A broadcaster, a student engineer and a future nurse are among the finalists for awards that celebrate international students’ contributions to society. Department of Industry director Peter Mackey said the annual NSW International Student Awards, managed by StudyNSW, reinforce the benefits ...

There was controversy before Campus Review‘s latest conference, ‘Cash cows or human capital? Perspectives on international students in Australia’, began. “The title of this conference is offensive to international students and to the staff who teach and look after them,” ...

NYU medical students – current and future – will obtain their degrees for free. Announced last Thursday, the measure is designed to relieve students of “rising”, burdensome study debt, and thereby, “attract the best and brightest students to careers in medicine”. The university cited another ...

Australia is likely to overtake the UK to become the second most popular destination globally for international students, a new report suggests. In fact, it might already be the case. The UCL Institute of Education (IOE) paper used standardised UNESCO ...

Geoffrey Miller is worried about academic freedoms. As a self-identified “aspie” and “nerd”, Miller has already laid out the case for us to consider the effect free speech policies can have on those academics and students who are ‘neurodivergent’ or ...

According to the OECD, approximately five million young people are currently studying outside of their home country. By 2025 this figure is set to rise to seven million. Each of these students has particular motivations for venturing abroad. Many are ...

Dawn Freshwater has an eye towards the future. The University of Western Australia’s 18th vice-chancellor believes her institution can be an agent for change in WA, and beyond, by contributing to good policy and discussion. Hailing form the UK, Freshwater ...

I never got to know Angel*. She would appear in my journalism class sporadically, and when she did, always sat by herself. She never spoke in class, unless spoken to by the lecturer. Then, she would reply in broken English, ...

Amid the global, pre-Royal Wedding fervour, the English government made significant higher education reforms. First, on 1 January this year, it founded the Office for Students (OfS): a new university watchdog. Then, in mid-February, it announced the “biggest shake-up to higher ...

Some 30 American universities have partnered with Facebook, yet most are keeping schtum on the details. By consulting with Facebook, Washington, D.C.-based publication Inside Higher Ed uncovered that the institutions have signed up to its Sponsored Academic Research Agreement. Beginning in late 2016, 17 institutions joined ...