International education news summary for March 2011 by ACUMA Incorporated

ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand International higher education news summary for March 2011

International higher education news summary for March 2011

Business in plea on Asian languages From where I sit, Doctorates for everyone Old school's out as Hong Kong shifts to US model Shonky tests seen as isolated case Britain's closed door may open a window of opportunity SA to push for more overseas students Uni club claims fee hike is racist Back to the 1980s: VC warning over Willetts’ places plan Senior university delegation to tour China UK: Government eases crackdown on student visas Draw up a refund plan for (Malaysian) universities English test scam 'got too big' Oxford offers places for Canterbury students UK visa concessions made, but question marks remain Allegations visa scam operating at second university Probe hears of bribes for overseas migrant English exams Students paid for fake results CCC hears claims universities implicated in student scams New legislation to strengthen the quality of Australian international education UK Tackles Immigration With Clampdown on Student-Visa Issuance Soft marking claim needs follow-up Language skills vital in an Asia-led world Soft marking first refuge of the ill-informed IELTS software ridiculed Cul-de-sac of broken dreams Asia: Countries vying to become education hubs Trends and drivers in internationalisation What international students want to study Turning knowledge into the new oil Top ten lessons from FutureCampus Forum Malaysia International students swell ANU's growing numbers Pass marks can be degrading Murdoch University (Malaysian) branch likely Curtin University's visa testing investigated by WA corruption watchdog UK mission groups set to dissolve in the 'red ocean' Oxbridge can lead the way by keeping tuition fees down University slammed over donations Recruiter tries hand targeting old Dart First steps to an international standard on outcomes Marketing blitz in Beijing Free ride past language barrier Professors Get Out of Lab to Focus on Classes China's ambitious plans to attract foreign students Caution with offshore campuses The cheating epidemic at Britain's universities Over 1,000 Will Graduate From Curtin Sarawak In May India Prepares a Welcome Mat for Students and Foreign Universities State could drop private college watchdog pledge Indonesia: Sleeping giant on our doorstep Evolving Higher Ed Hubs Asia-Pacific's biggest education conference set for Taiwan Australia's Long history of international higher education Blitz to lure Chinese students Malaysia out to woo more Aussie students

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Unis told to step up overseas student recruitment 'UK doesn't want us, let's go elsewhere' Najib Conferred With Doctor Of Letters From Monash University Spain, France, USA, New Zealand More students on horizon Australian and New Zealand Higher education resources: ACUMA Incorporated

Business in plea on Asian languages The Age March 31 2011 BUSINESS leaders have written to federal MPs to emphasise the importance of Asian languages, amid fears a program to support the teaching of languages in schools could be cut in the May budget. Funding for the $62 million program, which supports the teaching of Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian and Korean, is due to run out.... Full article: http://goo.gl/zv9ye From where I sit, Doctorates for everyone Times Higher Education March 31 2011 Question: When is a doctorate not a doctorate? Answer: When it's a master's degree. So here's the thing: government education ministers in Australia are seriously considering a proposal to award certain master's degrees that would entitle the holder to use the title "doctor of...". Full article: http://goo.gl/9mGyV Old school's out as Hong Kong shifts to US model Times Higher Education March 31 2011 More funding, hiring bonanza and four-year degrees all part and parcel of reform. John Morgan reports A government keen to pump funding into universities, helping them prepare for a 30 per cent increase in student numbers by hiring large numbers of extra staff: what sounds like an impossible dream for most Western universities.... Full article: http://goo.gl/p9m3q Shonky tests seen as isolated case The Australian March 30 2011 THE fraud at Curtin University's IELTS test centre is the worst reported in Australia, according to test operator IDP Australia.... Full article: 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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http://goo.gl/ejdB0 Britain's closed door may open a window of opportunity The Australian March 30 2011 TIGHTER British visa rules may give Australia added leverage in the tough global competition for international students. "There is a potential opportunity for Australia," International Education Association Australia president Stephen Connelly said. "As it becomes more difficult to get visas into countries such as the UK, students will look elsewhere." Full article: http://goo.gl/eKUXz SA to push for more overseas students The Sydney Morning Herald March 29 2011 A push for more international students from China and India will foster investment, trade and migration into the future, South Australian Premier Mike Rann says. Making a pitch for more students from both countries to study in Adelaide, Mr Rann said many of.... Full article: http://goo.gl/6N42d Uni club claims fee hike is racist The Age March 28 2011 MELBOURNE University's Kung Fu Club has accused the campus sports association of racism and discrimination over a fee increase imposed on clubs. Melbourne University Sport says it was forced to make the increase due to a revenue shortfall caused by the Howard government's ban on collecting union fees from students.... Full article: http://goo.gl/e458D Back to the 1980s: VC warning over Willettsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; places plan Times Higher Education March 29 2011 Any attempt by the government to siphon off a percentage of student places and reallocate them to universities offering the lowest fees would drive down quality and lead to larger class sizes, a vicechancellor has told.... Full article: http://goo.gl/ZV5wt Senior university delegation to tour China 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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Swinburne Media Centre March 28 2011 A high-level delegation from Swinburne University of Technology will visit China this week to meet with partner universities in Xuzhou, Nanjing and Weihai. Led by Swinburne Pro Vice-Chancellor (International and Recruitment) Mr Jeffrey Smart, the delegation will visit China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT), Nanjing Audit University (NAU), Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (NUCM) and Shandong University (Weihai campus) .... Full article: http://goo.gl/nUICR UK: Government eases crackdown on student visas University World News March 27 2011 British Home Secretary Theresa May (pictured) is striving to present new visa rules for students from outside the European Economic Area as a tough stand on immigration without sending a message that UK universities are "closed for business" in the competitive international student market.... Full article: http://goo.gl/BmsoO Draw up a refund plan for (Malaysian) universities The Star, Malaysia March 27 2011 OUR daughter was enrolled at a private medical university last year. We were required to place a registration deposit and part payment of the first termâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fee which was RM20,740.... Full article: http://goo.gl/rKuMI English test scam 'got too big' The Australian March 25 2011 ONE of three men covertly photographed by investigators probing a racket involving Indian students paying thousands of dollars for dodgy English test scores believes that the scam got "too big". Detailing the intricacies of the scheme in Perth's Corruption and Crime Commission yesterday, Abdul Kader said he was "just the middle person" who passed envelopes full of thousands of dollars in cash.... Full article: http://goo.gl/IYvI3 Oxford offers places for Canterbury students Radio New Zealand March 24 2011

