Jon Aizlewood

University leaders across Latin America called for greater regional collaboration and greater governmental support to develop internationalisation strategies in the continent's higher education sector at the third annual Conference of the Americas on International Education in Monterrey, Mexico last week.

Vancouver-based Canadian College of English (CCEL) has recently signed contracts with governments in the Ukraine and across Latin America to train instructors in its digital English teaching curriculum, SMRT, marking its focus to expand offshore implementation over the last year.

The number of fully English-taught Masters in Europe has increased by 42% since 2011 growing at a faster rate than the number of overall Master's programs in Europe. The increase could have a significant impact on mobility flow in and outside of Europe according to a new briefing paper from the Institute of International Education.

Stakeholders from the UK's English language teaching (ELT) industry will convene next week to discuss the UK's new growth strategy for international enrolments and its likely impact on the sector at an event hosted by education giant Pearson. The new industrial strategy includes exporting UK ELT standards as the global benchmark and promoting the UK as an English learning destination.

Britain’s message around international education is focusing on quality and not quantity and threatening Britain’s share of international students, according to the CEO of Sannam S4, an India-based company helping UK institutions recruit in India and China.

New software launched this month will be able to offer the ability to translate – in real time – 35 languages into a computerised voice similar to Apple’s Siri, or 78 languages to sub-titles. It offers the potential to transform ideas around online learning, real-time learning and global event participation.

These immigration policy changes are an example of how all areas of government can work together to achieve the best possible outcomes for New Zealand

A feature-length documentary film showing the cultural experiences of four American and four Chinese students as they travel together around Hong Kong and southwest China for two weeks has been produced by Michigan State University in collaboration with UK-based Crossing Borders Education.

New statistics unveiled by the British Council reveal that the number of Brits enrolling on the Erasmus European exchange programme has doubled in five years. But the British Council's head of EU programmes has counselled that the UK still lags behind France, Germany and Spain in terms of uptake.

More young people are travelling abroad to learn a language, gain work experience and study, allowing them to stay longer at destinations and spend more than the average tourist, according to a global study on the youth travel sector from World Youth Student & Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation.