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Finland’s visa processing issues resulting in “bottleneck”

The PIE News

A survey of Finland’s universities of applied sciences has revealed that increasing numbers of students are finding themselves unable to enter the country due to visa issues. . And now we have the situation where the higher education institutions don’t get the funding if the students don’t arrive,” she added. .

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Responsibilities and gatekeeping in using language certificates for HE admission

SRHE

by Jana Berg, Michael Grüttner, Stefanie Schröder With the exception of a few master’s degree programs, the German higher education system is dominated by monolingual organizations. Therefore, language certificates are a key element of access to German higher education for international students.

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Switzerland fee reports premature, but signal turning tide in Europe

The PIE News

But discussions in May led to a renewed vigour from the National Council, which voted in favour of trebling both institutions’ fees as part of cost-cutting exercises for the country’s overall education sector. We believe that international students play a vital role in maintaining Swiss education’s excellence and leading position.

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Work Zones Ahead!

Inside Higher Ed

This 30-credit block of courses satisfies most, if not all, general education requirements and went into effect in fall 2014. Adding Layers With the foundation of a general education core in place, the Legislature turned its attention in 2017 to investing in a set of multi-institutional agreements in popular majors.