Study Abroad News from Russia / 08.05.2006
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Educational group "Otkrytyy Mir" - the official representative of
Istituto Europeo di Design in Russia - receives applications for study
starting from September / October 2006 and January / April 2007. There
are scholarships provided up to 50% from the education cost for the
higher and post higher education programs in English in Rome and Milan.
Details:
http://www.open-world.ru/special.php?s=64
NEWS
--- About entering a business school at first hand
April 2006 issue of Cariera magazine published an interview with
Christen Pavlovski, entrance examination director's deputy of
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (Chicago GSB [1]).
The article is, first of all, directed toward potential students:
Pavlovski tells about students' selection criterion, entrance
procedure. But learning about typical mistakes in essays and in letters
of recommendation is interesting for anyone who considers business
education.
http://kariera.idr.ru/items/?item=923
Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/01.05.2006/1/comments
Links:
[1] - http://gsb.uchicago.edu/
--- Oxford has beaten Cambridge to the top spot according to the
Guardian's annual guide
British newspaper the Guardian published an annual survey of the UK's
best universities. When composing the list, the research assessed
teaching quality, staff-student ratio and graduate job prospects.
Top 10 universities:
1. Oxford
2. Cambridge
3. London School of Economics and Political Science
4. University College London
5. Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine
6. School of Oriental and African Studies
7. King's College London
8. Warwick
9. Bath
10. Bristol
In comparison with Guardian 2005 research [1], first two lines haven't
changed. London School of Economics and Imperial College changed their
places - this time they rank 3rd and 5th, respectively. Out of the top
10 are York University and University of Edinburgh. But Bath and
Bristol got into the Top 10. The edition's site provides [2]
universities' ranking in different knowledge fields.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/universityguide2006/story/0,,1765251,00.html
Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/02.05.2006/1/comments
Links:
[1] - http://eduabroad.ru/journal/journal/04.05.2005/1
[2] -
http://education.guardian.co.uk/universityguide2006/0,,1595180,00.html
--- Two competitions for Ukrainian schoolchildren
Ukrainian schoolchildren have possibility to participate in two
competitions at once, the major price of which is education abroad. The
contest of essays "Give England to a child!" started on April 25 [1].
The winner will go for two weeks to England to study in the language
center Harrow House (Swanage). Any schoolchild can participate in the
contest at the age of 10 - 18, they only need to send a work on the
subject of "If I were President of Ukraine..." till May 19.
The second contest "The spring in Prague" is for 11-grade students of
Ukrainian cities. The contest will take place on May 28 in the city of
Kharkov. Students will have to show their knowledge in maths, and
general learning in different fields (chemistry, biology, history,
physics and other subjects of general education). The winner will be
able to get a free higher education in Czechia - in Institute of
entrepreneurship. The person that will occupy the 2nd place will be
granted a year of free study in the Institute. The participant who
takes the 3rd place will be able to travel in Czechia for 5 days.
http://chemodan.com.ua/articles/2006/04/160.html
Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/02.05.2006/3/comments
Links:
[1] -
http://times.liga.net/l_nav_doc2.nsf/vWWWGroupParam1/today_dec!OpenDocument
--- Where Russian students are awaited in New Zealand?
On the site New Zealand Educated, on a special page for those Russians
who desire to study in New Zealand, there is a list of educational
institutions that are especially "interested in Russian students". The
list is composed out of the institutions of the group "StudyNZ
(Russia)". Now, the following universities are in the list - University
of Auckland, Victoria University of Wellington, University Canterbury,
University of Otago, Auckland University of Technology, the so called
"polytechnics" - Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology,
Whitireia Polytechnic, Eastern Institute of Technology, Manakau
Institute of Technology, Universal College of Learning, AIS St Helens.
