Sentences with phrase «student in a foreign country»

Okay, I am currently a grad student in a foreign country which is cool and wonderful and educational and definitely worth the money.

Focused on providing students with a cover against financial losses arising due to medical issues and illness - related eventualities, travel insurance for students give financial security to students in a foreign country.

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Listing «problems» standing in the way of U.S. economic growth, Dimon cited American immigration policies that often prevent foreign college students from getting a job in this country after they graduate.

Then there are the foreign students — all those young Chinese and Koreans studying at Central St Martin's University of the Arts in King's Cross, the European students on Erasmus exchange programmes around the country (doubly bad no doubt in Mr Farage's eyes since it's an EU scheme, that also sends Britons to the Continent, where they might too pick up the habit of speaking these foreign languages), the students from the Indian sub-continent studying engineering and computer science, students from around the globe trying to acquire or improve their grasp of the English language that can be their passport to a good job wherever in the globe they come from.

As the young female foreign minister of a country embedded in popular media imagination as a haven for all sorts of retrogressive elements, Ms. Khar's visit was bound to generate a lot of interest among the student body.

He reiterated the vision to make Ghana an educational hub, citing the number of foreign students who are acquiring knowledge in the various tertiary institutions in the country.

Business and academia wish to welcome foreign students to our universities and — as they rise to influence in their own countries — we then have willing partners in politics and business for decades to come.

«Our agencies in charge of educational development must find a way of encouraging our youth to aspire learning in the country's institutions but as well attract foreign students and researchers so that our global ranking of universities can soar,» Buhari said.

I remember, back as a student starting out with two majors, biology and English language and literature, at the University of Szeged in Hungary in 1993, how keen I became to study anthropology for my master's in biology in a foreign country.

This effect has been true even in academia, in which the number of foreign students, who made up the majority of computer science (CS) departments, has dwindled in graduate schools across the country.

Furthermore, we are losing foreign students studying at advanced levels in the United States to their home countries who return to become leading researchers and innovators.

You'll need a total of 10 reference letters, including two from colleagues who like you but resent your tenure bid, one from the department head who has a disincentive to let you step on his or her turf, one from your graduate adviser whom you haven't seen in 10 years, one from a «superstar» in your field that will be ghostwritten by a secretary, two from foreign collaborators from countries where praise is considered weak, and three from students you've slept with.

The Humboldt Foundation, Germany's largest agency that provides financial support for foreign students, funded German - based fellowships for more than 2000 scientists from other countries in the past year alone.

A Republican - backed plan to allow foreign students with advanced degrees in science and engineering from U.S. universities to remain in the country failed today in the U.S. House of Representatives.

«The [Japanese] government is trying to increase the budget to support students and researchers studying or working in foreign countries,» Wada notes.

The idea of the program, which originated with Claudia Koch - Brandt (Mainz) and Joachim Herz and Nancy Street (UT Southwestern), is to give life science graduate students from both institutions the opportunity to work in a foreign laboratory, learn new methods and technical skills, and experience another country with, possibly, a different philosophy of science.

Foreign students are less likely to remain in the US if they are from countries with higher average income levels.»

The Eiffel program allows to train the next foreign decision makers, in the private and public sectors, in critical study fields, and encourage applications by students from emerging countries at Masters» level and emerging and industrialised countries at PhD level.

Drifting aimlessly through a foreign country is a time honoured tradition for college students in many cultures.

A California congressman is calling for greater oversight of behavior - modification schools in foreign countries that serve U.S. students, after authorities abruptly shut down several facilities in Mexico.

Australia has topped the US and Britain as the most expensive country in the world for foreign students, an international report has found.

As the country's economy grows and disrupts the economies of more developed countries — from 2000 to 2007 Vietnam's economy was the darling of many foreign investors before turning back in certain respects, but it is still projected to grow over 5 percent this year, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit — there will be a corresponding need to upgrade its workforce and educate more students to prepare them for a knowledge economy.

The report findings suggest that opportunity to study different religious faiths and traditions help promote understanding among students of different religious groups, that «carrier» subjects such as history, second or foreign languages and the social sciences, as well as physical education and art are also critical to the fostering of LTLT competencies in these countries.

The government will also be piloting a new student loan reimbursement programme for science and Modern Foreign Language (MFL) teachers in the early years of their career, targeted in the areas of the country that need them most.

«While lots of institutions developing programs and campuses overseas do nominally consider culture as they pursue these endeavors, I think many fail to recognize just how influential local culture will be to every aspect of their partnership in a foreign country, from student recruitment and retention to campus operations,» she says.

The United States» failure to educate its students leaves them unprepared to compete and threatens the country's ability to thrive in a global economy,» claims a task force sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations chaired by former New York City schools chancellor Joel I. Klein and former U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice.

