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Welcome to The PIE Weekly,

Our Story of the Week may cause vexation, so I direct you take a look at the photos of international students in Australia with wombats afterwards...

After confirmation that some EU students claimed publicly-funded loans/grants that they were not entitled to, and dropout rates at some private colleges were over 20%, the UK government announced more new rules for private colleges this week.

It is important to enable equal access to education opportunity. But flagrant abuse of a benevolent loan system does grate, especially when it is being enabled by UK taxpayers.

It's not all dispiriting though. I loved our story about crowdfunding in Palestine to study in the UK! 


Until next week,


Amy Baker
Editorial Director




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News from around the world


Palestine
A community and human rights activist and refugee from Gaza has raised more than £15,000 towards the cost of studying in the UK in six weeks through online crowdfunding platform IndieGoGo.

USA
BridgeU, an online 'software-as-service' platform, has launched that will coach prospective international students through the process of applying to universities in the US.

Australia
The Victorian government hosted its first 'coming of age' ceremony for Japanese exchange students on the Victoria Japan Global Exchange Programme from Tamagawa University in Tokyo.

Global
The number of tourists travelling annually topped 1.1bn in 2014, marking the fifth consecutive year of growth. UNWTO statistics indicate growth is set to continue in 2015.

UK
The first UCAS statistics published this year show a 7% rise in EU applications and a 3% rise in non-EU applications for undergraduate study.

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The PIE Chat

With a curriculum designed specifically for Chinese students, New Oriental College International is unlike any other high school in Toronto. The PIE spoke to admissions officer Ethan Gao about the school's ethos and rationale. 



Story of the week

A ‘Rapid Response Team’ to investigate fraud allegations and ‘fit and proper’ tests for directors of alternative providers are just some of the new measures the UK government will apply to private colleges.

It has acted after a NAO investigation into financial support for students at alternative providers of higher education was published. New English language requirements may be introduced for some courses, subject to consultation.

 



Movers & Shakers

Simon Thorley
Moved to: InTuition Languages, UK
On: January 2015

Fanny Dumond 
Moved to: LSF Montpellier, France
On: January 2015

Julian Kenny
Moved to: Regent's University, UK
On: January 2015

Farman Kaveh
Moved to: Abbey College, UK
On: February 2015


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