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Welcome to the 116th Newsletter!
We are in full gear with our Annual Travel Video
Contest as some really good entries are already starting to come in.
The deadline for the competition is the 31st of October - so there's
still time to get shooting, editing and enter for your chance to win
the $3,000 Grand Prize!
Also, read below about a slick new computer game to
help combat culture shock in the UK.
Have a great month, and good luck with those
videos!
Ross Mason
Editor, InternationalStudent.com
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In this issue:
- Annual Video Contest
- USA Sim Card
- From the Mailbag
- Computer Game
- Fun Site of the Month
- Student News
- Learn French
- Internships/ Jobs
- Last Word
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 The 2008 Annual Travel Video contest is well
underway, and from looking at the entries that we have received
already, judging is going to be just as hard as in previous years!
Luckily we have a judging
panel to help us.
We simplified the contest this year to make
it easier to shoot and send your videos to us. All you need to do is
make a film no longer than 5 minutes in length (with no minimum
length requirement) telling us why you want to study/ travel abroad.
It could not be easier - you can also take a look at
the past winners and runners up from 2006
and
2007
to get some inspiration.
For more information about the contest and to see
the full rules and regulations, please visit our travel
video contest site.
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One of the best ways to keep in touch with family
and friends when you are studying or traveling in the USA is through
your mobile phone. With technology these days, you can now travel
from country to country and still keep your same phone and phone
number - however the main downside to this can be the high price of
calling and texting while roaming.
The best solution is to purchase a prepaid USA sim
card which you can put in your existing phone. The sim card will
give you a local USA number so that people can call you easily at
normal calling prices. What's more, you can even bundle in
international calling so you can drastically reduce your
international calls - right from your mobile phone with rates as low
as 5 cents per minute.
Please learn more about the USA TMobile Sim Card.
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Our fun site of the month, in the next item, is more useful than fun.
So to be fair, we thought we would share a new computer game that is
both useful and fun, designed to help international students in the
UK adjust to life in their new country.
C-Shock is a fully interactive game playable on the
internet or on your mobile phone. The game, developed at the
University of Portsmouth in the UK, follows an international student
just arriving in the UK for the first time. The new student
encounters all kinds of aspects of British life, and can play games,
take quizzes or just stroll around and pick up little cultural
tidbits.
Its also useful for anyone that encounters
international students, as it helps open eyes to things about your
own culture that may seem strange to someone from another country.
Best of all, the game is free. Check it out:
https://www.techshout.com/gaming/2007/30/c-shock-mobile-game-helping-students-to-deal-with-culture-shock-created-by-portsmouth-university/
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Most likely if you're reading this newsletter, you
are either an international student, a prospective international
student or someone who is interested in the field of international
education. If so, you will have to deal with different currencies
from around the world - and you will need to work out what one
currency equals in another.
The fun site of the month this week is one of my
life saving tools and is my #1 bookmark - XE.com
XE
provides live market rates for currencies all around the world, plus
it has a tool to work out exchange rates between two differing
currencies. I love this site, I think you'll find it very useful.
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Education Tops Tourism in Australia as Vocational
Education Soars
Education exports, which includes tuition and other
money spent by international students in Australia, amounted to AU
$13.7 billion in the past year, exceeding tourism by AU$1.7 billion,
according to a report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and
reported in The Australian online.
Although there is some growth in all sectors of
Australian international education, vocational training has been
booming, as enrollments were up 44 percent over the previous year.
Although no specific reason was given in the report for the
staggering increase in vocational enrollments by international
students, we've blogged before about the
attractiveness of vocational training in Australia because
of lower prices and, in many cases, an easier path to permanent
residency.
Click here to read the story in The
Australian.
And click here to read our blog
post on Australian
vocational training.
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French is often called “the language of love”,
but with well over 70 million native speakers and a further 190
million secondary speakers, it is also an important international
business language.
If you choose to learn French in France, then
because of the popularity of French cuisine, wine and fashion there
are language courses that combine these elements with French
language learning. "The Language Course Finder" offers
you the opportunity to search for language courses according to your
personal criteria (e.g., location, course type, group size,
accommodation, supplementary activities. . .). Important details
needed for a language holiday or study-abroad programme are also
readily available.
Click here to find your French course now
and experience a unique language.
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Starting into the next semester, iHipo has some
exciting opportunities in the international internship and
entry-level jobs sector.
Latest Top Vacancies
Visit the leading site for international careers
today at iHipo.com!
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