Besides, as it's stated on the site, students from Russia are awaited
in Pacific International Hotel Management School, language schools
Dynaspeak English and Languages International, and in colleges from
Academic College Group which are specialized in language and
pre-university programs. The site is owned by a non-commercial
non-government organization Education New Zealand that deals with
promoting New Zealand education to the international market. (According
to the materials of the newsletter "eduABROAD - education in Australia
and New Zealand [1]".)
http://www.newzealandeducated.com/Russia/agents.html
Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/03.05.2006/1/comments
Links:
[1] - http://www.content.mail.ru/pages/p_18976.html
--- New "Inostranets": about British visa centers and Spanish courses
The new issue of "Inostranets" newspaper has a regular portion of
materials on the subject of education abroad. About the new order of
issuing British visas in view of opening visa centers in Russia tells
Consul General of the UK in Moscow Jessica Hend. (The background of the
issue can be found [1] on our site). In the article "Spain: both
language and profession" a 21-year old student from Moscow shares his
personal experience of studying at the Spanish language courses in
Barcelona [2]. From his observations: "Living in a family is for
younger. Main language practice is on the streets, in pubs, clubs".
And: "The Spanish are very like us: have dinner late, vivid, not snobs
like the Americans".
http://www.inostranets.ru/art02.shtml
Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/03.05.2006/2/comments
Links:
[1] - http://eduabroad.ru/journal/journal/12.04.2006/1
[2] - http://www.inostranets.ru/art03.shtml
--- Everyday life aspects of studying abroad
The correspondent of the weekly "Kommersant DENGI" tells in the article
"Everyday school-leaving certificate" what everyday inconvenience the
schoolchildren and students from Russia will have to bear with.
Insufficient to Russian measure heating, scanty furnishing in rooms,
unaccustomed food - that is what most English boarding schools are.
Students of institutions and language courses can confront the problem
of looking for digestible food, necessity to get to the institution and
lack of mixers in bathrooms.
http://www.kommersant.ru/k-money/get_page.asp?page_id=10472479.htm&m_id=34048
Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/04.05.2006/1/comments
--- Language schools in England change their owners
Takeovers of small language schools with a few decades of seniority by
large educational groups have been fairly frequent in the UK of late,
as in many cases, schools founders sell their "brain-children" willing
to withdraw from business. Thus, last year School of English Studies
(SES) Folkestone went [2] under the wing of OISE group [1] and in 2006
January - Scanbrit School of English [3] in Bournemouth. The latest
school to be taken over is Salisbury School of English [4] in Salisbury
on the South of England, which has been sold to the Wels Group of
International House (IH) schools. IH-Wels group, that is a part of one
of the largest world organizations in the field of foreign languages
learning International House World Organisation (IHWO), has language
schools in the UK, Australia and USA. The UK schools are based on the
southwest of England - in Torquay and Bath. (According to Language
Travel Magazine's materials.)
http://www.hothousemedia.com/ltm/ltmbackissues/may06web/may06news.htm
Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/04.05.2006/2/comments
Links:
[1] - http://www.oise.com/
[2] - http://www.ses-folkestone.co.uk/
[3] - http://www.scanbrit.co.uk/
[4] - http://www.english-school.co.uk/
--- Off-Campus Work Permits for International Students In Canada
As early as this summer foreign students in Canada will be able to work
off-campus officially. In the end of April minister of Citizenship and
Immigration Canada (CIC) Monte Solberg announced about official launch
Off-Campus Work Permit Program which allows foreign students of
colleges and universities to work up off-campus till 20 hours a week
when studying and full working day when on holidays.
Permission to work is owned only by internal students of officially
accredited educational institutions of Canada who concluded agreement
about possibility to work off-campus with the government of the
province. The CIC site posts a list [1] of educational institutions
that take part in Off-Campus Work Permit Program. One should take into
account that those foreigners who study in language programs or are in
Canada within change programs have no permission to work during
studies. Besides, foreign participants of Canadian
Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CSFP) and of
scholarship programs financed by Canadian International Development
Agency cannot work off-campus.
Further:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/05.05.2006/1/comments
Links:
[1] - http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/guide-list.html
COLUMNISTS
--- Notes on Vurzburg - 4
/By Timur Akhmerov/
"You don't have a flood there, do you?" - asked my relatives after a
Russian TV report about natural disaster in Bavaria ...
To read further:
http://eduabroad.ru/ahmerov/4/comments
EVENTS
May 16: talk on getting a USA visa (USEIC)
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/05.05.2006/2
May 16: training for those who part to study to USA (American Councils,
SPb)
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/05.05.2006/3
May 19: London Metropolitan University presentation (British Council)
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/02.05.2006/2
May 25: meeting with a Hagley Community College representative
("Otkrytyy Mir")
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/24.04.2006/1
May 31: Istituto Europeo di Design presentation
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/11.04.2006/1
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