By Natalie Marsh. President Barack Obama has announced a new initiative to increase the number of K-12 students in the US studying Mandarin over the next five years to one million, in an extension of the 100,000 Strong programme. More...

By Natalie Marsh. South Korea-based student recruitment company, iae Global, has earmarked Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia as markets offering significant opportunity for growth of its student counselling and placement business. More...

By Natalie Marsh. Asian students continued to represent over half of international students enrolled in tertiary education in 2013, according to the latest Education at a Glance report by OECD, which also shows the proportion of international students is higher at the more advanced degree levels. More...

By Natalie Marsh. New work rights for the dependants of international postgraduate students who are enrolled on a course lasting for more than a year were announced this week by the UK government in their autumn statement. More...

By Natalie Marsh. A new partnership has been announced by the British Council and Tata Consultancy Services, a global IT and business solutions company, which will see 1,000 British graduates carry out internships in India. More...

By Natalie Marsh. Scholarships are key in encouraging student mobility out of the Gulf region, as governments in Gulf countries put initiatives into place to support students to study abroad. More...

By Natalie Marsh. Asian universities dominate the top spots of QS’s Top 50 Under 50 university rankings, which have been released today, despite European universities claiming the biggest share of the table. More...