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New project to boost quality, relevance of graduate students
A new European Union-funded project meant to enhance the quality and relevance of the training of graduate students and young researchers in Africa has the potential to help ease the shortage of academic staff and researchers at universities.The Internationalisation and Digitalisation of Graduate Training and Research for the Attainment of African Regional and Global Development Goals (DigiGrad) Africa project also has the potential to alleviate the problem of an ageing faculty by injecting into universities young, well-exposed and digital-savvy researchers.…
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Most foreign students to be banned from bringing families to UK in immigration crackdown
The new restrictions are set to apply to overseas students beginning courses after January 2024 New immigration rules that will ban most foreign students from bringing their families to the UK were announced on Tuesday.The Government said the number of visas issued to dependents coming to Britain with international students had increased eight-fold - up from up from 16,000 in 2019 to 136,000 last year.   Reference Link:https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/new-immigration-rules-international-students-families-b1083087.html 
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UK ELT sector calls for government action to ease post-Brexit impacts
Short on time? Here are the highlights: The sector’s peak body, English UK, is calling for a package of government reforms designed to restore the country’s competitiveness and its position as the leading ELT destination worldwide Perhaps most notable is the proposal for an expansion of the current Youth Mobility Scheme, and for an easing of visa requirements for younger travellers A new position paper from peak body English UK reports that the country’s ELT sector was down 89% from pre-pandemic levels…
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Strengthen Dutch learning in our universities”, minister insists
Dutch will gradually become the main language in educational institutions in the Netherlands – and international students will have to learn too, the education minister has suggested.In a new letter Robbert Dijkgraaf sent to the prime minister of the country, he said that as part of a “long term and targeted approach” to internationalisation, Dutch should be “strengthened” at universities.“Our system is distinguished by an exceptionally wide range of foreign-language study programs… I also want to focus on promoting Dutch…
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Germany: 25,000 Indian student visa applications
The German embassy in India has some 25,000 student visa applications for the next two semesters, the country’s ambassador to India has detailed.Germany has seen its Indian student numbers “explode” over recent years, ambassador Philipp Ackerman said during a panel at the Acumen Global Gateway Summit on April 20.“[Germany is] the new kid on the block because this number has exploded over the last couple of years and we have now 35,000 Indian students in Germany,” he said.Reference Link: https://thepienews.com/news/germany-has-25000-student-visa-applications-in-india/
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