By Beckie Smith. Ten of India’s states have so far come out in favour of enabling foreign higher education institutions to operate in the country, but any new policy must ensure that foreign providers have something to offer domestic students, they have said. Meanwhile, the British Council has urged UK universities not to wait for new legislation to pass to collaborate with Indian institutions. More...

By Beckie Smith. Dual nationals of Iran, Iraq, Sudan and Syria and countries that are part of the US Visa Waiver Program will no longer be allowed to travel to the US visa-free, under new anti-terrorism measures. More...

By Beckie Smith. A shortage of student accommodation in Australia is attracting large scale tranches of foreign capital, with two major property investments worth a collective A$1.2bn announced in the last month. More...

By Beckie Smith. The European University Association has created an interactive map showing realtime information about universities and organisations that have action plans in place to support refugees in higher education. More...

By Beckie Smith. Coursera, one of the world’s largest MOOC platforms, will offer its second full postgraduate degree course from this summer, a Master of Computer Science in Data Science by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. More...

By Beckie Smith. Russia’s flagship Project 5-100 has launched a new study portal for international students interested in completing a higher education course in the country. More...

By Beckie Smith. More than half a million Chinese students studied abroad in 2015, but growth in outbound student numbers is slowing, the latest Ministry of Education statistics show. The annual Blue Book report also revealed that the number of students returning to China after studying abroad is on the rise. More...

By Beckie Smith. Study Group’s ELT division, Embassy English, has returned to growth after two years of weak performances, the organisation’s year-end report shows. The group is bullish about the year ahead after Q4 revenues swelled across all of its divisions in 2015, with a 19% rise in EBITDA overall. More...

By Beckie Smith. Ken Steele is president and chief futurist at Eduvation, where he monitors trends and innovation in Canadian higher education. More...

By Beckie Smith. New Zealand has released an updated version of its pastoral care code of practice for international educators that promotes fair agent dealings and student support services. Alongside the revamped code, the government has released a contract disputes resolution scheme that it says will strengthen the care of international students in the country. More...