English-taught programs in SE Asia offering students new opportunities
Staff, 2022-12-07 03:48:11,
According to a new report by Studyportals and the British Council, 25 higher education institutions across the three countries are offering 1,188 English-taught programs.
Studyportals said the growth in English-taught programs has “significant implications for international student mobility”.
“It means that prospective students have access to more programs in a wider range of destinations than ever before,” Edwin van Rest, CEO and co-founder of Studyportals, said.
A 2021 global iteration of the report found that 15 institutions in Malaysia were running 848 programs and seven in Singapore were offering 272 courses.
“In the global report, we were quite pleased and surprised to see the 77% growth [in English-taught programs outside Australia, NZ, UK, US and Canada]. But it seems now that that growth is accelerating,” Megan Agnew, IELTS Global Partnerships manager, said during the British Council’s Going Global APAC conference in Singapore.
“It seems like English-taught programs are doing something that potentially no other part of international higher education is.”
While Studyportals acknowledged that exact growth in programs could be a result of both Studyportals listings becoming more comprehensive and more courses being added, universities adapting to teaching in English “will make global talent corridors more distributed and symmetrical”.
“[It is] good news for students, for GDP and for a more equal and connected global…
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