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In a historic transaction valued at US$39 million, Navitas sold Studylink, a programme for foreign student applications, to financial behemoth Flywire. Reports says that, Flywire is attempting to expand the growth of its market share in the Australian education payments industry while also “enhancing the value it provides to its global client, agent, and payer base.” According to Studylink CEO Jason Howard, Studylink’s admissions services and Flywire’s payment system will work together to provide students with a “combined solution” that will support them “from enrolment through to tuition and retention.” Since 2006, Navitas has been a shareholder in Studylink and…
The Mehta Family Centre for Engineering in Medicine (MFCEM) was established by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur to support advances in biomedical engineering. With the help of Rahul Mehta of the Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta Family Foundation (MFF), the center has been established. Additionally, a two-day inaugural symposium was held in conjunction with the center’s opening. According to a statement from IIT Kanpur, among other topics covered at the symposium were genome editing- and nanomedicine-based approaches to disease treatment, as well as the use of digital medicine to understand how the brain is reprogrammed in diseases like Alzheimer’s.…
Australia’s Deakin University, the first foreign university to set up an international campus at GIFT City in Gandhinagar, started seeking applications on Tuesday for its two postgraduate programmes – session starting July 2024 – at an annual fee of AUD 19,000 (around Rs 10.7 lakh). This was declared on the second day of the Australian delegation’s visit to Gujarat, which was headed by Jason Clare, the Minister of Education. Meanwhile, Australia’s University in Wollongong has announced that it will begin accepting applications for the July 2024 session of its master’s program in computing (data analytics) at its GIFT City branch…
In an effort to increase awareness of the nation’s study prospects among potential international students, Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao has launched a new marketing campaign. As per the government’s foreign education agency, the Learn New Every Day campaign aims to encourage students to choose New Zealand education. The campaign aims to “capture the essence of what it is really like to study with New Zealand,” according to Geoff Bilbrough, general manager of Marketing and Communication at ENZ, and succeed in a highly competitive market. According to him, it portrays the thrill and feeling of a student as…
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has established a new centre of excellence — ATMAN (Advanced Technologies for Monitoring Air-quality iNdicators) that will focus on building indigenous low-cost sensor manufacturing and AI/ML capabilities to enhance air quality. With the use of cutting-edge technology, CoE ATMAN seeks to transform sustainable technologies and business models into useful goods and services, according to a statement from IIT Kanpur. A dense Sensor Ambient Air Quality Monitor network with 1,400 nodes will be installed throughout rural Bihar and Uttar Pradesh as part of the AMRIT project, one of ATMAN’s initiatives. It further stated that…
Under the direction of the nation’s minister of education, an Australian delegation comprising leaders in higher education is visiting Indonesia and India. Jason Clare is visiting India for the second time this year as part of the government’s efforts to “strengthen” ties in the field of education between the two nations. Clare will co-chair the annual meeting of the Australia India Education and Skills Council and hold another discussion with his Indian counterpart, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan. Clare, who is getting ready to tour the Deakin University and University of Wollongong campuses that are scheduled to open in Gift City, emphasised before…
Following years of immigration expansion, the Canadian government intends to stabilise new levels of permanent residency in 2026 and has committed to updating the post-graduation work permit programme to better meet the needs of the labour force. Record numbers of permanent residents have been admitted to Canada in recent years; the number peaked in 2022 at 437,000. However, this has put pressure on housing and infrastructure. In an effort to strike a balance between the demand for labour force and the provinces’ capabilities, the federal government has recently unveiled an updated strategy to restrict future expansion. It has pledged to…
The University of Lincoln is inviting applications from Indian students to seek admission to various postgraduate courses. During their first year of study, Indian students are eligible to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree with a £4,000 scholarship. Students who meet the requirements can apply for this scholarship starting in 2024. December 1, 2023 is the deadline for programs starting in January–February 2024. Selection criteria: In order to be eligible to receive the India Scholarship, prospective students must meet the following criteria: Be a national of, or have permanent residence in, India. possess an offer, either unconditional or conditional, from the…
Imperial College London on Wednesday announced a new scholarship programme for Indian students that aims to nurture the country’s most talented Master’s scholars over the next three years. The esteemed Imperial College in the United Kingdom will provide equal support to male and female scholars as part of its Future Leaders Scholarship program. This announcement comes after Dr. Jitendra Singh, the Minister of Science and Technology, paid the campus a visit earlier this year. Vice-provost for education and student experience at Imperial College London Professor Peter Haynes said, “We are delighted to launch our biggest-ever scholarship programme for Indian scientists,…
In the areas of higher education and general education, Finland will work with Kerala. Finland’s educational system is renowned for being the greatest in the world. It will collaborate with Kerala in the areas of pre-primary education and care, technical education, teacher exchange programmes, science and math instruction, and the grading scheme for different phases of student assessment. Academic ties will also be established between Finland’s and Kerala’s research and academic institutes. A high-level team from Kerala, headed by Chief Secretary V. P. Joy, and State Secretary of Education Dan Koivulaakso of Finland had discussions that resulted in the decision.…