article: http://goo.gl/TnOgy ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc
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Overseas students face biometric scans The Australian November 10 2010 FOREIGN students will be included in a trial of biometric checks as part of a wider campaign to weed out potential terrorists. The move has raised concerns, with overseas student educators calling for it to be handled... Full article: http://goo.gl/RPFb1 Student loss a $2.6bn blow The Australian November 10 2010 VICTORIA will suffer a $2.6 billion hit to its economy by 2012 as international student numbers dive. The drop is a result of tighter skilled migration rules that are torpedoing the state's once-booming, residency-driven market... Full article: http://goo.gl/Vvc1A New international education partnership signed Media release: Senator the Hon Christopher Evans, Senator the Hon Kim Carr November 03 2010 Australian and Chinese students will benefit from a new international education partnership, with the signing today of an agreement to boost research, student exchange and training collaboration... Full article: http://goo.gl/aKZ7P Muslim challenge to tuition fee interest charges BBC, UK November 04 2010 Muslim student leaders say changes to tuition fees in England could breach Islamic rules on finance, which do not permit interest charges. The coalition government's plans to raise tuition fees to up to £9,000 also include higher interest... Full article: http://goo.gl/SZj6g Textbook rentals no cure for rising college costs TheCabin.net November 06 2010 Textbook rental programs at many of the nation’s colleges — touted as money-savers for students — are limited by the number of available titles, publishers who release frequent new editions and professors who believe their right to choose course materials is essential to academic... ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc
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Full article: http://goo.gl/tPtdL Free Or Reduced Tuition Fee For Students Pursuing Degree, PhD After 50 Bernama, Malaysian Nat'l News Agency November 03 2010 Students pursuing their degree or PhD at Higher Learning Institutions after reaching the age of 50 may enjoy free or reduced tuition fee under a proposal by the Higher Education Ministry... Full article: http://goo.gl/C9giE Uni's great leap forward The Sydney Morning Herald November 08 2010 China is aiming to rival the best of the West as an education superpower, writes Peter Foster. The lawns are not yet laid and three soaring flagpoles stand undressed against a blue sky but already the first graduate students have begun to move into their sparkling rooms in Peking University's... Full article: http://goo.gl/urYvB International students deterred by dollar and discrimination The Brisbane Times November 06 2010 A rising Australian dollar, changes to the skilled migration program and fears of xenophobia are deterring international students from coming to Brisbane, according to local colleges... Full article: http://goo.gl/XSVWq Malaysia: Models in private higher education University World News November 07 2010 In Asia, higher education is no longer considered an option but a necessity to be employable. Society is taking higher education very seriously and hence the number of school-leavers seeking entry into higher education institutions has been increasing yearly. The available number of public higher education institutions (IPTA) in Malaysia can... Full article: http://goo.gl/YL6rV
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ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand International education news summary • November 2010
UNH to look abroad to get dollars, diversity The New Hampshire Union Leader November 05 2010 DURHAM – Faced with a dearth of diversity and money, the University of New Hampshire plans to deal with both by enrolling nearly 1,400 new, high-paying international students, comprising up to 12 percent of its undergraduate... Full article: http://goo.gl/7H8da Canadian university delegation on recruitment drive in India The Globe & Mail, Canada November 05 2010 Before long, hundreds of thousands of Indian students will fan out across the globe in search of the best higher education. Unless something changes, many won’t think twice about Canada. But in a rare banding together of Canadian universities, 15 of their presidents are travelling to India... Full article: http://goo.gl/k7Cm5 Troubled Aceh (Indonesia) celebrates student successes University World News November 07 2010 Aceh, Indonesia's resource-rich province on the western tip of Sumatra and one of several Indonesian provinces beset in recent times by separatist conflict, has had cause to celebrate recently with successes among its overseas students... Full article: http://goo.gl/fPqap University suspends ties with Malaysian college BBC, UK November 06 2010 The University of Wales has suspended relations with a Malaysian business college, pending an inquiry. The action, the university says, is due to a controversy relating to the personal academic qualifications... Full article: http://goo.gl/lDvZv Britain moves to shift burden of university fees on to students The Sydney Morning Herald November 05 2010 BRITISH universities would be able to charge almost triple their current fees under controversial government proposals which would transfer much of the cost of higher education from the state to... Full article: http://goo.gl/Yvysx ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc
ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand International education news summary • November 2010
