Study Abroad News from Russia / 17.04.2006
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DISTRICT
The "Otkrytyy Mir" educational group presents a special offer on
education in best Canadian secondary schools of British Columbia
province. There is a 650 Canadian dollar discount for a year of studies
in one of the groups of schools situated on Vancouver Island.
Details:
http://www.open-world.ru/special.php?s=68
NEWS
--- In 2005 the number of foreign students in Holland increased by 10%
According to Dutch Justice Department, the number of foreign students
who choose for further education Dutch educational institutions
increased by 10% for last year in comparison with 2004. In 2005
Immigration and Naturalization Department (IND) received near 6,500
applications from foreigners for student's visas while there were 5,924
visas issued last year.
Justice Department published the data last Friday in response to
complains about the Netherlands authorities hampering foreign students'
entry. As International Students Organization (ISO) announced earlier,
it gets many numerous complains concerning difficulties in getting
visa. According to ISO's representatives, it led to reducing by one
third the number of students coming to the Netherlands to study.
Immigration and Naturalization Department, which is a part of Justice
Department, disproved ISO data, mentioning that it became out of date.
>From 2002 till 2004 a reduce in foreign students' inflow was really
registered but it happened because the European Union was widened:
students from 10 new countries do not need a visa. (According to
Eurogates.)
http://forum.eurogates.ru/viewtopic.php?t=738
Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/05.04.2006/2/comments
--- British Visa Centers open on May 2
A new visa center where the Russians will have to get visas to the UK
is to be opened in Moscow on May 2. Its address is: Pryamoy pereulok,
12, building 1. Similar centers will be opened in 10 other Russian
cities: St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Rostov-Na-Donu, Voronezh,
Samara, Nizhniy Novgorod, Ufa, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk and
Vladivostok, informs RATA-news.
It's the opinion of the UK ambassador in Russia Antony Brenton that
after introduction of the new system the general amount of visa's
expenses will become absolutely predictable. If before, 70% of the
Russians who applied for visa resorted to services of couriers and
travel agencies who often took a substantial reward for their help,
then now there is a common size of the visa registration fee - 900
roubles in addition to the cost of the visa itself.
We remind that starting from May 2, 2006 British Embassy in Russia
passes organizational and administrative functions of receiving visa
documents to mediators - companies VFS and "Interlink" (Star Travel's
subdivision). That is, now the documents should be applied not directly
to British Embassy and consulates in Russia but through mediating
company's offices - in so-called British visa centers. There employees
will check whether the application forms are filled in correctly,
accept documents and visa duties. The decision to give or to refuse a
visa will still be taken by the visa department employees of British
Embassy in Moscow and the UK consulate general in St. Petersburg and
Yekaterinburg. After solving the visa issue, an applicant could collect
documents in the British visa center.
The fact that British Embassy chose as a mediator a travel company Star
Travel satisfied far not everyone [1]. Other Russian travel operators
regarded it as "a try to monopolize the direction". Learn details of
new British visa centers and what British Embassy thinks concerning
accusations in "monopoly" on the embassy's site [2].
http://ratanews.ru/news/news_11042006_3.stm
Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/12.04.2006/1/comments
Links:
[1] - http://eduabroad.ru/journal/journal/16.03.2006/4
[2] -
http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1140688898051
--- Moscowers have to hand over documents for a visa to Italy
personally
People of Moscow and Moscow region who desire to get Italian visas have
to hand over necessary documents to Italian Consulate only personally.
They cannot hand over documents by proxy, as before, even if there are
Italian visas in the foreign passport, informs RATA-news. According to
National Tourism Department of Italy (ENIT) press attache Tatiana
Bozhko, the innovation that has been active for a week in Italian
Consulate refers to private persons only. Besides, so far the rule is
not applied to people of other Russian cities. Those applicants, as it
used to be before, could hand over documents by proxy.
http://ratanews.ru/news/news_12042006_14.stm
Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/12.04.2006/2/comments
--- British Council in St. Petersburg moves to Nevskyy Prospekt
British Council in St. Petersburg is going to move in the beginning of
June to the new office in the downtown near the metro station "Nevskyy
Prospekt". British Council is going to occupy two floors. In the
premises on the 5th floor visitors will be able to use information and
librarian services. On the 6th floor there will be the BC office itself
dealing with projects in the sphere of education, art and science, and
examination service. The new office's address is Nevskyy Prospekt, 32.
