The International Student Blog

The international community and the net in general is buzzing at the moment as a video has surfaced of a student who is being tasered by UCLA police. What’s more the student appears to be Muslim, and though unconfirmed what appears to have happened is that when asked the student failed to show a valid student ID card.

There are lots of rumours going around the internet, and I don’t think all the facts are out – but this is obviously a very shocking event.

Viewer discretion is advised – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyvrqcxNIFs

Would love to hear your thoughts on this……

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During International Education Week 2006, the Open Doors Survey released it annual results of international student mobility in and out of the USA, and the signs are looking promising that the number of international students coming to the USA are on the rise again. Though the official figures show a slight fall from the previous year – 565,039 students in 2004/05 to 564,766 students in 2005/06 – the promising figures are in the number of new international student enrollments for 2005/06 which is up 8% to 142,923 new students enrolled in the Fall 2005 semester compared to 131,945 in the previous year.

Other findings in the report shows that for the fifth successive year, the University of California is the largest campus in the USA for international students with 6,881 students and Columbia University a close 2nd with 5,575 international students.

To read the full report and learn more about the official figures please visit:
http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/

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Don’t forget to get your entries into our competitions for International Education Week as you only have a few days left to win one of our amazing prizes!

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As some of you may already know, International Education Week 2006 (IEW) starts next monday on the 13th November and lasts all week until the 17th November 2006. IEW is a week of celebrations and promotions to enhance and promote international education to the world – and at InternationalStudent.com we have a few treats lined up for you!

To celebrate IEW 2006, we have lined up 4 great competitions for you which include:

– Win $2,000 in our travel competition
– Win a Samsung Mobile Phone
– Win £100 of UK High Street Vouchers
– Win an iPod Shuffle

Anyone can enter, and you can enter all 4 competitions quickly and easily – so get entering!

InternationalStudent.com IEW 2006

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The latest issue of the International Student Newsletter is on its way to you all now! This month we have:

In this issue:
– Introduction
– $2,000 Holiday Travel Contest — Video Entries Only!
– i-to-i Save 20% on Online English teaching courses
– Talk to the world – ESL Courses
– Featured Service: iCallAbroad.com
– Student Sound-off – HOT Topics from the mail bag
– Student News – from around the world
– TOEFL Scores Open More Doors
– Subscription Information
– Final Note

You can also view it online at:
http://www.internationalstudent.com/newsletter/issue93.shtml

Would you like to win $2,000?

Stupid question I know, but the brand new InternationalStudent.com Holiday Travel Competition has been launched and will net one lucky winner $2,000 to travel around the world! All you need to do is create a video telling us why we should send you away – be as funny, serious, informative….. just do what you want and send it in!

International Student – Holiday Travel Contest!

Learn more at:
http://www.iCallAbroad.com

At last – we are pleased to announce the launch of the brand new iCallAbroad.com website!

The new site, which provides new services and (of course) improved usability has been launched today with a full press roll out expected next week, but I wanted to let all our blog readers know first! The new site has some great International Calling Card services such as:

iCallAbroad USA – International Phone Card available for calling from the USA
iCallAbroad UK – a revolutionary new calling service for the UK that requires no account setup
iCallAbroad Traveler – Worldwide International Calling Card with access in over 100 countries
Sim Cards – International Sim Cards
Mobile Phone – Prepaid Mobile phones for the USA

Also sign up to the new iCallAbroad Newsletter and you will get the new issue next week.

Check out the new iCallAbroad.com Website today and let us know what you think!
http://www.iCallAbroad.com/

Just something that I use on a daily basis, so I know other students will find it handy is the timeanddate.com website which provides you with the time in major cities around the world! Certainly helps me

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

From an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, it has been reported that the British government has asked university lecturers and staff to “spy” on asian looking students as they believe the countries universities have become a breeding ground for Muslim extremists.

According to the article, which cites The Guardian newspaper in the UK, there is an 18 page report which describes the problem and the proposal for university staff to spy on students.

You can read the full article online at:
http://www.chronicle.com/