International education news in June 2011: Australian, NZ international education

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International education news summary for June 2011 Professor Mark Cleary's business travel 'has to be justified' says college union Victoria announces ten scholarships for Indian students Australia woos Indian students with scholarships Immigration numbers plunge by almost half Sussex VC to become head of 1994 Group Malaysian Students Down Under To Meet In Spirit Of Patriotism NSW back tracks on cheap travel for overseas students More private colleges go to the wall Profiles reveal China's rising global stature Push to attract Japanese students here High dollar gives language colleges reprieve Access and Equity, Worldwide Rankings do more harm than good: Brussels report Charting growth of civic engagement Why is there a prejudice against private universities?

SE Asian colleges flock to expo International education is older than you think Safety and quality issues deter overseas students India: Students may delay foreign universities bill Europe's new ranking system unveiled Community engagement emerging as a key issue Calls for visa flexibility to win students Slower growth for higher education exports Australia to offer 400 scholarships to Indonesians Textbook Rental: Web-Rejuvenation Rocks Post-Secondary Market Kaplan's Asian push uses alliances with local unis Easy marking fears linger Positive results for the international education sector Malaysia: MUST struggles on despite break with MIT Foreign students lost to Asian competitors Student visa breaches mounting Of rankings and reputation International education sector strong International enrolments plummet Chinese classes miss point More overseas students drop out of private places Singapore education group to set up university in Malaysia Australian and New Zealand Higher education resources: ACUMA Incorporated Professor Mark Cleary's business travel 'has to be justified' says college union Telegraph & Argus, UK June 29 2011 The University of Bradford has defended its vice-chancellor’s expenses after it was revealed he claimed £20,361 over a two-year period.

Professor Mark Cleary spent about half of the money on overseas travel to destinations including India, Malaysia, Dubai, Pakistan and Singapore, the university said....

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The Deccan Herald June 28 2011 Ten Indian scholars will be awarded 90,000 Australian dollars each to pursue their PhDs at any of nine universities in the state of Victoria from next year under a new programme....

Full article: http://goo.gl/WFK1o Australia woos Indian students with scholarships Economic Times, India June 28 2011 Ten scholars from India will be awarded 90,000 Australian dollars (about $94,400) each to pursue their Ph.Ds from varsities in Australia's Victoria state starting 2012, the Australian High Commission said Tuesday.

The new Victoria-India Doctoral Scholarships Programme, launched by the state government of Victoria and the Australia India Institute, is among the several strategic engagement opportunities initiated by....

Full article: http://goo.gl/V8LQS Immigration numbers plunge by almost half The Age June 24 2011 NET migration to Australia is in free fall. In two years, migration has plunged by almost half, intensifying the skills shortages that threaten to drive up interest rates.

The Bureau of Statistics reports that net migration was just 171,000 in 2010, down sharply from 316,000 in 2008, and the lowest since the bureau changed its measuring system in late 2006....

Full article: http://goo.gl/AL0eW Sussex VC to become head of 1994 Group Times Higher Education June 26 2011 Michael Farthing, vice-chancellor of the University of Sussex, has been announced as the new chair of the 1994 Group.

Professor Farthing will succeed the outgoing chair, Paul Wellings, vice-chancellor of Lancaster University, in October. Professor Wellings is returning to his native Australia to take up the role of vice-chancellor at the University....

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In a spirit of unity and patriotism, Malaysian delegates from Australian universities will converge here on July 2, for conferences, debates, social events and a sporting carnival spanning six days.

Organised by the Malaysian Students Council of Australia (Masca), this year's theme is....

Full article: http://goo.gl/IR971 NSW back tracks on cheap travel for overseas students The Australian June 24 2011 THE O'Farrell government has ruled out transport concessions for international students, despite nosediving overseas commencements threatening the $18.8 billion industry nationally.

NSW Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian, in a letter to state member for Sydney Clover Moore, said concessions were out of the question since overseas students should be wealthy enough....

Full article: http://goo.gl/NFbHs More private colleges go to the wall The Australian June 24 2011 HUNDREDS of overseas students have to be shifted to other courses following the collapse of two private colleges in Brisbane and Perth.

Perth Institute Western Australia and Kelly Colleges in Brisbane have closed....

Full article: http://goo.gl/C9FXc Profiles reveal China's rising global stature Times Higher Education June 23 2011 Among international elite, C9 League outshines UK's Russell Group in some areas, Paul Jump finds Top Chinese universities generate more research income per academic staff member than Russell Group institutions when the figure is adjusted for purchasing power....

Full article: http://goo.gl/fFZnJ Push to attract Japanese students here The Australian June 22 2011 AUSTRALIA'S trade and tourism agencies are making a renewed push to boost the number of Japanese visiting the country to study English or vocational courses and for work experience.

The number of Japanese visitors to Australia has dwindled in recent years and the country has fallen behind India, China and South Korea as a source of foreign students....

