Expat families often face difficult choices when their children reach educational milestones – at 11 when joining secondary education, at 16 when considering A Levels, International Baccalaureate Diploma and other qualifications, ...
Good international schools take the health and wellbeing of their students seriously, writes Ruth Holmes.
Nurturing mind, body and spirit
As well as ensuring a successful assignment for the whole ...
When it comes to online schooling, those not familiar may worry about their child’s online screen time and lack of socialising opportunities. However, it can actually remove barriers to socialising by encouraging teamwork ...
The city offers a huge choice of quality international schools and, post-Covid, places are easier to secure, writes Sally Robinson.
Ten years ago finding an international school place in Hong Kong was a challenge ...
The Isle of Man offers amazing careers, entrepreneurial opportunities, and an incredible work-life balance.
Set in a stunning UNESCO Biosphere, the Island, which occupies a central position in the Irish Sea between the English ...
Today, Mark Zuckerberg’s comment “the biggest risk is not taking risks,” sounds off-key. Global Mobility, HR and their colleagues across international business face more frequent, newly identified and ‘blockbusting’ risks. ...
Safe streets, green spaces, and a rigorous education system: Singapore has always been a magnet for international families. Now it has overtaken Hong Kong to become Asia’s top financial centre (and the third largest in the world ...
The figures are brutal: by 2026, the current global shortage of software engineers will have grown by more than 545,000. How can global economies and employers fill the gap? David Sapsted reports.
The route to 2026 is clear. ...
The past two years have seen significant change in the work load and work content of global mobility professionals. Dr Sue Shortland explains how the role of global mobility professionals has changed.
The pandemic has resulted ...
Improving workplace diversity and corporate social responsibility (CSR) were seen as nice to haves, but ‘too fluffy’ to land on boardroom agendas. As diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and environment, social and governance ...
Malaysia’s private education market is due to reach RM19 billion by 2026, with much of the growth coming from local families choosing an international education. Sally Robinson reports.
Back in 2012 the government changed the ...
How well companies support their staff in times of economic hardship can have a significant impact on employee wellbeing and productivity, and on their ability to recruit and retain the next generation of top talent, argues ...
Climate change is having a devastating impact across the world. Global Mobility can take action to contribute towards reducing carbon emissions by changing its approach to the types of assignments undertaken and the policy ...
Two surveys highlight the wellbeing challenges globally mobile people face on assignment. More bespoke health and wellbeing benefits better communicated to globally dispersed workforces could be the answer. Ruth Holmes ...
Intersectionality means considering everything that can marginalise an employee from sex and gender to race and class. Dr Sue Shortland explains why employers need to consider it when making international assignment and ...
