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                                                                           The QS World University
                                                                           Rankings 2025 were released,
                                                                           showing top Asian universities rising
                                                                           and Imperial College London top in the
                                                                           UK. bit.ly/4chsVZm


                                                                           IALC unveiled new members
         Japan back to 90 per cent of pre-Covid                            and destinations in its portfolio
         student numbers                                                   of language schools and added
                                                                           Korean as a new language.
           LANGUAGE  TERTIARY
                                                                           bit.ly/3VWPmgP
              apan’s international
              education sector
         Jrecovered to 89.5 of                                             Trinity College London
         pre-pandemic numbers last                                         announced the new ISE Digital
         year, the latest government                                       English language skills test, initially in
         data shows, with 279,274 students as of 1st May 2023, growth of   test centres with at-home testing due
         20.8 per cent compared with 2022.                                 by the end of the year. bit.ly/3xAdqwv
           It was a record year for long-term students at Japanese
         language institutes with a record 90,719 students enrolled, an 83.6
         per cent increase compared with the previous year.                The launch of Adelaide
           China remained the largest source country for Japan with        University, a merger between
         115,493 students, an increase of 11.2 per cent, followed by Nepal   the University of Adelaide and the
         (37,878), Vietnam (36,339), South Korea (14,946) and Myanmar      University of South Australia, moved
         (7,773). Among the top 20 markets, there was strong growth from   closer with formal registration
         the USA, the UK, France and Sri Lanka. bit.ly/3VVXaiK             by the higher education regulator.
                                                                           bit.ly/3xsM37F

         New Secondary Focus location for
         StudyTravel Alphe Conferences                                     ILAC Education Group has announced

          SECONDARY  ASSOCIATED                                            the addition of German
                                                                           language classes to its online
              tudyTravel Ltd has announced the addition of the new ST      ILAC KISS platform. bit.ly/4cAmhNK
              Secondary Focus, Eurasia event for 2025, which will take
         Splace in Istanbul from April 11th to 13th.
           The event will allow high schools and related service providers   South African ELT provider University
         to meet with reference-checked agents working in the secondary    of Cape Town (UCT) English
         sector from Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,   Language Centre is
         Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Russia.         expanding with two new teaching

           The Eurasia event becomes the fifth specialist Secondary Focus    premises. bit.ly/3XCLti9
         in the ST Alphe portfolio, joining London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong and
         Mexico City. Stephanie Dow, ST Alphe Manager, said, “Due to popu-
         lar demand for our secondary-focused events, we are delighted     Immigration New Zealand

         to offer ST Alphe Secondary Focus, Eurasia for high schools and   now requires translated
         boarding schools looking to expand their quality agent network    documents for visitor visa
         within the fast-growing Eurasia market.” More at: bit.ly/3xzRa5Z  applications. bit.ly/4eD7aon


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