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Korea suspends 20 universities IH Catania launches Italian
from recruitment language department
LANGUAGE TERTIARY LANGUAGE
he government of Korea nternational House Catania https://ihcatania.com
has announced that 20 launched an Italian department focused on providing
Tuniversities have been Icourses for international students.
banned from overseas student Italian language courses now offered at Giga-Interna-
recruitment for 12 months following analysis of perfor- tional House Catania include general group and individual
mance on factors including illegal overstay rates, student classes, exam preparation, homestay, and plus options
support, language proficiency and completion rates. such as home cooking, wine tasting, hiking and diving.
The Ministry of Education and Ministry of Justice also The school was established in
said that 134 universities have been certified for degree 1997, initially offering courses
delivery to international students under the International in a range of languages for local
Education Quality Assurance System, an increase over students. Read more at:
120 last year. Certified universities enjoy benefits such bit.ly/42PFCXj
as relaxed visa screening and an additional five hours of
part-time work rights per week for their students.
Universities that are uncertified may be subject to ETS acquires PSI, launches new
enhanced visa screening, including higher language pro- TOEFL prep. platform
ficiency and financial requirements. bit.ly/48mHZSI LANGUAGE ASSOCIATED

S-based ETS www.ets.org, the
New Gold Coast campus for Kaplan operators of the TOEFL and
Business School UTOEIC exams, has acquired
PSI www.psiexams.com, the parent
TERTIARY
company of Skills for English.
aplan Business School www.kbs.edu.au has opened Amit Sevak, CEO of ETS, and Janet Garcia, CEO of PSI,
a new centre on the Gold Coast in March, its sixth told STM that the English language tests offered by both
Klocation in Australia. organisations will continue to operate as normal, and
Initially the Gold Coast school offers the full range of that were looking forward to exploring the synergies of
KBS postgraduate programmes. Steve Knussen, Execu- their products in supporting the international student
tive Director, said, “Our stunning new campus provides an journey from initial English testing through to subsequent
incredible regional destination for students to advance career with sector-specific certifications. bit.ly/3uNnalF
their career opportunities and Meanwhile, ETS unveiled the new TestReady
benefit from the award-win- preparation platform to prepare students for the TOEFL
ning, supportive and nurturing iBT test, combining existing preparation offerings with a
learning environment at KBS.” variety of new products and features in one portal. Read
bit.ly/3URBPqx more at: bit.ly/436yoi5

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