Study Abroad News from Russia / 24.12.2005

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Dear friends! Happy New Year! In the coming year we wish you to fulfill
your most ambitious plans, to be healthy, active, cheerful. And happy.
EduABROAD says goodbye to you up to January 15th when the next - first
in 2006 - issue of our newsletter will come out.

NEWS

--- A 15% discount for the English language courses in the British
school Margate Language Centre

Students International company informs that up to April of 2006 a 15%
discount for programs in Margate Language Centre (UK, Margate) will be
active.

http://www.studinter.ru/?go=news&act=det&nid=134

Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/19.12.2005/1/comments

--- Dutch and Scottish Universities have signed an agreement about
cooperation

Two European Universities - Radboud University Nijmegen (The
Netherlands) and University of Glasgow (UK, Scotland) have recently
signed in Nijmegen an agreement about cooperation in the field of
education and scientific and research work. Universities already have
experience of team-work in the field of cognitive neurology and natural
sciences. At present there appeared a necessity of ideas exchange
concerning research arrangement, transfer of knowledge,
internationalization of education and of scientific activity as well as
students, teachers and scientists exchange. In particular, as early as
summer of 2006 Glasgow students will visit a summer camp that will be
arranged by the Dutch educational institution. (According to Eurogates
agency's materials)

http://www.eurogates.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?t=351

Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/19.12.2005/2/comments

--- $50 - is not out of place!

"NewWorkCity" gives a New Year $50 discount for any program out of its
range (Work and Travel, Au-Pair, etc.) provided it is registered till
January 15, 2006.

http://www.newworkcity.ru/

Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/20.12.2005/1/comments

--- Spring discounts for the language courses Les Elfes (Switzerland)

"Kanzler" doesn't get tired [1] of making its clients happy with
discounts. This time - it's a spring proposal for Switzerland. In the
period of March 4 to April 1 the cost of a 2-week language course in
Les Elfes school [2] for children and teenagers from 8 to 18 years of
age will be 3,100 Swiss franks, at that the standard price is 270 CHF
higher. Owing to multilinguality of Switzerland here you can learn
English, French and German.

http://www.estudy.ru/news/

Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/20.12.2005/2/comments

Links:
[1] - http://eduabroad.ru/journal/journal/19.12.2005/3
[2] - http://www.leselfes.com/

--- UK Embassy in Russia has chosen the companies that will accept now
visa applications

As RATA-news informs, the UK Embassy in Russia has chosen a visa
partner. Before we have written [1] that in spring of 2006 a new visa
system will be presented that simplifies the procedure of British visa
registration. In connection with switch to the new working system
indeed the UK Embassy in Moscow from November 25 has temporarily
stopped accepting [2] applications from citizens and works now only
with accredited couriers.

In the beginning of autumn the UK Embassy announced a tended to define
a Russian partner that will take administrative functions of the visa
department, i.e. will be accepting from the Russians the documents
necessary of visa issuing. In particular, it includes such data as name
and surname of an applicant, his passport number, date of birth, etc.
Besides, a partner will be receiving consular fee and will be
delivering documents to the visa department of the Embassy and then
will return passports with visas to citizens.

Yesterday the tender winners' names were announced: it's a private
company Visa Facilitation Services (VFS) that will perform new
functions in partnership with Star Travel the Russian tourist operator.
In the Embassy they underlined especially that anyway the decision to
issue visa is of British visa officers, and new partners of dipp
representatives will not influence it.

As the deputy chief of press service of UK Embassy Anton Atrashkin
explained to RATA-news, the new system is intended to open 11 centers
of applications reception in most large Russian cities until April-May
of 2006. Both travel companies and private applicants will be able to
apply not only through consulates in Moscow, St. Petersburg or
Yekaterinburg, as it is now, but to bring their passports and other
necessary documents in any of neighbor representative offices. These
centers will have a longer working day that the visa department of the
Embassy. It is unknown so far how much the new system will increase the
total visa cost.

Among reasons that induced the UK Embassy to hand a part of its
functions to third part the diplomats call it a yearly 20% increase of
the number of UK visas applications during the last three years.
According to Rosstat's data, in 2004 UK was visited by 66,900 tourists
from Russia, which is by 22.8% more that in 2003. For 6 months of 2005
34,900 Russians took a vacation in this country - by 12.8% more that at
the same time in 2004.

http://www.ratanews.ru/news/news_20122005_1.stm

Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/20.12.2005/3/comments

Links:
[1] - http://eduabroad.ru/journal/journal/26.09.2005/1
[2] - http://eduabroad.ru/journal/journal/04.11.2005/1

