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Women increasingly outpacing men’s higher education participation in many...
It used to be that men were overrepresented in higher education, but that trend has been changing for several years now. In the 1990s, in many parts of the world, female students began switching places...
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Market Snapshot: Egypt
The North African nation of Egypt has experienced extreme turbulence in recent years, with mass protest, a coup d’etat, and economic turmoil. With 60% of the population below age 30, it was often...
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For this instalment in our occasional “Five for Friday” column, we have gathered below some of the more eye-catching and varied items that we’ve been reading lately. We present them here for your...
View ArticleManaging growth and maintaining standards in international branch campuses
The number of international branch campuses worldwide continues to grow. This is in some respects a natural result of institutions continuing to expand their global partnerships, and of an increasing...
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How to engage the international schools sector for higher education recruitment
The K-12 English-medium international schools market is now considered a crucial sector for the world’s higher education institutions. The aspirations of pupils that go to these schools and the...
View ArticleEgypt aims to quadruple international enrolment
The Egyptian government recently announced plans to increase the number of international students enrolled in the country and to market itself as a regional international education hub catering to Arab...
View ArticleEnglish skills a key for mobility and employment in the Middle East and North...
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has the world’s most youthful population… and the highest youth unemployment rates. A growing body of research is pointing to the link between economic...
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Using social media to reach students in the Middle East and North Africa
Roughly four in ten international students say that social media influenced their decision to study abroad. Around half read comments about institutions they were interested in on institutional profile...
View ArticleKuwait: Expanded scholarship support helping to drive growth in outbound...
An oil-rich country in the Middle East, Kuwait is sending its students abroad in growing numbers following several years of economic growth and expanded government scholarships for overseas study....
View ArticleA more cautious outlook for international branch campuses
The past decade has seen a rapid expansion of transnational education (TNE), including twinning arrangements, joint programmes, and, in some of the more visible and prominent TNE projects,...
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A regional perspective on student recruitment in MENA
The countries of the Middle East and North Africa region, or MENA, have fast-growing youth populations that continue to drive growing demand for higher education. The region has quadrupled the average...
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China now the leading host for international branch campuses
A new report from the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (OBHE) points to continued growth in the number of international branch campuses (IBCs) worldwide, but notes as well that much of that...
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