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WORLD NEWS

DENMARK: Ministers home country. A total of 44
have announced plans to reduce per cent said that American gl bal
the number of international students spent ‘much less’ time
students in Denmark because on schoolwork.
too many leave the country after The findings were published as perspective
graduation. part of the 2017 Brown Centre
The move comes after official Report on American Education,
figures revealed that only one in which surveyed a sample of
five graduates are still working in exchange students participating
the country two years after their in the AFS International
studies. Ministers are worried programme. The Gazette editorial team’s
that EU students, who get access The proportion of exchange selection of ELT news from
to subsidised higher education, students that found US high
do not go on to contribute to the school easier has grown by 10 around the world
economy. per cent since a similar survey
The number of international was conducted in 2011.
students, especially from the
EU, has increased sharply since
the introduction of English- MALTA: The ELT sector
medium programmes. However, in Malta has seen profits drop Central and Eastern Europe. corresponding to CEFR A1 and A2.
‘there are far too few staying by 18.4 per cent, according to a However, the most impressive However, only 36.1 per cent
and contributing to Denmark report by audit firm Deloitte. growth was in the number of of junior high school students
afterwards,’ said higher The drop had come Russian students going to China, met the target, half a percentage
education minister Søren Pind. despite marketing efforts by which more than tripled in the point lower than the previous
The cuts will affect business both schools and the Malta period 2012–16, reaching 16,000 year. The proportion of high
academies and professional Tourism Authority (MTA), last year. school students reaching Pre-2
universities, which will see their said Genevieve Abela, chief The popularity of foreign increased by 2 points, but only
intake curtailed by 20 per cent. executive of the Federation universities could be due to to 36.4 per cent.
Paradoxically, data from the of English Language Teaching the increasing cost of tuition at The government aims to have
Danish economic policy institute Organisations Malta (Feltom). Russian universities, which has both groups reaching the 50 per
AE shows that graduates from Feltom has been calling for grown significantly in recent cent target by March 2018.
such institutions suffer the more efficient visa processes and years.
greatest unemployment rates. the introduction of work-study
The decision to cut numbers permits and walk-in applications. BRAZIL: The landmark
comes in contrast to the MTA chief executive Paul scholarship Science Without
University of Copenhagen’s Bugeja said that, in principle, Borders has been officially shut
plans to increase EU students’ he would support ‘visa valid down for undergraduates, the
numbers by 10 per cent in 2017, schools’ (accredited schools that Brazilian ministry of education
the University Post reported. are allowed to apply for visas announced.
on behalf of their students), but Since it started in 2011, the
added that the process should programme has funded around
be carefully outlined to identify 100,000 students, most of them
possible pitfalls. at undergraduate level. It has
led to a dramatic increase in the
number of Brazilian students
RUSSIA: Increasing studying abroad. At the end
numbers of Russian students of 2015, due to the economic
are choosing to study abroad, crisis, Science Without Borders
according to a report released by faced sizeable cuts, with funds
the Moscow city government, JAPAN: English language available only to maintain
University World News reports. skills among Japanese junior existing scholarships.
Figures show that enrolments high and high school students The ministry of education has
in top Russian universities have have fallen short of government pledged to support the 4,000
US: International students fallen 15 per cent since last expectations, reports say. student now studying abroad
find US high schools ‘easy’, a year, while there has been a 13 The government planned for on the scholarship and to offer
survey reveals. About 66 per per cent rise in applications for 50 per cent of junior high and a further 5,000 scholarships –
cent of exchange students US and UK universities. About high school students to reach but these will be only available
believe that high school in the a quarter of Russian students, Grade 3 and Grade Pre-2 of the to postgraduate or doctoral
US is ‘a lot easier’ than in their according to the report, study in Eiken English test respectively students.

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