Monthly Archives: January 2011
London 2012 launches volunteer interview programme to find the faces of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Today the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) announced the launch of the Games Maker selection events. In a preview event held today at the Games Maker selection centre at ExCeL London, LOCOG Chair Sebastian Coe … Continue reading
Go to university abroad, Britain’s top comprehensive tells its pupils
One of the country’s top-performing state schools is urging its pupils to go university overseas next year to avoid the rise in tuition fees. Hockerill Anglo-European College in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, has appointed a student counsellor with the sole aim … Continue reading
FCO Travel Advice Middle East and North Africa
In light of the ongoing demonstrations, we continue to advise against all but essential travel to Cairo (all four governorates of Cairo, Giza, Helwan and 6 October), Alexandria, Luxor and Suez. We recommend that British nationals without a pressing need … Continue reading
What Degrees Should Mean
What should a college graduate know and be able to do? There are as many views on that as there are colleges (thousands), if not individual professors and students (many more). The diversity of opinions about what a college education … Continue reading
Student visa cuts will harm universities, ministers told
Education leaders say universities cannot afford to lose the fees of overseas students Ministers are putting the UK’s world-class universities at risk with their plans to cut the number of visas awarded to overseas students, higher education leaders said today. … Continue reading
The World Your Classroom
This decade has seen the number of U.S. students going abroad for their education rise dramatically. From 2000 to 2009, the growth rate in the number of students studying abroad was 60%, according to an educational institute based in Washington, … Continue reading
Study abroad at San Diego State University expands horizons
San Diego State University-Imperial Valley campus student Abraham Garcia is well on his way to becoming a world traveler. The criminal justice major has already spent a year in Tokyo and several months in Moscow. He is now hoping to … Continue reading
Advice for International Phone Card Users
Post Office investigation echoes Ofcom findings International phone card hidden charges revealed The Post Office is advising international phone card users to be wary when choosing a card, with some leaving callers with no credit and unable to speak to … Continue reading
Oklahoma University; Regents approve new College of International Studies
University of Oklahoma President David Boren had a lot to smile about Wednesday as he announced the creation of a new College of International Studies and a $2 million gift to help jump-start a $14 million fundraising campaign for the … Continue reading
Study abroad shapes student experiences
Political science major Jeannelly Castro made herself home in an Alsatian castle for four months last semester while studying abroad in France. The experience may seem like a fairytale to some, but for Jeannelly the decision was both partial and … Continue reading
Student Abroad Magazine 