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Request for Applicants: 2017 Echidna Global Scholars Program

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The Center for Universal Education at Brookings is now accepting applications for the 2017 Echidna Global Scholars Program. Echidna Global Scholars spend nearly five months at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. to pursue research on global education issues with an emphasis on girls’ education.

Entrepreneurs africains - Appel à candidatures, Digital Africa (Octobre 10 - Novembre 15, 2016)

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Startups africaines, participez au développement durable en Afrique avec DigitalAfrica !

Votre startup propose une innovation au service du développement durable en Afrique ? Candidatez pour accélérer sa croissance ! Vous êtes convaincus que l’innovation numérique est une solution pour le développement durable ? Vous avez créé un produit ou service innovant en lien avec les fintech, la santé, l’environnement, l'énergie ou l'agriculture ? Vous voulez participer à la transition numérique de l’Afrique ?

Startups africaines, c'est à vous de jouer!

World Bank Group Youth Summit 2016: The Competition is Open!

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Youth Summit 2016 on ‘Rethinking Education for the New Millennium’

The World Bank is organizing a Youth Summit, which might be of interest to youth who are below 35 years old. The Youth Summit is on November 14-15, 2016.  There is also a competition with a submission deadline of September 25, 2016.  More details in the link below:

International students use loophole in H-1B visa application process to mixed success

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At Penn it is currently spring season, advance registration season, Fling season and, for a few senior international students, H-1B visa filing season.

Although one of the requirements to apply for an H-1B visa, which permits foreigners to work in the United States in specialty occupations for up to six years, is to have a college degree, some international Penn students have exploited a loophole and can apply before even graduating.

H-1B allow international students to stay in the U.S. after the 12-month work allowance of their Optional Practical Training (OPT) permit expires. As The Daily Pennsylvanian reported on March 21, failure to obtain an H-1B has forced international Penn graduates to leave the country against their will.

From May 10, 2016, STEM F-1 visa students can work for 3 years under OPT

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NEW YORK: F-1 visa students who are enrolled in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) fields of study from accredited educational institutions in the United States will be allowed, beginning from May 10, 2016, to work for as long as three years under the Optional Practical Training (OPT). The Department of Homeland Security released its final rule in this matter, which will be published in the Federal Register Friday, March 11. The rule goes into effect on May 10, 2016, which means that all students who are either under OPT till that date, or who qualify for OPT by then, will be able to work further, for a period totaling 36 months.