Agenda 2030: Chinese Students ‘Will Flock to United Kingdom’! #highered

2022 International Higher Education Forum ('IHEF'): 50,000 Chinese students will apply to undergraduate programmes in the UK by 2030 #China #highered

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) March 28, 2022

2022 IHEF: 24,000 of the 50,000 undergraduate applications from China in 2030 are likely to be accepted, representing a 'staggering' 70% absolute increase from the 2021 figure of 14,000 #China #highered #UnitedKingdom

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) March 28, 2022

Analysis: the stampede of Chinese students to British universities means that 1/700 Chinese nationals in the 17-25 age group (0.1428%) will be studying in the UK by 2030 #China #UnitedKingdom #internationalstudents

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) March 28, 2022

To watch: the end of the one-child policy (1980-2015) means that China's teenage population is set to rise; UK universities must remain proactive in attracting this critical demographic https://t.co/9bIG3paTTF #China #highered

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) March 28, 2022

Hitting Fast Forward: Ukrainian Students ‘Enter Warp Drive’!

Dublin: Ukrainian students entering the Republic of Ireland will be given EU fee status instead of that allocated to non-EU international students #internationalstudents #Ukraine

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) March 21, 2022

Simon Harris (Minister for Further and Higher Education, Republic of Ireland): Ukrainian students will also have access to student grants and support, including English language training for those who need it #highered #highereducation #Ukraine

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) March 21, 2022

Analysis: Ireland's benevolent actions towards Ukrainian students are exemplary, but (i) their acknowledgment that Russian students in Ireland will also be supported; and (ii) that the actions of the Russian state 'are no reflection on its people' also need to be emulated #edchat

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) March 21, 2022

To watch: #Ukraine's EU candidacy – which was viewed as incredibly distant until recently – could be dramatically accelerated, but existing candidates may gripe about the endless delays to their own applications https://t.co/1vhf5Gl4jc

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) March 21, 2022

Five-Year Plan Latest: Chinese Student Population in UK Growing Near-Exponentially! #internationalstudents

Higher Education Statistics Authority (UK): the number of Chinese students at British universities now stands at around 144,000 – a 50% increase in just five years (2017-2022) #university #internationalstudents #China

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) March 16, 2022

The spike in the number of Chinese international students at UK universities comes despite a seemingly endless series of foreign policy blunders, many of them rooted in mindless #xenophobia #internationalstudents

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) March 16, 2022

Analysis: every year, a staggering 0.7m Chinese students leave their home country to study abroad, illustrating that this aspect of #globalisation is deep and seemingly unstoppable #highered

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) March 16, 2022

To watch: with the world seemingly bifurcating into two opposing power blocs, education sectors worldwide could become politicised in the cause of 'national security', a trend which should be resisted in the name of sanity https://t.co/XQ0JgS1hxl

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) March 16, 2022

Class of 87 Latest: Japan Still Locking Out Almost All International Students! #COVID19

Tokyo: Japan has decided to let in no more than a symbolic number of international students – 87, to be precise – as the government embarks on a distinctly lukewarm easing of its ultra-draconian #COVID19 border restrictions #Educationisnottourism

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) January 22, 2022

The select cohort of 87 international students being permitted to enter Japan all have less than one year left of their studies, but will still be required to quarantine for ten days after their arrival at 'special' hotels #COVID19 #Japan #Educationisnottourism

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) January 22, 2022

Analysis: Japan's extremely limited relaxation of their #COVID19 border policies means that more than 99.999% of c.150,000 international students who have been waiting to enter the country since as far back as Q1/2020 remain in total limbo #edchat #edu #Educationisnottourism

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) January 22, 2022

To watch: the long term effects of Japan's extreme and arguably ultra-discriminatory #COVID19 border regime could include the evisceration of its soft power credentials; any biosecurity benefits are being outweighed by an erosion of credibility #Japan https://t.co/Alb88Prm4h

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) January 22, 2022

I Can’t Get No Satisfaction: US School Leaders ‘Overwhelmed’! #EdChat

The New York Times: just 35% of secondary school principals in the United States strongly agree that they are 'generally satisfied' in their jobs, down from 63% in 2019 #educhat #teachertwitter

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) January 5, 2022

NYT: just 23% of US secondary school head teachers 'strongly agree' that the size of their admin team is adequate to support staff and students, while a mere 21% have the same opinion about the number and/or quality of student services personnel to hand #edu #education

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) January 5, 2022

Analysis: the 44.4% decline (2019 to 2021) in the proportion of American secondary school principals enjoying strong levels of general occupational satisfaction should send alarm bells ringing at the Department of Education #edutwitter

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) January 5, 2022

To watch: 68% of principals in US secondary schools are worried about teacher burnout and teacher shortages; the 'Great Resignation' could yet paralyse the education sector in certain territories #GenerationCOVID #edchat #edutwitter #teachertwitter https://t.co/pTh2yDdHza

