London Metropolitan  university’s licence to sponsor non-EU students was controversially revoked in August last year, leaving hundreds of students without courses. The Home Office said the university had now made the necessary improvements to its monitoring of students’ attendance and immigration status. But it remains on probation and foreign student recruitment is ...

AFP reported that Bollywood king Shah Rukh Khan has topped the first Celebrity 100 with annual estimated earnings last year of $37.7 million. In the list – a ranking of the country’s biggest entertainers based on income and popularity – fellow actor Salman Khan came in second with estimated earnings of ...

Lady Gaga provided a perfect metaphor for her own self-image early during her concert at the MGM Grand Garden Arena this past weekend. After the first couple of songs, she took the stage attached to a giant inflatable torso with the exaggerated features of a pregnant woman. As Gaga finished ...

Education in China: SANYA, China - Zhang Xiaoping's mother dropped out of school after sixth grade. Her father, one of 10 children, never attended. But Zhang, 20, is part of a new generation of Chinese taking advantage of a national effort to produce college graduates in numbers the world has never seen ...

CANADA Student Visa News: 08.01.2013 A raft of far-reaching proposals to overhaul K-12 level international education programmes in British Columbia, Canada – including a levy on foreign students – is being mooted by the provincial government. It says the reforms will protect the reputation of BC education abroad, but many in ...

The G20 world leaders have, for the first time, recognized the importance of travel and tourism as a driver of jobs, growth and economic recovery. The recognition was part of the Leaders’ Declaration from the annual meeting of the G20 held in Los Cabos, Mexico, June 18-19, 2012. “We recognize the ...

MUMBAI: In a move to woo students aspiring for admissions in Western universities and colleges for higher studies, private carrier Jet Airways today announced a special baggage scheme, which allows an additional baggage of 23 kgs besides numerous other benefits. Students flying out of India to select destinations across UK and ...

Indians’ money in Swiss banks may have risen for the first time in five years, but they account for a meagre 0.14 per cent of total foreign wealth deposited there — putting India at 55th place internationally for such funds. The total overseas funds in Switzerland’s banking system stood at 1.53 ...

While Air has stopped bookings for India, the low-cost airlines operating from other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are almost full as of now. The few available tickets have been priced too high for the common man to afford. Muscat: It’s a rush time to head home and a large number ...

Holidaymakers should read the small print on prepaid currency cards carefully – any savings can soon disappear Prepaid currency cards are, their promoters claim, safer than carrying cash, give holidaymakers better exchange rates and are cheaper than using a debit or credit card abroad. But beware the small-print charges that can ...