26 August 2020 at 9:00 am

Around the world in five

Here’s a round-up of stories from our key international markets.

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CHINA

Studying Abroad (magazine affiliated with Guangming Daily)

The August issue of this Mandarin-language magazine shines a spotlight on New Zealand as an education destination. It features interviews with both New Zealand's Ambassador to China and Mongolia, Clare Fearnley and ENZ Director for Greater China, Miranda Herbert.

 

GLOBAL

‘How to live in a pandemic’: The university class we need during COVID-19?

The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that health is a deeply interdisciplinary issue, demanding expert responses from a cross-section of fields: the arts, public health, social work and K-12 education among them.

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AUSTRALIA

Australia visa data raises questions about student swerve

Australia’s latest offshore visa application data which revealed varying declines from important source countries has raised important questions about international student behaviour, and whether or not they are deferring to alternative destinations.

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GLOBAL

What we have lost: International education and public diplomacy

Entangling universities with geopolitics can mean a bad student experience has a far broader cost.

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GLOBAL

Online testing will become “the norm”

Online secure exams are becoming increasingly popular because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and in the future online testing will become the norm, according to LanguageCert’s chair of the Advisory Council.

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