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Full article: http://goo.gl/2ofiF High dollar gives language colleges reprieve The Australian June 22 2011 Sue Blundell, executive director of English Australia, says the dollar had stimulated enrolment growth from safe traditional markets in East Asia and Europe. Picture: James Croucher Source: The Australian THE soaring dollar has handed a partial reprieve to the struggling English language college sector, as working holiday-makers decide potential earnings in Australia outweigh learning costs....

Full article: http://goo.gl/w8Wti Access and Equity, Worldwide InsideHigherEd.com June 20 2011 NEW YORK CITY -- University leaders from approximately 80 countries gathered for the triennial International Association of University Presidents conference this weekend. Topics of discussion included access, quality and quality assurance, the creation of partnerships, trends in learning technology, and the role of higher education in conflict resolution....

Full article: http://goo.gl/VnOap Rankings do more harm than good: Brussels report The Australian June 17 2011 University rankings: widely criticised, universally watched A European university group has unleashed a damning assessment of the most popular university rankings, claiming they ignore up to 99 per cent of the world?s 17,000-odd universities and incite some to manipulate or even misrepresent data.

But experts including the University of Melbourne’s Simon Marginson say rankings are here to stay....

Full article: http://goo.gl/XP4Bj Charting growth of civic engagement University World News June 17 2011 Civic engagement is a growing movement in higher education but to date there has been little serious study of exactly how universities around the world are going about it, according to Elizabeth Babcock, co-ordinator of the Talloires Network. But now, publication of The Engaged University: International perspectives on civic engagement should go....

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http://goo.gl/6Ep5b Why is there a prejudice against private universities?

The Independent, UK June 16 2011 Since he announced his intention to found the New College of the Humanities, AC Grayling has faced ferocious criticism from those who say it will be elitist and a threat to the principle of publicly funded higher education. Here, he defends his controversial project There have been vociferous objections to the endeavour by me and a group of colleagues to set up a private, university-level college to teach the humanities....

Full article: http://goo.gl/Qo8BK SE Asian colleges flock to expo China Daily June 18 2011 BEIJING - Enthusiasm from Southeast Asian universities is unique at this year's education expo.

The Malaysian embassy in China is represented by the largest group among all the international exhibitors: 12 universities. Though this was not their first time at the expo, it was definitely the most remarkable one....

Full article: http://goo.gl/js572 International education is older than you think The Australian June 15 2011 International students: arriving for 50 plus years International students comprise ten percent of Australian university enrolments; they enrich the cultural and social experiences for Australian students; they also face cultural shock and adjustment problems.

The year is 1956....

Full article: http://goo.gl/33nzc Safety and quality issues deter overseas students The Australian June 15 2011 CHANGES to student visa rules could be the biggest cause of the decline in overseas enrolments in Australia, according to an April report from the New York-based Institute of International Education.

But a separate report last month by the same organisation suggests visas may have played only a minor role in the downturn, with Australia's arrangements perceived as far less complex than those of....

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India: Students may delay foreign universities bill University World News June 12 2011 Deliberation over India's much-delayed Foreign Universities Bill to allow international universities to set up campuses in the country may be dragged out even further after the student body of the ruling Congress party raised a series of concerns over the proposed legislation.

The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) petitioned parliament's standing committee on....

Full article: http://goo.gl/7AkC9 Europe's new ranking system unveiled University World News June 12 2011 The Europe-driven global benchmarking system U-Multirank, which allows universities to create personalised rankings using an array of indicators, was unveiled in Brussels last week. It is "a new userdriven, multi-dimensional and multi-level ranking tool in higher education and research," said its creators....

Full article: http://goo.gl/UZPPw Community engagement emerging as a key issue University World News June 12 2011 The Cinderella mission of the modern university - community engagement - is at last emerging as a global issue for higher education. Next week in Madrid, some 200 university leaders from around the world will gather for the second Talloires Network conference to debate developments and issues around university engagement, and to share best practice....

Full article: http://goo.gl/iinoU Calls for visa flexibility to win students The Age June 14 2011 INTERNATIONAL student enrolments continue to fall, despite a small increase at the university level, as the vocational training and English language fields bear the brunt of the drop-off.

April enrolments were down 9.3 per cent on last year, federal government data shows....

Full article: http://goo.gl/w2IKR Slower growth for higher education exports The Australian June 14 2011 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 for June 2011

GROWTH in overseas student numbers for higher education, the last sector of Australia's education export industry still on the rise, has slowed to just 1.9 per cent.

In the year to April, there were 58,471 higher education starts, up 1.9 per cent on the corresponding period last year, according to the latest figures from Australian Education International....

Full article: http://goo.gl/K2Y1a Australia to offer 400 scholarships to Indonesians The Jakarta Post June 14 2011 The Australian government says it will offer 400 scholarships to Indonesians for postgraduate study in Australia to promote progress in Indonesia.