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Oxford University in Britain has become the latest institution to offer places for students at the earthquake-stricken Canterbury University.... Full article: http://goo.gl/32RDv UK visa concessions made, but question marks remain Times Higher Education March 24 2011 Clampdown not as harsh as first feared, but still problematic, critics claim. Simon Baker reports Question marks remain over the ability of universities to weather the government's clampdown on immigration after it finally announced its decision on student visas. A high-profile campaign in which vice-chancellors warned of the dire threat posed to the sector by visa restrictions appears to have won some concessions - most notably the continuation.... Full article: http://goo.gl/RCBtJ Allegations visa scam operating at second university ABC News March 23 2011 A corruption hearing has been told an immigration scam operating at Curtin University could also be running at the University of Western Australia. The CCC is investigating allegations that foreign students paid tens of thousands of dollars in bribes.... Full article: http://goo.gl/ev3cF Probe hears of bribes for overseas migrant English exams The Herald Sun March 24 2011 UP to 25 immigrants could have paid bribes to have their English-language exams changed in order to be granted a visa or permanent residency, a West Australian corruption hearing has heard. The state's Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) is investigating allegations a staff member at Curtin University was bribed to falsify results of English-language competency tests.... Full article: http://goo.gl/RUXl3 Students paid for fake results The Australian March 24 2011 A SCAM involving a Perth university employee charging Indian students thousands of dollars for fake English test results stretched across the country, with one student flying from Queensland to obtain dodgy marks. 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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The student, Sukhdeep Buttar, was desperate to secure results good enough to qualify for permanent residency.... Full article: http://goo.gl/n7N7R CCC hears claims universities implicated in student scams The Australian March 24 2011 WESTERN Australia's most prestigious university has been implicated in a scam involving Indian students paying thousands of dollars for fake English test results so they could meet visa requirements. An Indian student integral to the fraudulent scheme operating out of Curtin University claimed.... Full article: http://goo.gl/k2HiK New legislation to strengthen the quality of Australian international education Media release: Sen Christopher Evans March 22 2011 Greater protection for international students will be available following last night’s passage of the first tranche of the legislative changes recommended by the Baird Review. Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans, said these legislative changes reinforce the Gillard Government’s continued commitment to international education, and build on a range.... Full article: http://goo.gl/J4reo UK Tackles Immigration With Clampdown on Student-Visa Issuance Bloomberg March 23 2011 U.K. Home Secretary Theresa May announced restrictions on student visas, saying they provide an easy route into Britain for those seeking to sidestep stringent immigration controls. Immigration by students has more than trebled over the past 10 years against a backdrop of an “increase in abuse in the higher-education sector,” May told lawmakers in Parliament in London.... Full article: http://goo.gl/PDrKF Soft marking claim needs follow-up The Australian March 23 2011 GIGI Foster, the researcher whose analysis of the marking of international students' work provided for the first time evidence of universities passing their work despite inadequate English-language skills, has urged the sector to engage in further research and not shoot the messenger. The University of NSW economist wanted more universities to make available student data.... 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/6SdGS Language skills vital in an Asia-led world The Australian March 23 2011 WE are failing to properly educate our children to succeed in a world led by Asian countries. There is little doubt Australia's future economic prosperity depends on our ability to embed ourselves in Asia's continued economic growth. However, our education system fails to prepare our students to succeed.... Full article: http://goo.gl/fuerD Soft marking first refuge of the ill-informed The Australian March 23 2011 DESPITE decibels of dog whistles, there remains a lack of evidence that international students in Australian universities drag standards down. The gold standard for measuring academic performance is the student progress unit: how much of what I attempted did I pass? Full article: http://goo.gl/qMd0D IELTS software ridiculed The Australian March 23 2011 IELTS Australia, the company that runs English language testing here, was warned about its unreliable software but did nothing, a corruption watchdog has been told. The West Australian Corruption and Crime Commission is investigating claims that overseas students paid up to $11,000 for false IELTS test results so they could qualify for permanent residency.... Full article: http://goo.gl/sMIo6 Cul-de-sac of broken dreams The Sydney Morning Herald March 21 2011 At first glance, Koorong Street, Marsfield, is a classic piece of Australian suburbia, a quiet cul-de-sac of large brick houses with front lawns, backyards, garages and driveways, all under a canopy of trees. It looks sleepy. It is not. Signs of illegality are everywhere. Many lawns and gardens are unkempt. Many homes have shrouded windows in the middle of the day. Many main bedrooms are cut through the middle by a dividing wall.... 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/MPk8z Asia: Countries vying to become education hubs University World News March 20 2011 A number of Asian countries have declared that they want to become higher education hubs in order to develop as knowledge economies. They are setting up facilities and initiating policies to attract foreign students, researchers and faculty as well as branch campuses of foreign institutions, in what amounts to a major change in attitude towards higher education from purely local to regional and international.... Full article: http://goo.gl/ciZIq Trends and drivers in internationalisation University World News March 20 2011 Over the three decades, the internationalisation of higher education has moved through various stages of development. First, 30 years ago, there was a move from aid to trade in the United Kingdom with the introduction of full-cost fees for international students, and around the same time.... Full article: http://goo.gl/LbMFU What international students want to study University World News March 20 2011 Predicting where future international students will come from and what subjects they go abroad to study has become a mini-industry in receiving countries such as Britain and Australia, where some courses are highly dependent on overseas student fees. Delegates and experts at the British Council's Going Global conference, held in Hong Kong from 11-12 March, agreed that demand for overseas courses from Asian students will carry on rising.... Full article: http://goo.gl/gmGwp Turning knowledge into the new oil BBC, UK March 18 2011 It might seem like pouring water onto sand - almost literally - but the Gulf kingdom of Qatar is banking on a remarkable transformation in its fortunes. The small but fabulously wealthy state is using its hydrocarbon earnings to try to convert itself into a global knowledge hub.... Full article: http://goo.gl/FUeYp

