Graduate education in English throughout Europe

According to research by the Institute of International Education (IIE), USA, the number of English-taught Masters courses available in Europe has risen dramatically since 2007. The Netherlands and Germany are the countries with the widest offer, followed by Sweden, Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, Finland and Denmark.
The IIE study, which takes data from MastersPortal.eu, Europe’s most popular source of information about post graduate courses, found there were 4,664 programs taught entirely or partly in English in 2012, up from 1,500 in 2007 and just 560 in 2002.
Business & economics and engineering & technology are the most common disciplines taught in English.

International student concierges in the UK

A new service for international students was recently launched in the UK: Only Student Concierge. For a starting price tag of 12,000 British pounds per year, students will receive support in everything from stocking the fridge with food to organising an internship, getting academic counseling, etc.

Read more at: http://thepienews.com/news/new-concierge-service-for-internationals-in-uk/

Airports and airports

Although not as directly related to studying or working abroad, I came accross these links to the world's best and worst airports and thought I would share, as it adds some colour to this blog :)

Worst airports- http://www.frommers.com/slideshow/?p=1&group=786&cat_cd=AIRFARE#slide

Most beautiful airports- http://www.frommers.com/slideshow/?p=1&group=785&cat_cd=AIRFARE#slide

Scholarships for study abroad for Scottish students

Scotland is the latest country to invest in scholarships to encourage outbound study abroad, with Scottish universities, colleges and student organisations now having access to UK£130,000 to fund such projects. This is in addition to a scheme to encourage Scots to study in China and an established inbound initiative under the same Saltire scheme.

You can check http://www.scotlandscholarship.com/ for more information.

Las ciudades más caras para vivir

Recientemente Mercer Consulting publicó un estudio en el que compara el costo de vida en 214 ciudades del mundo. Este análisis, que está basado en el costo de más de 200 items que incluyen alojamiento, comida, transporte y entretenimiento es sumamente útil para quienes están armando un presupuesto para estudiar o trabajar en el exterior.
Los primeros 5 puestos los ocupan: Tokio (Japón), seguido por Luanda (Angola), Osaka (Japón), Moscú (Rusia) y Ginebra (Suiza).