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WORLDWIDE ALSO IN
THE NEWS
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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