Australia began a 10-day education exposition last week in Indonesia’s three largest cities — Jakarta, Surabaya and Medan....

Full article: http://goo.gl/CBWpd Textbook Rental: Web-Rejuvenation Rocks Post-Secondary Market EdNetInsight.com June 03 2011 The Rental Phenomenon In the past two years, the post-secondary textbook rental market has exploded. Driven by the outcry over book prices, federal legislation, readily available pricing information on the Internet, and sophisticated web-based rental management platforms, old and new competitors are disrupting the $10 billion college textbook business. Book rental isn’t really a new phenomenon—a few college stores have....

Full article: http://goo.gl/pn71b Kaplan's Asian push uses alliances with local unis The Australian June 09 2011 The Washington Post's education arm Kaplan is increasing its footprint in Australia with the recent acquisition of Carrick Education. But that is only a small part of a much broader regional strategy which will see it push into Asia, leveraging partnerships with Australian universities to develop its market....

Full article: http://goo.gl/eA5XE Easy marking fears linger The Australian June 08 2011

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THERE is a great deal of debate - publicly but even more so in academic circles - over whether student assessments are easier today than they were in years gone by; in particular, whether grading is lighter than it used to be.

Gigi Foster, a senior lecturer at the University of NSW, used an Australian Research Council grant....

Full article: http://goo.gl/5dFd3 Positive results for the international education sector Media release: Senator the Hon Christopher Evans June 02 2011 Data published by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations shows that the export income from international education activity contributed $18.3 billion to the Australian economy in 2010.

Minister for Tertiary Education and Skills, Senator Chris Evans today welcomed the Australian Education International (AEI) Research Snapshot, which showed international education earnings in 2010 were....

Full article: http://goo.gl/PoVz8 Malaysia: MUST struggles on despite break with MIT University World News June 05 2011 The Malaysian University of Science and Technology or MUST was reportedly close to insolvency earlier this year and is having to restructure and reinvent itself after a much-vaunted collaboration with the USbased Massachusetts Institute of Technology fell apart. Despite a target of some 500 students, just....

Full article: http://goo.gl/FW4dB Foreign students lost to Asian competitors Radio Australia June 06 2011 Australian education industry experts say international student numbers are continuing to slump and will stay on a downward spiral for some time.

The industry has also dismissed an optimistic analysis of future student numbers by the Department....

Full article: http://goo.gl/iB6hK Student visa breaches mounting The Australian June 01 2011 THE Gillard government is struggling to manage the international student visa program, failing to keep track of hundreds of thousands of potential visa breaches.

The Australian National Audit Office has found the Department of Immigration's key administrative....

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Full article: http://goo.gl/HPxuU Of rankings and reputation The Star, Malaysia June 05 2011 TSINGHUA University in Beijing, China, recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. The three-day festival held to commemorate this milestone was a grandiose affair concluding with a speech by President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People.

But behind the faรงade of cascading fireworks and pageantry, there is plenty of debate in....

Full article: http://goo.gl/WrJdk International education sector strong News.com.au June 02 2011 AUSTRALIA'S international education sector remains strong, with new figures revealing it added more than $18 billion of export income to the economy in 2010.

An Australian Education International research snapshot released today found the $18.3 billion worth of earnings was steady on 2009 calender year data, but down 2.2 per cent on....

Full article: http://goo.gl/eWWDq International enrolments plummet The Age June 01 2011 INTERNATIONAL student numbers continue to plummet at Australian education providers, with an 8.7 per cent drop in enrolments to the end of March, compared with the same period last year.

The significant decline is in stark contrast to the average yearly growth rates since 2002 of 8.5 per cent, federal government statistics show....

Full article: http://goo.gl/6z7DB Chinese classes miss point The Australian June 01 2011 CHINA'S mass circulation newspaper, China Daily, has highlighted the paradox of Chinese who go abroad to study English, only to find themselves in a classroom full of their countrymen.

In an article headlined "Language of Convenience", the English-language journal cites the case of Cheng Yin, a student at an unnamed university in Queensland, whose 30-strong classroom includes 12 Chinese.

Her parents from Shenzhen had sent her to Australia in the expectation she would return fluent....

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Full article: http://goo.gl/RptVi More overseas students drop out of private places The Australian June 01 2011 OVERSEAS students who take management and commerce courses run by private providers have higher drop-out rates than those in public institutions, and the problem is worsening.

This is the conclusion of the first serious comparison of student data from private higher education and public universities....

Full article: http://goo.gl/UQmws Singapore education group to set up university in Malaysia English.news.cn June 01 2011 Singapore-based Raffles Education, one of the largest private education groups in the region, is setting up a university in Johor, Malaysia, local daily Straits Times reported Wednesday.

The new institute, named Raffles University Iskandar, will be located in Johor's Iskandar EduCity, an education hub located in the town of Nusajaya just across a link with Singapore....

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