US sneezes, India catches a cold

…………India has started feeling the pinch at the earliest signs of a recession in the US economy. Look at some of the recent headlines. “IT firms put off campus recruitments “, `Techies get pink slips’, `Indian students in US left in the lurch’, `US firms put a freeze on recruitments’. Well, the emerging scenario is spreading panic among those employed and aspiring for jobs in the IT/ITES sectors.………..The students who were offered campus placements last year are made to cool their heels. Indian students pursuing higher students in the US are in an equally sad predicament. After doing their MS and PhD, most students are unable to find a job in the US and are forced to return to India……..The risk of a full scale recession in the US is rising and India cannot remain immune to its impact. Indian economy went through a rough patch in 2000 when US saw one of its biggest recessions, leading to the infamous dot.com bust in India. [View Full Article]

Number of undergraduates predicted to decrease

Demographic changes in the UK will result in a decrease in the number of undergraduates in the UK student population over the next ten years, it has been predicted. The study from Universities UK forecast a moderate fall in the number of 18 to 20-year-olds between now and 2019, with this decrease being equal to 70,000 full-time graduates over the next decade.……….universities are in an excellent position to prepare for such fluctuations, but it is crucial that future government policy takes these demographic projections into account.'
………. it is important that the UK remains an attractive destination for international students and must continue to improve the rate of 16-year-olds staying on in education.
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More students set to study overseas

STATE school students will be able to live and study overseas for up to six months under a multimillion-dollar pilot program to be launched today.
The $400,000 Overseas Study Program, to be announced by Education Minister Bronwyn Pike as part of International Education Week, will allow more than 80 students from Victorian government schools to study overseas this year.
Destinations include the United States, Malaysia, China, Japan and Germany, with students to be away for between two weeks and six months.[view Full Article]