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) January 5, 2022

Authoritarian Virus Latest: Parents ‘Sent on Two-Year School Trip’! #edchat #Greece #COVID19

Athens: parents who do not send their children to school because of #COVID19 measures such as forced mask-wearing will face the possibility of two years in jail and a fine #Greece #humanrights #edchat

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) December 23, 2021

Alexandros Koptsis, Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs (Greece): 'If a prosecutor deems it necessary, parents could even be deprived of custody' if their children do not attend school owing to #COVID19 measures #humanrights #childrensrights #edu

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) December 23, 2021

Analysis: given that the previous penalty for non-enrollment at school was a mere €59/US$67, the new Greek law appears to be yet another example of extreme #COVID19-specific legislation #schools

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) December 23, 2021

To watch: one of the many reasons that the responses to #COVID19 will dominate global #education for the next decade-plus is the absence of proportionality when drafting legislation; as ever in such situations, lawyers will be kept busy https://t.co/jR1YKzYbbE

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) December 23, 2021

Lost Generation Latest: Children Born During Pandemic ‘Disadvantaged for Life’!

Brown University study: children born during the coronavirus #pandemic 'have significantly reduced overall cognitive performance', as well as stunted verbal and motor skills #lockdowns #WHO

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) November 26, 2021

The mean IQ score for children aged 3-36 months hovered around 100 in the decade before the response to #COVID19; the new score is now just 78 #intelligence #humanrights #WHO

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) November 26, 2021

Analysis: the Brown University study on the sharp decline in children's cognitive performance owing to lack of stimulation during #lockdowns raises enormous policy questions at the highest level #WHO

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) November 26, 2021

To watch: the fallout from the collateral damage-defined fight against #COVID19 will likely dominate the education sector for at least the next 10-20 years; schools are almost universally ill-prepared for what's to come https://t.co/EKJokfLlDt

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) November 26, 2021

Japan International Student Crisis: Young Scholars Echo Mediolana Analysis #JapanTravelBan #JapanEntryBan

As predicted in a recent piece – Education Is Like Oxygen: Why Mediolana Went Viral In Japan #JapanEducationBan (8th November 2021) – published on our corporate website, this week’s official lifting of the Japanese entry ban on international students is thus far having a largely theoretical effect on the fortunes of international students wishing to continue their studies in Asia’s third-largest economy.

Our commentary on this issue has clearly resonated with this dynamic demographic; below, we present a selection of supportive tweets from young scholars who are being denied entry to a country they only wish to serve.

もう諦めたいですよ！ https://t.co/he3ohA5Gj1

— Cornelia T. コネーリア (@cornelia_tk) November 8, 2021

SPREAD THE TRUTH https://t.co/hghTEYqcYm

— 黒子kuroko (@oldblackie) November 8, 2021

https://twitter.com/ErrGoIAm/status/1457723748287533057

KINGS https://t.co/XzPRjQ1Y6T pic.twitter.com/YGo4bDxKQt

— カルッピKasumin#1Idol (@Carla_AidoruFan) November 8, 2021

Why😭they can't understand it.
Please let us enter to Japan in this year 🥺😭😭😭😭
Please…we are not criminals,not terrorist… We are just students,who just want to study,and make our dream come true..#JapanEntryBan #日本留学の扉を開く #opentheborderstostudents https://t.co/bI9pdbB8fr

— wolf girl (@wolfnevergiveup) November 8, 2021

#JapanTravelBan: Fresh Analysis on the International Student Dimension #EducationIsNotTourism

As the leaves fall from the trees in London, England – the city of this company’s headquarters – we’re happy to point you in the direction of a seminal new article that’s just been published on our corporate website. Education Is Like Oxygen: Why Mediolana Went Viral In Japan #JapanEducationBan tells the story of a tweet which tapped into one of global higher education’s hottest contemporary topics – the international student ban implemented by Asia’s third-largest economy.

Enjoy!

Lost in Translation: Japan ‘Committing Soft Power Harakiri’! #languageschools #highered

Tokyo: 93% of foreign students who enrolled across 480 Japanese language schools in 2021 have not yet received permission to enter Japan #COVID19 #Japan #japantravelban

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) October 10, 2021

Incredibly, the 15,877 foreign students still awaiting the green light to get into Japan for their 2021 language courses are joining another 7,000 from 2020 #japantravelban #COVID19

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) October 10, 2021

Analysis: having hosted the most downbeat Olympics on record, Japan is risking turning away its most enthusiastic future advocates while most of the rest of the world is moving on from #COVID19 #SoftPower #Japan

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) October 10, 2021

To watch: many international #students are already giving up on their Japanese dream, instead continuing their studies in South Korea and Taiwan; the incoming Fumio Kishida cabinet should prioritise the swift phasing-out of restrictions #COVID19 #highered https://t.co/rUhauT4DK0

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) October 10, 2021