Industry body Assocham in India has said that the Indian students roughly estimated at 450,000 is spending $ 13 billion every year to secure admission for higher education into foreign universities, since they are not able to get seats in the domestic academic institutions. Over 90 % students who appear in IIT and IIM entrance examinations cannot get seats […]
“Watch Out”: Advice for U.S. college students traveling and studying abroad in foreign countries
The FBI—as the lead counterintelligence agency in the U.S.—has ramped up efforts recently to educate American university students preparing to study abroad about the dangers of knowingly or unknowingly getting caught up in espionage activities. The FBI websites lists the following information to help students avoid recruitment: How do foreign intelligence officers routinely interact with […]
Study: UK banks charge SMEs £4bn in hidden international money transfer costs per year
96% of bank revenues from foreign currency transactions are hidden from small business customers The worst offender is Barclays which makes an average of 3.68% on transfers Study ranks the best and worst banks across different transaction sizes Cambridge, UK, 12th January 2016 – A new study has found that UK banks charge small […]
Studying Abroad: the future of US universities and their students
Thousands of students each year leave their home countries to study at foreign universities. For years, the US has been the most popular choice for many students choosing to broaden their horizons. However, a new global migration report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation stated that in 2000 around 1 in 4 students looking for […]
National Bio and Agro Defense Facility in Kansas remains a probable target of foreign spies and operatives
On August 29, 2014 U.S. Senators Pat Roberts , Jerry Moran, and Representative Tim Huelskamp received a tour from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of the future home of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, Kansas on the campus of Kansas State University. Here is some of Senator Pat Robert’s comments: […]
ISIS is not simply a bunch of Sunni Syrians or Sunni Iraqis, they include “hundreds of foreign fighters”, warns Senator Rubio
On June 20, 2014 Senator Marco Rubio of Florida asked for permission to address the United States Senate regarding the situation in Iraq. Here is some of what he had to say: “I believe the United States, working in conjunction with others in the region, needs to do everything we can to cut off ISIL’s […]
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