New research carried out by Georgetown University Center on Education and Workforce has revealed some positive news for US university students. According to their findings the largest growth in the US jobs market has been in what they call “good jobs”, most of which are going to university graduates. Good jobs, for the purposes of
Building a strong relationship with your alumni takes time and effort, but investing in keeping the lines of communication open can significantly help your student recruitment efforts, as well as growing your university brand. How alumni can aid with student recruitment We’ve already highlighted some of the ways your alumni can help improve your international
One of the most important and influential days in a young student’s life will be A-level results day; the day they discover the outcome of all their hard work and study over the past two years. For some however, results day will mean a quick change of plan, as those who didn’t manage to achieve
How do prospective students use online resources to research universities? The infographic below highlights what information prospective students search for, which resources they access and which devices they view it on. The results are from our ‘Students Online: Global Trends (2014)’ report, in which a total of 2,215 responses were collected from prospective students from 35
In December 2014, QS published the first edition of the Emerging Europe and Central Asia (otherwise known as EECA) regional ranking. New? Definitely. Interesting? Certainly. Unexpected? Not at all. I, myself, come from Eastern Europe and so have first-hand experience of education in that region. Whilst I haven’t studied at a university there, I received
IMD business school president, Dominique Turpin believes that MOOCs are a waste of time. During a forum in Singapore, he argued that high dropout rates and low levels of engagement meant they could only enjoy “limited results”. The term MOOC stands for ‘massive open online course.’ An unlimited amount of people can enroll onto a