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Nexford University announces scholarships in honour of Equal Pay Day

November 21, 2019November 20, 2019Kate FrazerLeave a Comment

Nexford University has announced that it will be offering scholarships to women for their MBA and BBA degree courses as part of its support for Equal Pay Day.

The Office of National Statistics reported on 29 October 29 that the gender pay gap currently stands at 17.3%, based on a median average, with this data leading to the derivation of this year’s date.

Equal Pay Day is a symbolic day dedicated to raising awareness of the gender pay gap, which stands to represent the day upon which a woman’s salary is no longer equal to a man’s. This year, Equal Pay Day was marked on 14 November.

GSA launches Global Wellbeing student accommodation project

September 26, 2019October 8, 2019GET News TeamLeave a Comment

Student housing provider Global Student Accommodation (GSA) has launched Global Wellbeing, a pilot project aiming to improve student wellbeing in the Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector.

GSA said it believes it is paramount to advance knowledge and understanding of student wellbeing across its global portfolio.

In August 2019, the GSA wellbeing team provided funding for seven students from the UK, Japan, Egypt, Cyprus, and Mauritius, to attend a week-long wellbeing design workshop with the aim to create a concept for ‘The Bedroom of Tomorrow’.

Global digital language learning market worth over $5b

September 26, 2019October 8, 2019Kate FrazerLeave a Comment

The global digital language learning market was worth US$5.69 billion in 2018 and is expected to continue to grow at a rapid rate, a study by market research firm ReportLinker has found.

The report noted that the global digital language learning market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 13.4% over the period 0f 2019-2027, to amount to US$17.18 billion by 2027.

Growth in recent years in the digital language learning market is primarily driven by the growing popularity of digital learning across various sectors.

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Education heavily targeted by cyberattacks: study

September 23, 2019September 23, 2019GET News TeamLeave a Comment

The education sector is one of the most heavily targeted industries by cyberattacks, EfficientIP has revealed in its 2019 Global DNS Threat Report.

Research included in the report by EfficientIP and IDC found that 86% of education sector respondents experiences under the radar Domain Name System (DNS) attacks in the past year.

The only sector with more attacks was government.

International students enrolment increasing: OECD

September 23, 2019September 23, 2019Hari Srinivasan1 Comment

The proportion of international students enrolment in higher education has increased in virtually all OECD countries over the last seven years, according to the latest OECD report.

The report also indicates the total number of globally mobile students is continuing to grow.

Luxembourg, a relatively small nation, has only 3000 overseas students in total, but has the highest ratio of international students enrolment at 47%.

Education to become more digital and DIY: Pearson study

September 19, 2019September 23, 2019GET News TeamLeave a Comment

Education is becoming more digital and more do-it-yourself, a study by Pearson has found.

Findings from Pearson’s Global Learner Survey, a study which captured the voice of learners worldwide, indicate that education globally has shifted such that many learners are taking control of their learning through a “do-it-yourself” (DIY) mindset by complementing their formal education with a mix of self-teaching, short courses and online learning.

HSBC Sounds of Home to help homesick international students

September 12, 2019September 12, 2019Kate FrazerLeave a Comment

HSBC has created a collection of soundscapes, Sounds of Home, to help foreign students who feel homesick when they move to study abroad. Research by HSBC has found that international students miss the sounds of their hometown more than anything else. The research released earlier this month states that 92% of international students miss the […]

Global L&D market to be worth $446 billion by 2020

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019Kate FrazerLeave a Comment

Beroe Inc., a procurement intelligence firm, has stated that the global Learning and Development (L&D) market is expected to grow to a worth of US$446.1 billion until 2020.

The key driver of the L&D market is training, and consequently organisations have expanded their investment in the development of training services.

The global learning and development market is expected to grow at a rate of 4-5% until 2020.