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Canadian Colleges See Surge of Foreign Students. It’s Not Just Politics.

Canadian universities may have a more international feel this fall.<p>Enrollment of international students will be sharply higher, universities say, and the incoming freshmen include large numbers of high school students from the United States. With the increase coming during the first year of a …

Elite athletes on fast track to business school | Financial Times

When a knee injury forced Lashinda Demus to withdraw from contention for the US team at the Rio Olympics, the former world champion hurdler, who had …

Rotman’s startup lab extends reach to the West Coast

<i>The Globe's biweekly business-school news roundup.</i><p>At the Creative Destruction Lab at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, high-tech startups with potential to transform the economy receive coaching and other support from successful entrepreneurs, angel investors and top MBA …

It’s a cross between beach volleyball and soccer, and it’s debuting at Olympics

Amid the sun, sand and sexy bodies on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach, a Brazilian named Octavio de Moraes invented footvolley.<p>The sport — beach …

The coolest sport in Brazil isn’t even being held at the Olympics

By Rick Maese and<p>Rick Maese<p>Reporter covering a variety of subjects, including health and safety, Olympics, legal and political issues in sports<p>Email Bio Follow<p>Dom Phillips<p>Dom Phillips<p>Bio Follow<p>RIO DE JANEIRO — The coolest sport in Brazil takes place outside the Olympic bubble. There are no cameras …

It’s a cross between beach volleyball and soccer, and it’s debuting at the Olympics

Amid the sun, sand and sexy bodies on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach, a Brazilian named Octavio de Moraes invented footvolley.<p>The sport — beach …

Coconuts and trash cans: A 'crazy' recipe for beach tennis success

<b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS</b><p>Vinicius Font is the first non-Italian player to be ranked No. 1 in beach tennis<br>• Last year he helped Brazil to become the first other nation to win world title<br>• He initially played normal tennis, but took up the beach version in 2008<br>• Font believes the game is worthy of a future place at …

Footvolley : Intro

Beach Tennis Basics by the ITF

The impact of Eton College on Windsor’s property market | Financial Times

A better economic prospect than China. No doubt the old boys of Eton College — it accepts no girls, alas — will have been gratified by the news. Last …

Specialty degrees reach out to non-business students

<i>The Globe's biweekly business-school news roundup.</i><p>Specialty degrees are a fast-growing segment of graduate business education, targeting undergraduates who lack the academic prerequisites or work experience (or both) typically required for a traditional master of business administration program.<p>The …

Independent school pupils 'twice as likely to attend elite universities'

Figures published today by the Department for Education show that pupils from fee paying schools are twice as likely to attend a Russell Group university and five times as likely to attend Oxbridge<p>Pupils from independent schools are over twice as likely to attend a Russell Group university than …

Private school pupils 'two years ahead' of state educated peers by the age of 16

A new study has found private school students outperformed state pupils in every subject at GCSE on average<p>Privately educated children are two years ahead of pupils in the state sector by the time they reach the age of 16, according to a new study.<p>Researchers from Durham University compared early …

Cambridge announces written entrance test amid elitism row | Financial Times

Cambridge university will introduce a written entrance test as part of its admissions process.<p>The university-wide tests will be standardised by …

Comprehensive schools catch up with private in CEO count | Financial Times

The number of FTSE 100 chief executives educated at non-selective state schools has for the first time equalled those who went to fee-paying private …

Asia drives demand for international schools

<b>Another top boarding school in England is setting up a school in China, travelling the path taken by schools such as Harrow, Dulwich College, Malvern and Wellington.</b><p>But when Wycombe Abbey, a girls' boarding school in Buckinghamshire, opens its doors in China in September, it will be not be …

Intellectual property: investing in higher education | Financial Times

Benjamin Franklin once said that “an investment in knowledge pays the best interest”. The structural shifts in higher education in particular, which …

Scholarships up the ante in fight for top MBA students | Financial Times

Matida Ndlovu has been lucky twice over in her education.<p>First, as a teenager, she emigrated from Zimbabwe, which at the time was plagued by economic …

Which countries are the top destinations for foreign students?

Where do the world’s students go when they don’t want to study at home? As higher education becomes increasingly competitive, and students become …

Erasmus Impact Study

<b>The text below refers to the Erasmus Impact Study which was carried out 2012 and 2013. ESN is currently involved in a follow-up study, running</b> …

Beach Ultimate

What is Beach Ultimate?<p>Beach Ultimate is a team sport played in three formats: Open (men), Women, and Mixed (co-ed). Each team has 5 players on the …

Beach ultimate: a future Olympic sport?

Beach ultimate disc-sport, a five-on-five game played with a flying plastic disc, could eventually become an Olympic sport. For now, it's a …

Should You Buy Bottled Alkaline Water?

<b>READ THE FACTS ON BOTTLED ALKALINE WATER BEFORE YOU BUY IT</b>. — There are many brands of <b>bottled alkaline water</b> being developed, like<p>Essentia Water, …

The Truth About Barefoot Training

Here's what you need to know...<p>Faulty foot and ankle mechanics impact muscle function, mechanics, and joint health throughout the entire body.<br>• Most …

PUC SURF 2014

Swiss top world ranking of business talent

The country which often gets its reputation through the commercial successes of watches, cheese and chocolate has been named the best in the world …

Entrevue avec Karelle Bélanger, de Voyages Ciel d'Azur

<b>Rivière-du-Loup - À chaque parution, le feuillet écononomique du CLD de la région de Rivière-du-Loup propose une entrevue afin de mettre en valeur</b> …

Read the 2016 Canadian University Report

Real Housemates of campus<p>It took Mallory Hewlko and her roommate more than two weeks to realize that neither of them knew the two British guys staying in their basement. Somehow, they had acquired new roomies without even knowing it.<p>Savings gap<p>What to do when the bank of mom and dad …