The Canadian province of Nova Scotia is emerging as a major destination for foreign students.
Recently, we reported that Canada has become the world’s 3rd most popular study abroad destination for international students.
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Canada has announced the launch of Nigeria Student Express, an accelerated visa processing scheme for Nigerian students.
Under the new pilot scheme, eligible Nigerian students will have the luxury of expedited visa processing time frames.
Nigeria Student Express (NSE), a new visa pilot scheme, has been launched by the Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
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Canada has become the world’s 3rd most popular study abroad destination for international students.
Over the past decade, the study abroad international student population in Canada has tripled, having reached 642,000 students last year.
Canada now ranks as the world’s third most popular higher education destination, behind the USA and Australia. UNESCO has revealed that the number of international students globally has increased five-fold, from 2 million in 2000 to 5 million today.
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Canada has announced a series of special measures to help study permit applicants from China, Iran and South Korea, whose application processes have been hindered by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Several citizens and residents of the aforementioned countries badly affected by the Coronavirus have been unable to lodge their Canada study permit visa applications due to widespread shutdowns of public services in the regions.
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Aarhus University has announced that it has chosen D2L Brightspace as its new learning platform. A statement from Aarhus University stated D2L Brightspace platform was chosen for its ‘usability and broad range of features’. Alongside the features Brightspace brings to the table, Aarhus says it made its decision based on the opportunities the platform provides […]
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Canada’s Humber College has announced that it will open the Humber International Graduate School in January 2021.
This new location, named the Humber International Graduate School (Humber IGS), will be in Toronto and will provide business-focused programmes specialising in work-integrated learning.
Humber claims the new campus will enable international students to be well-connected with the employment opportunities available in Toronto, as the city is Canada’s financial services hub and one of the region’s most dynamic technology sectors.
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Canada and Philippines have registered a sharp growth in the number of Japanese students enrolling to study abroad in the countries’ institutions, finds a study by agents.
The Japan Association of Overseas Studies (JAOS) surveyed 42 member agencies in 2019 to determine the number of Japanese students studying abroad.
Results indicate that there has been an overall increase in the number of students studying abroad from 78,110 students in 2017 to 80,565 students in 2018.
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Australia, UK and Germany are the countries best for post-study work for international students, according to data compiled by The Atlas.
Post-study work up to 2 years will be available to students graduating from UK universities after 2020.
The change to policy has been introduced in order to attract “the best and brightest” from across the world to study and work in the UK.
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