Agents and former staffers left in the dark after ILAC goes bust
ILAC abruptly announced that it had filed for bankruptcy protection late on Friday, leaving over 1,300 students and dozens of staff and agent partners scrambling for answers. The news, coming…
Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis to create new space for universities and innovation
The Northern Metropolis is being developed as a new economic engine for Hong Kong, with innovation and technology at the centre of its plans. It could become a major new…
BREAKING: IDP rejects $494m private equity takeover bid
IDP rejected a bid from Blackstone – one of the world’s largest private equity firms – worth AUD$694.7 million ($493.93m) on Tuesday September 22, with its board saying the proposal…
UWA eyes up to 200 students as India campus expansion faces first test
The University of Western Australia (UWA) expects to enrol between 100 and 200 students across its Mumbai and Chennai campuses by year-end as it begins testing demand for its degrees…
Community and Mainstream Tourism: A Shifting Perspective
The desire to travel, explore, and discover other places, people, and cultures is embedded in humanity’s DNA since our very origins. Travel has always been a driver of change, bringing…
EC English and ILAC’s closures tell an uncomfortable truth about Canada’s ELT sector
The past week has been extraordinary. On September 14, EC English closed all 25 of its schools worldwide. Four days later, ILAC ceased operations and filed for bankruptcy protection. Two…
EDHEC Business School: Inside the MSc experience
If you’re looking to get actively involved in the major transformations taking place across the world, EDHEC Business School demands serious consideration. It ranks among the top 10 European Business…
BOKU’s green master’s degrees put sustainability into action
We know the planet is going through climate change-induced disasters, biodiversity loss, and more. We also know we need better ways to deal with them. Green technologies are one answer,…
She quit corporate life for volunteering abroad in Europe
When Harshal Jain, a Master in Management (MiM) student at ESSEC Business School, left her apprenticeship at global sensory experiences company International Flavours & Fragrance, she had no clear idea…
The industry’s silent risk: why we rely on predictions we can’t track
September brought its familiar strain of quiet panic across international education. Results come out, conditional offers fall through, and everyone scrambles into damage control – agents fielding calls from furious…
