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Attention UK University Students and Recent Graduates, We're embarking on an important research journey to uncover what factors contribute to academic success among university students. If you're a current or recent UK undergraduate or postgraduate student, we want to hear from you! Our study aims to explore various aspects of the student journey, including experiences of discrimination, well-being, and self-efficacy, and how they relate to academic performance. Your insights could help shape future support systems and policies in higher education. To participate, you need to: -Be 18 years or older -Read and write English -Be a current UK undergraduate, postgraduate student, or a recent graduate (within the last 2 years) -Individuals who meet the following criteria: born in the UK, has settled status or permanent residency, holds indefinite leave to remain, or is eligible for indefinite leave to remain (having resided in the UK for more than 5 years). This maintains the homogeneity in lived experience. Feel free to share with your networks too! We would really appreciate this! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eegvt4fs Let's work together to make a difference in the academic journey of students across the UK! #StudentJourney #AcademicSuccess #HigherEducation #ResearchStudy #UKStudents

With my co-authors, I helped research an aspect of the intersection of #TitleIX and students in America as part of a #StudyAbroad experience to identify gaps. As someone who worked with international students over five years in student housing through #StudentAffairs and has now taken students abroad for a course I led, the evidence of needing to know one’s resources and rights become a notable concern. My sincere hope is that this article reaches students, staff, faculty, administrators, and the public in a way that begins dialogues of support and further study. The Journal of International Students published the article and it can be found here as a PDF to help begin these dialogues. https://lnkd.in/ewZzcVGe

Seems as if far from stamping out bad practice #ESOS is encouraging it to thrive! It’s no wonder #colleges are acting in this way “desperate times call for desperate measures” if you are in the private #internationaleducation sector! We hear from many in the sector that ESOS is likely to decimate the majority of private providers. As a result #studentrecruitment pipelines into #Australia’s #universities will be disrupted & the sector as a whole will be poorer without a privately funded sector. This behaviour however will “hinder not help” the sector’s cause, the only solution is to quash the #immigration debate & evidence that #intled is actually for the most part immigration neutral through robust, representative international #graduateoutcomes data for #internationalgraduates returning home. From Julie Hare “Private colleges are finding creative ways to get around caps on #internationalstudents, including converting #master’s programs into #research-based #degrees & filing official forms with incorrect names. Other strategies include massive fee discounting & huge commissions to #agents as colleges try to enrol as many students as they can before caps come into force in January if legislation is passed when parliament next sits in November… New manoeuvres that have come to light include providers seeking advice on how to convert #postgraduate degrees into ones that are exempt from the caps, & wrongful or misleading information on official forms. Filing forms with incorrect information allows dodgy providers to poach students who are already in Australia on a visa, without alerting authorities. That is on top of vocational colleges offering vastly discounted fees, 50 per cent cash-back guarantees on $1600 visa application fees and fast-tracked certificates of enrolment (CoEs), despite government promises to crack down on such practices. Desperate colleges are also stacking several courses into packages to ensure students can stay longer in Australia, shoring up their cash flows, and giving agents commissions of up to 50% or up to $5000 cash incentives. #Education consultant Michael Milgate FGIA told AFR Weekend he had been approached by at least six providers seeking his advice on how to switch their coursework master’s into research #mastersdegrees.” Asia Careers Group SDN BHD - Investing in International Futures AUIDF Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN Universities) British Council BUILA Education New Zealand | Manapou ki te Ao International Education Association of Australia (IEAA) Innovative Research Universities (IRU) Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia Independent Tertiary Education NZ (ITENZ) National Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (NAGCAS) Regional Universities Network The Group of Eight UCAS UKCISA Universities Australia Universities Canada Universities UK Universities UK International

With instant translation through AI present almost everywhere, we can quickly forget the importance of language skills in today's world. It's a way to connect with people in a deeper way than just considering it a transaction. Building cultural awareness by speaking languages goes a long way toward growing businesses internationally. What we are building at Speechsquare is confidence in communication in 7 languages (for now) through AI speech analytics, which allows instant audio and visual feedback for learners and coaches. The applications in higher education are widespread: - Admissions - Graduate Outcomes - Faculty presentations at international conferences #highereducation #intled #graduateoutcomes #graduatesuccess #admissions

  In yesterday's webinar, alongside Vinay Chaudhry, CEO of Worldwide EduConnect and Andrew Champagne, Mobility Programs Manager at Colleges and Institutes Canada | Collèges et instituts Canada, we heard from Saurabh Malhotra Malhortra, CEO and Founder of Student Direct:     "If we keep doing what we are doing, diversity will suffer a lot."   Watch this insightful discussion about the future of international student recruitment in Canada via the link below! ⤵ https://lnkd.in/eRWqE6Q7

Did you know that almost half of students at the The University of Manchester are in employment? Our Research & Insight Team's recent student-wide survey has found that 42% of students are working part-time jobs 5% of students are working in full-time jobs 8% of students are working in unpaid work 70% of students are earning the National Living Wage 23% of students are earning the National Minimum Wage 8% of students earn below the National Minimum Wage JobShop at UMSU works to provide great part-time job opportunities for Manchester-based students. We also put on information session and workshops on topics like employment rights, working in the UK and transferrable skills. We also work with UoM's Career Service to put on CV workshops. And not forgetting our new weekly drop-in support service JobClub where students get support on anything from writing CVs to practising for an upcoming interview! If you want to find out more about University of Manchester Students' Union's research on student life, see our website - https://lnkd.in/geY4HYVD #StudentData #StudentLife #StudentRecruitment #StudentEmployment #ManchesterStudents #JobShop

Saurabh Malhotra, Vinay Chaudhry, & Andrew Champagne shared keen insights and powerful strategies in our conversation yesterday about future-proofing IEM. Hear their hot takes for what lies ahead in terms of #policy, #tech, and #enrollment numbers in #canada. #intled #enrollmentmanagement #internationalstudents The PIE #webinar

NEW on Wonkhe: Claire Toogood, Claire Hudson and Jo Jenkins explain why getting involved with policy-making is not just a matter for academics or policy engagement specialists https://lnkd.in/eV6PUMv5 "Engagement with policy makers can support professional reflection, demonstrate and share impact, and in the longer-term support evidence-informed change and action. These benefits and opportunities should be understood by, and open to, all higher education staff. However, current opportunities for engagement can sometimes appear to be skewed towards the academic sphere."

I'm receiving more requests than usual for admissions/LLM consulting. Unfortunately I don't have the bandwidth/ability to do so currently (maybe in the future if I exit higher education!). But my usual reminder: everything on Beyond Non-JD is free!! I write on the same topics I speak about so the things that are most important to you are often most important to me. Two quick suggestions each for prospects and current LLMs: Prospective LLMs: (1) reach out to the admissions/recruitment teams at the schools you're interested in. I know many of them and they're awesome! (2) reach out to current LLMs and recent graduates. Many are happy to give you pretty open information about their own experiences. Current LLMs: (1) reach out to your own LLM teams. I know many of them and they're awesome! (2) Reach out to alumni from your school. That's really part of the value of attending the program you did. https://lnkd.in/gR9xzJBf

#intled - International admissions offices are at once expected to do more with less and be institutional saviors in tight budget times by bringing in full fee-paying students from overseas. These seven tips to stretch your institutional resources are worth a read.