By Beckie Smith. Long-awaited guidance from the US Student and Exchange Visitor Program on conditional admission, pathway programmes and English proficiency is due to be published “in several weeks”. An online student portal for OPT is also in the works for later in the year. More...

By Beckie Smith. A Canada-based scheme that funds mobility scholarships for projects promoting global leadership between Canada and the Commonwealth has welcomed a CAN$10m contribution from the International Development Research Centre. More...

By Beckie Smith. Restrictive visa policies and harsh rhetoric might present problems for the UK HE’s international reputation, but stakeholders cannot rely on the policy landscape changing any time soon. More...

By Beckie Smith. As president of the Association of Australian Representatives in India, Rahul Gandhi wants to see the association grow into a global brand standing for quality among education agencies. He talks about AAERI’s beginnings, the challenges facing Indian students and how his own agency, Take Off Education, has become wise to non-genuine students. More...

By Beckie Smith. Foreign universities could help to meet booming demand, bring much-needed foreign investment and drive up quality in India’s higher education system, according to the think tank tasked with crafting proposed policy for foreign HE providers to operate in the country. More...

By Beckie Smith. The US State Department’s study abroad branch will shortly award its first study abroad engagement grants and is in the process of developing a MOOC, both to help institutions build participation in internationalisation. The branch has also recently completed an evaluation of the state-backed Gilman scholarship programme. More...

By Beckie Smith. An investigation by Immigration New Zealand has uncovered “significant, organised financial document fraud” by bank managers and nearly 60 education agents in Hyderabad, including some of the most active agencies in the region. More...

By Beckie Smith. The consequences of the UK’s immigration policy on the country’s ability to attract and retain international students have been widely reported. However, a report released today by Exporting Education UK and Parthenon-EY has quantified its economic impact, finding the drop in international student arrivals over the last five years has cost the country an estimated £1.1bn, with an additional £8bn in ‘opportunity cost’ lost. More...

By Beckie Smith. New international student intake growth in Canada is slowing, standing at 4.5% in 2015 – less than half the year-over-year growth rates reported in 2014 and earlier. The figures mean that universities can no longer to be complacent when it comes to attracting international students, according to the Illuminate Consulting Group, which compiled the figures. More...

By Beckie Smith. The number of students studying abroad as part of their Australian degree has quadrupled in a decade to more than 30,000 in 2014, new research from IEAA shows. Meanwhile, a separate survey by Prospect Research and Marketing indicates students’ understanding of and awareness of study abroad is rising. More...