Published: 6/12/2024 Reading Time: 3 minutes As we enter Pride month let’s discuss how colleges and universities can support faculty and students in the LGBTQ+ community and highlight influential LGBTQ+ voices in the education space. We understand how important it is for students to feel safe to learn and grow in their environment. Creating and…
The Conservatives released its slate of pledges for the upcoming general election on July 4, and include a promise to remove the student discount to the Immigration Health Surcharge. All visa fees will also be going up if the Conservatives win the public’s vote. “We will increase all visa fees and remove the student discount…
* Rahimi could be written in a way that helps Hunter Biden, but let’s face it: U.S. v. Biden is absolutely going to be the eventual caption that Thomas uses to strike down all gun regulations. [CNN] * More states suing Apple for using monopoly power in the smartphone market to mess with developers. [Reuters]…
International students, as well as non-permanent residents in Australia, have been identified as high-risk groups vulnerable to being recruited as “money mules” – someone who transfers or moves illegally-acquired money on behalf of someone else. Students already studying Australia are being recruited in order to earn money while studying, while other money mules are sent…
From July 1 it will no longer be possible to move from a visitor visa to a student visa while onshore in Australia, the minister for home affairs Clare O’Neil announced on June 12. The new rules, announced less than three weeks before they are set to take effect, will end “visa hopping” in…
The Innovations in Internationalisation at Home Forum took place on June 10 in London, welcoming university staff and private partnership providers to share best practices for IaH and discuss ways to build a more cohesive strategy across UK universities. The IaH handbook, published in 2023 by UUKi, defines the concept as “the purposeful integration…
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. We live right now in a climate where we are highly vulnerable to some form of artificial intelligence attack on our democracy, given the advent of AI and given the fragile nature of our democracy. Our nation, our democracy, is highly vulnerable to some…
As a part of the Legal Marketing Association’s new partnership with Above the Law, each month we’ll share a roundup of insights and intel from Strategies & Voices, the online trade journal dedicated to the craft of legal marketing. This month’s articles focused on Technology Management — the art and science of identifying, implementing, and…
The digitally-led Study London campaign, which launches on June 12, will “mirror core messaging” from the British Council’s Study UK campaign – albeit with a London focus. It will “set the record straight on popular misconceptions”, London Higher said, and will feature stories from real-life students and graduates to show what being a student in…
Molloy University has received a $3.5 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation’s Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program. Dr. James Lentini“This partnership and collaboration for a grant among seven Catholic universities is unique, creative, and noteworthy,” said Dr. James Lentini, president of Molloy University, which is part of an alliance of…