The Australian government has come up with a Draft National Strategy for International Education that aims to attract students from abroad to study in the country. Suggestions to improve it have also been invited. However, experts have called it a puffery. According to reports, international students were contributing A$17 billion (US$13 billion) a year to the country’s economy six years ago. Due to drop in enrolments in 2011, the figure fell to A$14 billion, which is now on the rise again.
What’s in a name?An English language school and education group in the U.K. has changed its name from Isis education to Oxford international Education Group. According a report by BBC, the group decided to change the name “because of the associations with extremism.” The group was having difficulty attending international language events under the Isis banner. The staff also received negative comments for wearing Isis t-shirts.
Dream come trueSouthern Utah University, U.S., has made an Afghanistan native’s dream of attaining college education come true by accepting his application and providing him a $1,000 scholarship.
Mohammad Ayoub Nikpai had immigrated to U.S. with the help of Army veterans Whitney Houston and Tim Beery of Cedar City, reported The Spectrum. Beery, a reporter for The Spectrum & Daily News, had written a feature article about Nikpai’s escape from Afghanistan which caught the attention of Stuart Jones, vice president of student enrolment.