The new competition is designed to challenge school, college and university students and language enthusiasts up and down the country to practise and improve their vocabulary in at least one foreign language.

The United States» failure to educate its students leaves them unprepared to compete and threatens the country's ability to thrive in a global economy and maintain its leadership role, finds a new Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)-- sponsored Independent Task Force report on U.S. Education Reform and National Security.

With respect to the documentation listed in clause (c) of this subparagraph, if the documentary evidence presented originates from a foreign country, the board of education or its designee may request verification of such documentary evidence from the appropriate foreign government or agency, consistent with the requirements of the Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 USC section 1232g), provided that the student must be enrolled in accordance with paragraph (2) of this subdivision and such enrollment can not be delayed beyond the period specified in paragraph (2) of this subdivision while the board of education or its designee attempts to obtain such verification.

How many universities will give credit to their students for distance courses offered by professors in foreign countries?

Nearly two - thirds of foreign exchange students surveyed, 64.1 percent, view American teens as valuing success at sports «much more» than teens in their home countries.

Originally created for my students in the country of Georgia who were learning geography in English as a foreign language, and from a syllabus for the first time (IGCSE).

I - 20 documents issued by CPS allow foreign students to apply for F - 1 visas in their home country.

Our students in DoDEA are the children of active duty military and DoD civilian families on military installations in 11 foreign countries, seven states, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

So, students make a decision to study in a foreign country because they can study in a well - reputed college or university that presents them better learning opportunities.

This is because most of the management students pursue their course in foreign countries.

This funding will make more titles available to students, as well as provide dedicated e-readers or reading app - enabled mobile phones to students in several foreign countries.

Worldreader has begun an initiative to put e-readers in the hands of young students in several countries, but even she had some considerations for publishers to take into account when developing content for children, factors such as keeping the file size manageable and not making it so graphics - intensive that it can not be used on lesser capable devices in foreign countries.

Under a decisions that was nearly five years in the making and which overturned a Second Circuit court decision against Kirtsaeng, the Supreme Court handed down a 6 - 3 ruling in favor of a foreign student attending school in the US who was buying less - expensive textbooks through his family in his native country and selling them at a slight markup to US students.

The student adviser told me that because I was study in a foreign country I needed to pass an English test, mandatory to begin the master.

For decades, colleges have run study abroad programs where students can have the privilege to live and learn in a foreign country for half a year.

Although living in a foreign country can be very expensive, there are certain hacks that can get you through your «student years» cost - effectively.

In the report, the Student Loans Company admitted that nearly 80,000 former foreign students who studied in the UK have left the country without paying back their student loan debIn the report, the Student Loans Company admitted that nearly 80,000 former foreign students who studied in the UK have left the country without paying back their student loaStudent Loans Company admitted that nearly 80,000 former foreign students who studied in the UK have left the country without paying back their student loan debin the UK have left the country without paying back their student loastudent loan debt.

But before you reach for your passport, it's important to note that ditching your student loans in a foreign country is bad for your current life, your future financial situation, and your loved ones.

According to the article, if you're a student loan borrower residing in another country, earning income from a foreign company, and not collecting U.S. taxes or Social Security benefits, loan companies or the government technically can not pursue you.

In addition, foreign tax treaties generally provide U.S. teachers, students, and trainees with special exemptions from the foreign treaty country's income tax.

In some countries, you will not be permitted to work in a foreign country, since you will be on a student visa rather than a work visIn some countries, you will not be permitted to work in a foreign country, since you will be on a student visa rather than a work visin a foreign country, since you will be on a student visa rather than a work visa.

Here I am, an obscure non-Australian citizen living in a foreign country (USA), sending an Email to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students and Registrar) of Macquarie University questioning the University's treatment of one of its employees (now ex-employee?).

Many law schools have developed programs for study abroad — not just the summer - abroad programs that have been standard fare for decades (that may or may not include instruction in foreign or international law), but also semester - abroad programs, exchange programs with law faculties in other countries, and special legal institutes with a comparative or international focus, including some that are situated in foreign jurisdictions.18 For example, Temple operates year - round programs with full - time faculty in Tokyo and Beijing; as well as a summer program in Rome; exchange relationships with the Universities of Cork, Tel Aviv, and Utrecht; and an Institute for International Law and Public Policy in Philadelphia.19 One of the more unusual efforts of this kind has been Georgetown's undertaking to create a completely new institution in London that is cooperatively run by several leading world universities and that brings together equal numbers of students from several different nations to study law together for a semester in a setting that is not tied to any single legal culture.20

My affinity to and interest for foreign countries is definitely due to the early experience as an exchange student in the USA.