By Kerrie Kennedy. A Japanese nonagenarian has set out to prove that it is never too late to learn a language as she bids to conquer the English language before the Tokyo Olympics take place in 2020. More...

By Kerrie Kennedy. International K-12 operator in China Bright Scholar has announced it has entered into agreements to acquire 25% equity interest in Start Camp Education. The company targets to close the transaction in May 2019. More...

By Kerrie Kennedy. Described as “the world’s largest learning community”, in just two and half years Polish social learning platform Brainly has grown from 60 million to 150 million unique users per month, and now boasts more than 15 million users in India. More...

By Kerrie Kennedy. A highlight of the annual language travel calendar, IALC’s 2019 Seville Workshop was one of the largest in the organisation’s history, welcoming representatives of more than 100 schools, 121 agencies and 20 exhibitors to the lively and historic capital of Spain’s Andalusia region. More...

By Kerrie Kennedy. At least 100 Chinese international students who visited their home country during a 2018 school break have not been able to return to their studies in the US due to their visa applications being caught up in lengthy delays and “administrative processing” by the US State Department. More...

By Kerrie Kennedy. UNICAF, the largest online higher education platform in Africa, has announced $28 million in Series B financing to meet the growing demand for high-quality university education across the continent. More...

By Kerrie Kennedy. The Irish Universities Association has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education in Indonesia to participate in a scholarship that will place PhD candidates currently lecturing at Indonesian universities into Irish universities. More...

By Kerrie Kennedy. There is “no evidence” that international students participating in Optional Practical Training reduce job opportunities for US workers, instead they act as a “safety valve” for tight labour markets and as a source of STEM employees, a National Foundation for American Policy study has found. More...

By Kerrie Kennedy. IALC has announced that a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the association and ANEX, the Colombian Asociación Nacional de Empresas para Estudios en el Exterior, and AMTE, the Mexican Association of Educational Tourism. More...