Amy Baker

A long-awaited cohesive brand for Ireland’s international education sector was revealed on March 24 by Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton. Ambitious plans to double the amount of foreign students in the university sector were also unveiled, from the current base of 26,000, and […]

INTO University Partnerships, is expanding into China with a new twist on its model of working with universities to tap into demand for a Western education

Accreditation surprise and low-risk countries revealed in UKBA re-jig: The UK Border Authority (UKBA) has announced that it won’t be using the accreditation agencies that it mandated previously to verify the quality of privately operated schools, such as English language schools, for Student Visa issuance. This leaves a question mark over the role that schemes such […]

The new UK student visa system ushered in by UKBA on April 21 this year will enable tighter checks on applicants’ financial integrity, after concern that there was abuse in the previous system. Up until April, students had to prove funds (of £600 per month or £800 per month if studying in London) upon application […]

A significant investment in promoting Canada as an education destination of choice was announced when Canada's federal budget was unveiled on March 22.

The owners of two convenience stores in Australia were fined in April for underpaying foreign students employed in Melbourne and Geelong.

A much more rigorous student visa system was ushered in by the UK government in March, only days after the Home Affairs Committee published its report cautioning against damaging the thriving educational export sector. The main changes include the abolition of work rights for students at private sector institutions, while those at further education colleges […]