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TOP TEN LESSONS FROM FUTURECAMPUS FORUM MALAYSIA FutureGov.asia March 17 2011 FutureCampus Forum took on a new Interactive Discussion Table format in Kuala Lumpur. More than 120 Malaysian education thought leaders from ministries, schools and universities rotated over ten tables, each discussing one of the key challenges facing educators today.... Full article: http://goo.gl/JbIHB International students swell ANU's growing numbers The Canberra Times March 17 2011 The Australian National University has enrolled an extra 361 international students this year 9 per cent more than last year and in contrast with a national slump in international enrolments. According to the latest student census, the ANU has enrolled an extra 442 students this year.... Full article: http://goo.gl/UuB3M Pass marks can be degrading The Australian March 17 2011 ACADEMICS hate anybody saying it, but education is an industry. In the quarter century or so since Australian universities started marketing overseas, foreign fee-paying student numbers have burgeoned. They provide the cash that keeps local institutions operating in relative comfort, providing an average 17 per cent or so of the system's fee income in 2009.... Full article: http://goo.gl/a5xaJ Murdoch University (Malaysian) branch likely The Daily Express, Malaysia March 16 2011 Kota Kinabalu: Murdoch University of Rockingham, Western Australia, may set up a branch here if discussions between City Hall and its Rockingham counterparts regarding the possibility are successful. "(But) we need to sit down and see if it is viable to set up the university's branch here...." Full article: http://goo.gl/azHYf Curtin University's visa testing investigated by WA corruption watchdog PerthNow.com.au March 18 2011 The Curtin English Language Centre at Curtin University is being investigated for 'possible misconduct' over language tests for visas. Picture: PerthNow.

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WA's corruption watchdog has launched an investigation into possible misconduct at Curtin University's international English language testing department.... Full article: http://goo.gl/07coo UK mission groups set to dissolve in the 'red ocean' Times Higher Education March 17 2011 Ties may fray as institutions trying to be all things suffer financially, study hints. Simon Baker reports The university mission groups in the UK may start to disintegrate as institutions strive to stand out from the crowd in the increasingly competitive marketplace.... Full article: http://goo.gl/uk6HA

