Katie Duncan

The British Boarding Schools Workshop (BBSW) used its recent workshop to introduce its new database and online “web community” to over 250 delegates this month. The news was announced at another successful workshop that also featured a look-a-like Queen and Rolls Royce trip to Windsor Castle.

Despite the familiar "no cap" mantra, minutes from the latest meeting of the UK's International Education Council (IEC) reveal that there is in fact a clear government commitment to removing barriers to enhancing international education exports.

UK-focused global education agency, SI-UK, with numerous offices spanning Japan, the UK, India and Turkey, is increasing its global footprint with new operations in China, Thailand and Nigeria. Its growth plans follow an investment into the company that helped achieve a 25% rise in student applications year on year.

Last week over 70 educational institutions took part in STB’s GATE (Global Access To Education) workshop in São Paulo, Brazil. They were able to meet STB counsellors and for the first time, highly targeted potential buyers directly at an STB event.

The UK higher education sector has a new marketing and recruitment company, UniQuest, joining the ranks of specialised agencies helping universities and colleges benefit from big data, marketing insight and a strategic approach to international student enrolment.

This week an online Masters degree in English Language Teaching will be launched worldwide by the University of Southampton in collaboration with the British Council after successfully training teachers in Mexico for five years.

The Council of International Students Australia (CISA) is offering all international students across Australia a unique opportunity to ask leading employers in Australia what they're looking for in potential employees at its My Study, My Career International Student Forum.

Last month the Republic of China Ministry of Education announced new internship opportunities at education providers around Taiwan for international students enrolled at overseas universities. In a politically controversial move, the initiative will also be open to mainland Chinese students.

Both the UK and Germany are calling on the creative photography skills of international students to promote study opportunities in competitions with prizes worth £250 and €500 respectively. FDSV in Germany and the British Council in the UK are behind the promotions.

English in Britain, a company that has electronically published UK English language course data for the past 25 years, has developed an app allowing students to search a list of course providers and manage a shortlist of their favourites. The app is free to download on Android and iOS.