Hurray! It’s the holidays!

Whether it is summer or winter in your hemisphere, this month our newsletter brings you hot topics to help you with your academic life: Lizzie Fraser, our University Relations Manager, talks about the importance of a degree for a career, Tiina Niemi tells the main differences between countries when it comes to educationand Maria Barbosa shares her cultural mismatch experience when she moved to the Netherlands. Besides that, we: introduce you to the new GlobalCampus hit – the Ambassadors project, offer you full-tuition scholarships for masters in Engineering and invite you to participate in the development of a new feature for the website. Last but not least, check out what is happening behind the scenes at GlobalCampus!

Enjoy this newsletter without moderation and… wear sunscreen!

The GlobalCampus Team

I am making it happen!

Are you unhappy with the fact that so many people are left behind because they don’t have access to more educational opportunities?

In many countries, only 1% of students can go to university due to the lack of education infrastructure, while in others universities struggle to fill their seats. Moreover, every year hundreds of millions of dollars of scholarships available around the world go unclaimed – most likely because people who need it never get to know money is available for them to achieve their goals. Everyone loses out, because the advances in medicine, science and all fields of knowledge that those students could have created will never see the light.

GlobalCampus wants to change this reality. We want to enable a free, global flow of information between students, universities and organizations – so that students can have the maximum opportunity to develop their talents, regardless of where they were born or how connected their family is.

Do you want to see it happen too? Become a GlobalCampus Ambassador and let’s work together to connect all students with global opportunities!

Type “international scholarships” into Google. You should get about 15 million results.

If you’re a future international student, how do you find the right scholarship for study in a specific university program? How do you sort through the information to know which scholarship is right for you? If you’re a university administrator, how do you get your international scholarships to the right students? How do you get your scholarship and institution seen in a Google sea of scholarship listings?

At our second NAFSA this week we’ve been chatting non-stop at the GlobalCampus booth, showing off our international talent and telling universities and colleges all about our unique community. We’ve talked to university and college staff representing institutions from 6 continents, heard about their detailed plans to draw talent to their institutions, and the challenges they face in a time of budget cuts and reduced staff. And we’ve been inviting all of them to participate in our global community.

Here’s what universities are discovering at booth #436:

Spreading the word about GlobalCampus!
 
It’s been another busy few months not only here at GlobalCampus HQ but around the world! Maurizio de Franciscis, CEO of GlobalCampus, has attended and presented at events in Ghana, Bangladesh and Finland (see press section). Glyn James, International Officer at University of Wales, Newport, will be making a trip to meet Abena in Accra, Ghana, as part of his tour to Africa! This is an exclusive event for GlobalCampus users and we are proud to be organising it. If you would like GlobalCampus to visit your school or university, please get in touch. Alternatively, if you are interested in accompanying Maurizio on one of his country rollouts, please get in touch via the feedback form!