By Sara Custer. The European Union will make an example out of the UK’s vote to leave the bloc and the US economy will grow more quickly, accelerating to a recession by 2019, according to Robin Bew, managing director of the Economist Intelligence Unit. More...

By Sara Custer. The route from Africa to France is a path well-trodden by students seeking overseas degrees and funnels in more than 40% of the international students at French education providers. This route has also served as a reassuring lifeline to France in 2016 as concerns around security impacted mobility from other student source countries. More...

By Julian Hall. UNICAF, an online platform that aims to increase access for professionals to international standard higher education in sub-Saharan Africa through scholarships and degree provision, has received $12m in funding from a consortium of state-owned and private investors. More...

By Julian Hall. The last annual report of the UNWTO crunched some serious numbers about increased global tourism. One in 11 jobs are in travel and tourism, and this is projected to rise to one in every 10 by 2023 – an increase of around 80 million posts. More...

By Julian Hall. ACT, one of the leading US college admissions exam taken by more than 1.8m students across the globe, has closed all its test centres in South Korea, bar one, due to widespread cheating. More...

By Amber Ziye Wang. Hong Kong universities need to be more international as non-mainland foreign students made up only 3.9% of total enrolment in 2015/16, while accommodation and academic space are lacking, said the city’s official auditor. More...

By Amber Ziye Wang. China will roll out the National English Proficiency Test by 2020 as the country makes a breakthrough in developing the first comprehensive scaling system for teaching, learning and testing of the language, the Ministry of Education has said. More...

By Amber Ziye Wang. Taiwan’s Ministry of Education has announced plans to boost the number of foreign students by 30,000 by 2019, under the government’s new policy to further foster local talent and deepen ties with neighbouring countries. More...

By Amber Ziye Wang. International universities will not be affected under China’s new law exerting security controls on foreign non­governmental organisations, said the country’s Ministry of Public Security in a meeting with the European Chamber of Commerce. More...

By Anton Crace. Data and evidence-based strategies can improve the often under-resourced field of international student services for both students and institutions’ budgets. More...