There are many different factors feeding into students’ university experience but one undeniable, universal and significant factor is the location of the university itself. More specifically, it is the city that the university is located in or next to. This is especially true for city-based universities that are not able to create the campus ‘bubble’.
We’ve been following the #ReimagineEducation awards with excitement these last few days, and it seems Twitter has been doing the same! We’ve rounded up some of our favourite tweets from the event. If you missed out, take a look to see what happened: A successful few days: Nunzio Quacquarelli kicks off this year's #ReimagineEducation conference
One of the largest online vocational education providers, the Paris-based OpenClassrooms, is aiming to tackle the brain drain in developing countries. OpenClassrooms is the largest online course provider in Europe and Africa. The website currently has around 3.5 million unique visitors every month and offers both short-term MOOCs and longer programmes which lead to full
How do PhD students differ from master’s students? Why are they studying to postgraduate level? And what are they looking to get out of their courses? Our latest infographic compares master’s and PhD students to find out what makes them tick:
International student enrolment in Canada grew by almost 10% last year, according to a report from the Canadian Bureau for International Education. There were 353,570 international students in Canada in 2015, an increase of 8% on 2014. These statistics, however, only refer to those who hold a permit for extended studies. If the data included
This year, the number of Indian students in the USA has grown by 25% to reach its highest-recorded level since 1999. According to a report by the Institute of International Education (IIE), around 165,918 students are currently enrolled in the country, up from 132,888 in 2015. The news comes after a huge decline in the