Chinese want quality, not cheap education The Sydney Morning Herald November 05 2010 Australian universities may suffer a drop in enrolments of Chinese students because of the widespread coverage in China of problems with private colleges. Tertiary Education Minister Chris Evans is visiting China with university vice-chancellors to promote... Full article: http://goo.gl/aHxVc Currency crunch forces students into Oz rethink The Hong Kong Standard November 05 2010 The surging Australian dollar is pushing more and more Hong Kong and mainland students to look elsewhere for their tertiary education. And the number is set to grow even more, Australia's education minister, Chris Evans, admitted... Full article: http://goo.gl/XOASf High dollar hurting student numbers The Australian November 05 2010 THE Gillard government is under new pressure to ease student visa conditions to bail out the $18 billion international education industry. The Australian dollar was sustained above parity yesterday and Victorian Premier John Brumby... Full article: http://goo.gl/wbkrk Student visa crackdown has hurt the education industry in Victoria, John Brumby says The Australian November 04 2010 VICTORIAN Premier John Brumby says a crackdown on student visas by the federal government has damaged his state's attractiveness as an education destination... Full article: http://goo.gl/nv9jx Singapore: conviction casts doubt on Yale tie-up University World News November 03 2010 A Singaporean verdict against British author Alan Shadrake has been watched closely around the world, in particular by Yale University in the US, which is discussing collaboration with National University of Singapore. Shadrake was found guilty this week of contempt of court for casting doubt... Full article: http://goo.gl/EAVa1 ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc
ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand International education news summary • November 2010
Strong dollar puts off Chinese students ABC News November 04 2010 The Federal Government is bracing for a big drop in the number of Chinese international students enrolling in Australian universities as the local dollar continues to climb... Full article: http://goo.gl/sf8Pk Irish government comes under fire from students BBC, UK November 03 2010 Plans to increase university fees have triggered clashes between Irish riot police and students in Dublin city centre - but there are wider implications. The Irish government is not just facing street protests from students angry at planned rises to university fees, but... Full article: http://goo.gl/q6nxE Universities to charge fees of £7,000 to £8,000 a year The Independent, UK November 03 2010 Most universities will charge between £7,000 or £8,000 a year in fees, it was forecast last night. Ministers will announce their response today to Lord Browne's inquiry into student finance. They will reject his plan to lift the £3,290-a-year cap on tuition fees altogether and instead... Full article: http://goo.gl/x1pTR Overseas student strategy criticised The Age November 04 2010 Australia'S human rights watchdog has attacked the federal government's international student strategy for failing to tackle significant problems. Released last week, the government's plan is designed to address problems in the sector hit with... Full article: http://goo.gl/HlyPs Alarming fall in Chinese student numbers University World News November 03 2010 For the first time in more than 14 years, an Australian minister for tertiary education has gone to China to try to head off a potentially disastrous collapse in the number of young Chinese studying in Australia. ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc
ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand International education news summary • November 2010
Senator Chris Evans, a former immigration minister in the previous Labor government, headed a fourday, high-level university delegation to China last week. It was Evans' first international visit... Full article: http://goo.gl/CHo1N $100,000 to expand China-Australia University Exchange Media release: Senator the Hon Christopher Evans November 02 2010 An innovative exchange program for Australian and Chinese university leaders will be expanded with funding announced in Beijing today by Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans. Senator Evans said the Gillard Government would contribute $100,000 to expand the China-Australia Executive Leadership Program (CAELP) – a joint initiative of Universities Australia (UA) and... Full article: http://goo.gl/NErd1 PM's $500m for Indonesian schools The Herald Sun November 03 2010 JULIA Gillard has pledged to spend $500 million over the next five years to build schools in Indonesia. The Prime Minister’s gift came as she declared the key to improving relations between Australia and Indonesia would come through education... Full article: http://goo.gl/fmoi2 Government scrambles to avoid China crisis The Australian November 03 2010 THE marketing of tertiary education to international students by Austrade has had a few "teething issues" in the midst of the growing crisis in the $18.6bn industry... Full article: http://goo.gl/eKYRC Signs offshore market about to turn up The Australian November 03 2010 THE English-language sector saw growth in three of its top 10 markets in September and a slowing in the rate of decline to just 12 per cent... Full article: http://goo.gl/INCfQ
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ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand International education news summary • November 2010
Barriers steering Chinese students away The Australian November 03 2010 CHINA says Australian immigration restrictions on foreign students and the population debate have created a less welcoming environment. International student numbers are expected to fall next year, the first time since the decade-long boom began, with at least two universities -- Monash and Macquarie -- admitting numbers could fall... Full article: http://goo.gl/9x0i5 Australian and New Zealand Higher education resources: ACUMA Incorporated
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