--- A 10% discount for the language courses in England, Spain and Malta

The holiday sales of winter programs are in full swing yet, but
"Otkrytyy mir" is already informing about spring and all-the-year-round
discounts. In particular, a 10% discount is offered for the English
courses in Malta and in England, as well as the Spain courses all over
the world. Provided it is registered and paid till March 1, 2006, any
program in Institute of English Language Studies in Malta is cheaper by
10% [1]. The discount is valid during the whole 2006, at that the
duration of the course should not be more than 4 weeks. When enrolling
to any educational program since January 3 to March 20 in Westbourne
Academy [2] the International English language school in the UK [3] one
can save a similar percentage. The minimal age of students is 16 years
old. A 10% discount for studying is provided by the largest networks of
Spanish language schools Enforex [4] and Don Quijote [5] in honor of
its joining up. To register and to pay the course chosen is necessary
up to March
30. Spanish can be learnt [6] in Spain and in Latin America.

http://www.open-world.ru/special.php

Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/22.12.2005/1/comments

Links:
[1] - http://www.open-world.ru/special.php?s=57
[2] - http://www.westbourneacademy.com/
[3] - http://www.open-world.ru/special.php?s=53
[4] - http://www.enforex.com/
[5] - http://www.donquijote.org/
[6] - http://www.open-world.ru/special.php?s=45

--- How to enter educational institutions in Germany and what can be
expected from the student's life

On www.mezhdunarodnik.ru appeared a large article about higher
education in Germany, an order of enrollment in German educational
institutions and about peculiarities of student's life. "Students in
Germany are respected people, - the author of the article writes. As is
customary to think that in the
campus comes a rather ambitious man, aware of himself, his
possibilities and having a life and work experience relied on which he
is determined to increase his social and economic meaning".

http://www.mezhdunarodnik.ru/magazin/2280.html

Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/22.12.2005/2/comments

--- An advisor of the Canadian Embassy asnswers questions about
student's visas

On www.StudyCanada.ru advice of Canadian Embassy advisor, head of
immigration department Brian T. Caisie have begun to publish as answers
on questions of student's visas and work possibilities for foreign
students. We remind you [1] that the "Ask Brian T. Caisie a question"
action was announced in the beginning of October. In connection of a
big flow of questions the processing of data took very much time and
has not been finished yet. Follow update on the site.

http://www.studycanada.ru/cgi-bin/issue.cgi?action=cat_article&cat_id=27

Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/22.12.2005/3/comments

Links:
[1] - http://eduabroad.ru/journal/journal/08.10.2005/2

--- A 10% discount for a summer holiday program for children in the UK

Students International gives a 10% discount for the new language
program for teenagers of 14-17 of age in the UK when booked until
February 7. The main peculiarity of the program Discover & learn is
that students learn English not in the classrooms but outside - during
strolls, excursions, etc. The summer language center is situated in a
resort city Birchington-on-Sea and it offers study since July 2 to
August 13. The minimal duration of the course is starting from 2 weeks.

http://www.studinter.ru/?go=news&act=det&nid=138

Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/23.12.2005/1/comments

COLUMNISTS

--- Optimistic outlook of informational technologies
/by Alexey Volkov/
On the site of New Zealand Wellington Institute of Technology an update
has recently appeared which makes happy students and specialists with
its optimism...

To read further:
http://eduabroad.ru/volkov/35/comments

--- Tornado
/by Vladimir Neliubov/
Catharine and Rita hurricanes, rushed past the Southern stated of
America, have caused a real turmoil among my friends and acquaintances
...

To read further:
http://eduabroad.ru/nelubov/14/comments

VACANTCIES

--- The vacancy of a manager of educational programs abroad from the
educational center "Global Link".

The educational center "Global Link" invites to work as a manager of
educational programs abroad.

Demands: higher education, working experience not less that 3 years,
communicativeness, availability of the partner's and client's data base
is welcomed (the UK is preferable). Fluent English, experience of work
with VIP clients.

Salary: according to the results of an interview from 700 $ + %

Contact information: 202-10-47, 545-58-96, globa...@mail.ru
(Larisa).

EVENTS

December 31: NEW YEAR! :-)

January 12 and 19: seminars in Work & Travel USA program ("Otkrytyi
Mir")

http://eduabroad.ru/journal/13.12.2005/1

January 16: seminar "Education in the New Zealand" ("Otkrytyi Mir")

http://eduabroad.ru/journal/14.12.2005/2

January 18: seminar in Istituto Europeo di Design program ("Otkrytyi
Mir")

January 26: meeting with Embassy CES representative (BSI Group)

http://eduabroad.ru/journal/08.12.2005/1

February 8: seminar "Academic year abroad in state schools" ("Otkrytyi
Mir")