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International graduates found to earn less than Canadian peers

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However, [this] does not necessarily explain the difference in income observed at the masters and doctoral levels, wrote Etmanski, highlighting that a large proportion of international graduates at this level worked in the natural and applied sciences, where incomes are higher than average.

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International universities eye Nepal’s high student mobility

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Additionally, Nepal emerged as the UKs sixth largest source of students in the year ending June 2024, rising by 63% over the previous year, despite an overall decline in visas issued to international students in the same period. We have a very strong ICR team on the ground in South Asia whove made traction over the past few years.

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German language barrier stalls African nurse recruitment

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The partnership between Koblenz University of Applied Sciences and Kenya’s Mount Kenya University , whichpiloted over 2023 and 2024, has slowed because few candidates meet the required language skills.

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India a ‘target country’ for Finland’s Talent Boost program

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Of course the companies do a lot for their own workforces, I hope that Finnish vocational training institutes and universities of applied sciences develop more contacts with their Indian counterparts. By the end of September 2024, the Finnish Immigration Service had cancelled 264 permits, with 216 cases still awaiting processing.

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Using Generative AI to “Hack Time” for Implementing Real-World Projects

Faculty Focus

We piloted the two bots in a Strategic Communications course taught at the NYU School of Professional Studies, Division of Programs in Business, during the spring 2024 semester. So, how did the bots do? During the course, students were asked to redesign a monthly newsletter sent out by the administration to internal stakeholders.

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Not using AI is “disservice” to students 

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“Students will go on to get jobs where they use AI… if you’re not preparing them because of fears of AI then you’re doing them a disservice,” Ryan Lufkin, vice president of global academic strategy at Instructure told delegates of CanvasCon 2024 in Barcelona. “We

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Ask not what you can do for engineering…

HEPI

One of the reasons engineering is neglected in the school curriculum is perhaps because it is (wrongly) considered analogous to applied sciences and mathematics. Engineering Professors Council, 2024: Maths for Engineering: Do T levels add up? Are these not traits wed want to instil in every school-leaver? and Rich, J.,