By Beckie Smith. Financial pressure to recruit and retain fee-paying international students can lead to universities compromising their academic integrity and turning a “blind eye” to problems, according to a report into corruption in higher education in New South Wales. More...

By Beckie Smith. In an industry first, guard.me, one of the international education sector’s biggest insurance providers, has partnered with Canada-based Morneau Shepell to launch a 24/7 international student counselling and support service. More...

By Beckie Smith. Dubai’s Knowledge and Human Development Authority has established a new awarding body to regulate technical and vocational education as the government aims to fill growing skills gaps. More...

By Beckie Smith. The number of K-12 students coming to Britain from mainland China has soared in the last year, with the Independent Schools Council census showing 2,893 new enrolments in 2014/15 – 800 more than last year. This is the first time China has overtaken Hong Kong as the top source country for ISC’s members, some 1,200 independent K-12 schools across Britain. More...

By Beckie Smith. A year-long initiative to boost undergraduate mobility between Japan and the US is underway in a renewed effort to double the number of students moving between the two countries by 2020. More...

By Beckie Smith. Outbound Indian student numbers have bounced back from four years of decline with a year of rapid growth to break the 300,000 mark in 2014, an in-depth report on the sector has shown. More...

By Beckie Smith. Turkish students who study abroad must do so at a top-500 ranked university or take the domestic higher education entrance exam in order for their qualifications to be recognised by the government, under new regulations put in place by the Higher Education Council of Turkey (which goes by the Turkish abbreviation YOK). More...