Oxbridge can lead the way by keeping tuition fees down The Guardian, UK March 16 2011 Oxford and Cambridge universities are in a better position than many to resist the temptation to charge ÂŁ9,000 fees As befuddled government ministers blink into the mess created by the rushed parliamentary vote tripling tuition fees, both Oxford and Cambridge, along with Imperial College and Exeter, have apparently confirmed that they will be charging the full ÂŁ9,000. These announcements are premature.... Full article: http://goo.gl/VKxvX University slammed over donations The Adelaide Advertiser March 17 2011 THE University of Adelaide has been criticised for accepting huge donations from a Malaysian politician. A South-East Asian governance expert yesterday said it was "highly inappropriate" for the university to accept donations from Sarawak's billionaire Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud.... Full article: http://goo.gl/NrAAh Recruiter tries hand targeting old Dart The Australian March 16 2011 STUDENT recruiter IDP has broken into the British market, signing up two universities and courting another 20. "We would hope that over the next few weeks we'll start to see some of those [other 20] coming on board," IDP chief executive Tony Pollock said yesterday.... 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/Ck6oL First steps to an international standard on outcomes The Australian March 16 2011 A HUNDRED engineering students are about to sit for a test that represents the first step towards a global measure of the knowledge passed on to graduates. "The ball is rolling after years of talking," said Daniel Edwards, of the Australian Council for Educational Research.... Full article: http://goo.gl/92EXj Marketing blitz in Beijing The Australian March 16 2011 THE federal government is ramping up its efforts to reverse the damaging trend of falling student enrolments from its largest market by launching a fresh education marketing campaign in China. Parliamentary Trade Secretary Justine Elliot is in Beijing this week, while the chairman of the government review of student visas, Michael Knight, is due to travel to Asia next month.... Full article: http://goo.gl/Tk5Yx Free ride past language barrier The Australian March 16 2011 Gigi Foster believes international students from non-English-speaking backgrounds are being allowed to underperform. GIGI Foster knows her disturbing research findings on international students won't make her many friends. In a university sector grown dependent on international fee revenue, it might not do much to progress her academic career either. But the audience she wants to reach is not academe but the policy-makers. It's at this level where change could be driven to address the poor language and cultural skills she says are undermining.... Full article: http://goo.gl/dg5pC Professors Get Out of Lab to Focus on Classes The New York Times March 15 2011 When Erica Sainsbury, a pharmacist in Sydney, joined the ranks of academia in 1989, her university life was divided between the classroom and the laboratory, split between teaching students and conducting research. 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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Now, Dr. Sainsbury, a lecturer in pharmaceutical science at the University of Sydney, has chosen to leave the laboratory behind and spend most of her time helping students, developing curricula.... Full article: http://goo.gl/hVnKN China's ambitious plans to attract foreign students University World News March 13 2011 China's ambitious plans to turn itself into an innovation economy include a big increase in the number of foreign students, turning the country into an education 'hub', a top Chinese education ministry official told an international conference in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, new official figures revealed that there are now 31 million higher education students in China.... Full article: http://goo.gl/NuAzg Caution with offshore campuses University World News March 13 2011 Establishing a campus in another country requires a vast amount of work, absorbs a huge quantity of the time of senior academics and managers, takes even longer to get the campus up and running - and should only be tried if it meets with the university's long-term strategic plans. This was the view put by Monash University Vice-chancellor Professor Ed Byrne in his address to.... Full article: http://goo.gl/jc9w3 The cheating epidemic at Britain's universities The Telgraph, UK March 05 2011 A cheating epidemic is sweeping universities with thousands of students caught plagiarising, trying to bribe lecturers and buying essays from the internet. A survey of more than 80 universities has revealed that academic misconduct is soaring at institutions across the country. More than 17,000 incidents of cheating were recorded by universities in the 2009-10 academic year.... Full article: http://goo.gl/9uYNd Over 1,000 Will Graduate From Curtin Sarawak In May Bernama, Malysian Nat'l News March 14 2011 Over 1,000 Curtin University Sarawak (Curtin Sarawak) students will graduate from various preuniversity and degree programmes on May 5 and 6. 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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In a statement here today, Curtin Sarawak said the figure represented the highest number of graduands the university had seen since its establishment in.... Full article: http://goo.gl/QXRqD India Prepares a Welcome Mat for Students and Foreign Universities The Chronicle of Higher Education March 13 2011 India's minister in charge of higher education said last week that he would continue to push to free Indian universities from government red tape and to change rules so that foreign institutions can open campuses in the country. Speaking during the Emerging Directions in Global Education conference here, the minister.... Full article: http://goo.gl/NBhQV State could drop private college watchdog pledge The Age March 13 2011 THE state government may dump an election promise to create an independent watchdog to weed out shonky private colleges preying on international students in what would be Ted Baillieu's