By Claudia Civinini. Full association to the next EU framework program should be “plan A” and preventing barriers to mobility for staff and students is a priority, the EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee of the House of Lords heard in an evidence session on the impact of the loss of EU funding for UK research. More...

By Claudia Civinini. International students generated an economic output of $497.5m in the State of Hawai’i last year, a new report by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism has shown, but there is a growing shift towards short-term courses. More...

By Claudia Civinini. Language learning app Babbel has announced it will launch a language travel booking platform in 2019, after having acquired Berlin-based start-up LingoVentura, which handles bookings for 200 language schools in over 100 cities and countries. More...

By Claudia Civinini. Over 400 offer holders to Niagara College, Canada, all from India, have been told to re-sit their IELTS or risk losing their place after the institution raised concerns about the English language proficiency of a current cohort of students who had been tested in the same test centre. More...

By Claudia Civinini. The Canadian Alliance of Students Associations presented recommendations to improve the immigration system for international students to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration last week. More...

By Claudia Civinini. Change is afoot in the US, as the Department of Homeland Security has proposed to amend the current H-1B visa application system, and is gathering comment from “interested parties” until January 2 2019. More...

By Claudia Civinini. The Higher Education Policy Institute, Kaplan and London Economics have sent a letter to all MPs as a reminder of the contribution international students make to the UK economy. More...

By Amy Baker. The USA’s international education sector remains beleaguered by slowing enrolment numbers, a difficult political environment, and a dollar value making it less competitive compared with other study destinations. But better promotion of community colleges and the transfer system that offers a 2+2 access route into US higher education could be the country’s secret weapon. More...

By Amy Baker. The CEO of a Sino-US company that specialises in partnering with international schools in China to provide Western-style extra-curricular activities has diversified into organising recruitment tours for institutions keen to recruit from China. More...

By Amy Baker. UK institutions need to think hard about proving the value of their international education activity when responding to the Migration Advisory Committee, and to assist them Universities UK International and BUILA have been collaborating to help educators frame their responses. More...