Overseas, Overwhelmed - A Bulletin for Canadian International Education Professionals

Bill C-35, which gives considerable attention to addressing the problem of unscrupulous agents in the international student recruitment field, is already being undermined by guess who … education agents.

One education agency representing Canadian institutions in India, is doing all it can to scare students and families, and in doing so, directing them to that agent’s own doorstep.

Caption: Scare tactics. Free advice is permitted, but a "licensed" agent doesn't want any competition at all, and best to frighten unsophisticated students and families.

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Will CIC’s new student visa timelines be competitive ?(0) CIC’s new guidelines to help avoid delays in visa processing have useful tips for students. Still, how to digest such language as “it is always a good idea to apply as early as possible, and at least four to six months prior to the start of classes”.


Canada’s int’l edu strategy: Low-lying fruit(1) Two weeks ago I met with an excellent engineering degree graduate in India whom I counselled for a master degree in Canada. He was dubious about this study pathway and asked me point blank: “Sir, why then do most Indians go for Post Graduate Diplomas ?”


Is BC starting International School clean up ?(0) The B.C. government has decertified one of the many high schools in China licensed to offer a British Columbia high school diploma. Is this the start of much stricter oversight by B.C. and other Canadian provincial governments?

Typical fraud in China(0) The application came from one of the biggest Chinese agencies, with 20 offices, and reports sending 26,000 students abroad in 2011. It’s not the first time we’ve found fraud from this company, and likely not the last. The agency is also AIRC accredited.

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	Dubai disappoints at GETEX 2013.(0) Despite Dubai’s rebounding economy, the 2013 edition of the GETEX education fair was a disappointment.

	Honeymoon + Ambulance = Bangladesh.(0) It wasn’t at all an emergency, but my bride and I started out our honeymoon in an ambulance. Only in Bangladesh !

	Back story: Fraud in Punjab board exams.(0) Forty examination centres have been shuttered, teachers suspended, and frauds caught impersonating test takers. But the clean up of Punjab high school exams cheating needs to go back to first grade.

Internet cafe keyboard n Egnlsh ?(0)

Stuck in an internet café or with a hotel computer station with an English keyboard when you want French or Spanish when you need English?

It is important to get familiar with how to manipulate keyboard settings in different settings – yes you may be an inveterate Mac user, but when stuck in a Windows environment, can you survive and even thrive? One option to fall back upon is offered by the folks at Gate2home.

This site is splendid for its ease of use and its extraordinary gamut of languages. So, when your friend connects with you in Amharic, Turkish or Georgian, answering back in the same language is now an easy click away (you still need to know how to read and write in the other language, failing that, it’s back to Google Translate to help you blunder through in reply).

See: http://gate2home.com/