Its area is twice bigger than the previous one - in Fontanka where
British Council has dwelt for 12 years. We remind [1] that along with
moving BC in Petersburg "loses" the educational center on which base
the English language courses were being held.
Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/12.04.2006/3/comments
Links:
[1] - http://eduabroad.ru/journal/journal/29.11.2005/1
--- Tourist business secrets - in the educational tour to Greece
Travel company "Labirinth" offers [1] an educational tour to Greece for
students majoring in tourism and for young specialists in the sphere of
tourism and hotel business. The tour program that will be held from
June 30 to July 7 in Alexandropoulos includes master classes, seminars,
sightseeing and entertainment programs. Besides, the tour participants
will take part in a competition and the winners will get opportunity to
have a paid training period in the companies that organize the
educational tour. Additional information about the program and
conditions of participation can be found on the site [2] of the
organizer.
Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/13.04.2006/1/comments
Links:
[1] - http://eduabroad.ru/journal/press/21
[2] - http://www.labirint.com.ru/
--- Ask the USA ambassador a question
In 2005 USA embassy issued to the Russians about 80,000 non-immigration
visas, which is by 20% more than last year. In particular, the number
of student's visas issued increased by 45%. The failure quote in
non-immigration visas issuing reduced distinctly having dropped in 2005
till the mark 15%. These are the data given by the USA Ambassador in
Russia William J. Burns in response to an official USA site visitor's
question. Now you also have a possibility to ask the Ambassador a
question about U.S.-Russia relations.
http://usembassy.ru/embassy/embassyr.php?record_id=ask_ambassador
Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/13.04.2006/2/comments
--- SwissUp ranking
SwissUp published its ranking of institutions in Switzerland in the
fields of exact and natural sciences as well as medicine. The three
leaders in the field of exact sciences teaching are High Technical
school of Lozanna, High technical school of Zurich and Basel
University. In the field of medicine and pharmaceutics the best are
universities of Basel, Burn and Geneva. In natural sciences High
Schools of Lozanna and Zurich as well as universities of Basel and Burn
distinguished themselves. When composing SwissUp Ranking 2006
activities of Swiss universities were compared with data of
institutions of Austria and Germany. That was first made [1] last year.
http://www.swissup.com/r2k3_main.cfm?upid=EN
Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/13.04.2006/4/comments
Links:
[1] - http://eduabroad.ru/journal/journal/25.04.2005/1
--- A free educational trip is raffling off
On April 17 the quiz "Interesting facts" launches on the Denis' School
site. Participants need to answer questions on education and history.
Winners get a free program of study abroad. Those who won't get into
the final will get a consolation prize - a storage discount card with
face-value from 5 to 15%. More detailed information about the
competition could be found through tel.: 933-2020.
http://www.dsint.ru/news/podr/7/
Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/14.04.2006/1/comments
--- Where to find money for education abroad?
The "Inostranets" site posts a review of foreign grants and
scholarships. The information is particularly practical: conditions and
demands description, contact information. It is unknown what the
principle of selecting scholarship and grant programs was. The article
gives information on one studying program in US, Canada, Germany, Japan
and Israel, and two programs - for study in the UK.
http://www.inostranets.ru/art08.shtml
Comments:
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/14.04.2006/2/comments
COLUMNISTS
--- Notes on Vurzburg
/By Timur Akhmerov/
"Our town is a big village", - that is how we spoke about our half a
million town when we were schoolchildren. Now that provincial Russian
settlement seems a big metropolis: Vurzburg that inhabits just 130,000
people turned over our idea of ...
To read further:
http://eduabroad.ru/ahmerov/1/comments
EVENTS
April 8, 25, 27: the "Alma Mater: Education for your child" exhibition
(Begin Group)
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/04.04.2006/2
April 18, 20: the " Education for adults" exhibition (Begin Group)
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/13.04.2006/3
April 19: meeting with a SHMS representative ("Otkrytyy Mir")
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/15.04.2006/1
April 20: the "How to get a student's visa to USA?" consultation
(American Councils, SPb)
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/04.04.2006/1
May 31: Istituto Europeo di Design presentation
http://eduabroad.ru/journal/11.04.2006/1
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