second education backflip since coming to office. The Coalition had promised to create a tertiary education and training ombudsman to hear complaints from students and investigate all facets of the international education market.... Full article: http://goo.gl/IMZUz Indonesia: Sleeping giant on our doorstep The Australian March 12 2011 WHAT if the recovery from the global financial crisis unexpectedly revealed one of the world's big emerging market economies on our doorstep? Not China or India, two of the so-called BRIC economies (along with Brazil and Russia) now helping the developing world to be the global economy's growth engine for the first time since the industrial revolution. But Indonesia, the fourth most populous nation and long seen as a problem for Australia.... Full article: http://goo.gl/asIeU Evolving Higher Ed Hubs InsideHigherEd.com March 11 2011 HONG KONG -- In the global economy, many nations want to be known as a "higher ed hub." Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and several countries in the Middle East are all striving to attract some 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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combination of local and international universities that would make them a regional center for education and research. The theory goes that some of the top student talent from the area may stay.... Full article: http://goo.gl/7oUKY Asia-Pacific's biggest education conference set for Taiwan Taiwan Today March 08 2011 National Taiwan University will host the 2011 conference of the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education, Asiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest higher education event, the Ministry of Education announced March 7. Taking place March 9 to 12 at National Taiwan University in Taipei, the meeting is expected to bring together 750 delegates representing 400 institutions from over 40 countries.... Full article: http://goo.gl/KhVNK Australia's Long history of international higher education University World News March 06 2011 Australia has a long history of international higher education. From humble beginnings, today Australia is one of the world's top study destinations, international education is worth AUS$19 billion (US$19.3 billion) annually and it is the country's third largest industry after coal and iron ore, placing it far ahead of others such as tourism. The nation's elite universities, political stability and vibrant cultural offerings have made its international education industry.... Full article: http://goo.gl/xFkNW Blitz to lure Chinese students The Australian March 09 2011 AUSTRALIA will attempt to lift its fading fortunes in the critical $5 billion-a-year Chinese student market with a fresh marketing blitz at China's largest education show, which starts in Beijing on Sunday. Parliamentary Secretary for Trade Justine Elliott is expected to visit the show as part of a four-day trip to Australia's largest student market.... Full article: http://goo.gl/O6AtL Malaysia out to woo more Aussie students The Sun, Malaysia March 05 2011 The Government is seeking ways to allow credit transfer by Australian students to study in Malaysian universities for at least one semester. 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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â&#x20AC;&#x153;This credit transfer is an important step as it will involve all universities in Malaysia,â&#x20AC;? Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.... Full article: http://goo.gl/xbEs8 Unis told to step up overseas student recruitment ABC via Yahoo 7News March 02 2011 Universities Australia says educational institutions need to be more competitive to ensure international students continue to study here. It comes as caps on university places will be lifted next year, allowing institutions to teach as many students as they can enrol.... Full article: http://goo.gl/nBLdP 'UK doesn't want us, let's go elsewhere' Times Higher Education March 03 2011 Visa proposals are already discouraging foreign applicants, expert warns. Sarah Cunnane reports Proposed changes to the UK's student-visa system will make it harder for the country's universities to expand into new markets, according to a student-recruitment expert. Anthony Pollock, chief executive of the Australian international student-recruitment agency IDP Education, said that even though the changes proposed by the government had yet to be implemented.... Full article: http://goo.gl/sFQ9v Najib Conferred With Doctor Of Letters From Monash University Bernama, Malaysian National News March 04 2011 Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who was on Friday conferred with a Doctor of Letters of Law Honoris Causa by Australia's renowned academic institution Monash University, said education would continue to be the most important area of cooperation between Malaysia and Australia.... Full article: http://goo.gl/OhmCb Spain, France, USA, New Zealand Times Higher Education News in Brief March 03 2011 Spain: Non-residents need not apply Foreign students will not be allowed to apply to Spain's two main doctoral fellowship programmes unless they can prove they are residents of the country. Under new regulations, non-Spanish candidates 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 higher education news summary for March 2011

applying for fellowships from the schemes run by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Innovation will require a "foreigner identification number" or prove they are registered.... Full article: http://goo.gl/XG7jA More students on horizon The Manawatu Standard March 04 2011 Massey University's international student numbers this year are so far up about 20 per cent on last year's 4000, and the earthquake crisis in Canterbury looks set to shove that number higher still. Assistant vice-chancellor (academic and international) Ingrid Day said the increase in head-count numbers was significant and useful growth for the university. It reflected hard work staff had.... Full article: http://goo.gl/C601v Australian and New Zealand Higher education resources: ACUMA Incorporated

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