By Beckie Smith. Debate over the validity of global academic league tables may be brewing within the international education sector, but the British Council’s latest Student Insight Special about the decision making process of US postgraduates underscores that students do still pay attention to rankings. More...

By Beckie Smith. Canada-based private post-secondary education provider LCI Education has signed an agreement to acquire The Art Institute of Vancouver, which will become its second campus in the city. More...

By Beckie Smith. The world is in danger of falling short of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal of ensuring all children receive a quality education by 2030 unless governments worldwide take decisive action on education spending, the high-level International Commission on Financing Education Opportunity has warned. More...

By Beckie Smith. Navitas has signed a pathway partnership with the University of Idaho, its eighth in North America, continuing its ambitious expansion strategy on the continent. More...

By Beckie Smith. Foreign nursing care students in Japan will soon be able to obtain residence status after qualifying without first undertaking work experience, under new regulations coming into force this year that aim to attract more foreign workers to fill a healthcare skills gap. More...

By Beckie Smith. The UK economy could stand to lose as much as £2bn a year post-Brexit if the Home Office tightens controls on international students further, according to detailed economic modelling of the UK’s higher education system. More...

By Beckie Smith. Stagnation of non-EU student numbers at UK higher education institutions shows no sign of abating, as the latest HESA statistics show international enrolments flatlined in 2015/16. Indian student numbers continued to fall, as Malaysia pushed into second place for the first time. More...

By Beckie Smith. Dutch student rental listings startup Housing Anywhere has raised €5m in Series A funding that will be used to fuel its continuing expansion into Western Europe and the US. More...

By Beckie Smith. Brazilian travel agency behemoth CVC has strengthened its presence in the study travel market with the purchase of Experimento, one of the country’s oldest education agencies. More...

By Beckie Smith. Spending by international students in Russia reached $1.4bn in 2015, following a decade of growth that saw foreign enrolments almost triple to over 280,000, new research has shown. More...