After a AUS$3 million investment from global agency, Information Planet, a cloud-based booking platform that aims to revolutionise the language travel industry is set to launch this month.

The Finnish government has abandoned plans to introduce tuition fees for non-EEA students, following Minister of Education Krista Kiuru's proposal in October last year to implement fees from 2016.

In its first US expansion move, Oxford International Education Group (OIEG), formerly known as ISIS Education, has acquired its first ELT school in San Diego, which joins the company's two other North American schools in Canada.

Education providers and organisations have told The PIE News that US President Barack Obama's announcement this week to restore US diplomatic and economic ties with Cuba carries encouraging signs for international education.

Sheridan College in Ontario has received a donation of CAN$500,000 from international insurance company guard.me to support its growing number of international students. "International students’ services is not keeping up with the demand,” said CEO Keith Segal.

An annual trends report released by Universities UK shows that amid a decline of 6.3% in domestic student enrolments in 2012-13 across all UK institutions after a decade of growth, international student numbers continue to increase.

Global ELT chain, EC English Language Centres, is gathering pace in its US expansion, as two new schools, due to open in January, will bring its total number of schools to 21, spanning five countries. The company has said the US is now its "primary destination country".

As part of its ongoing expansion plans, UK-based education provider, Oxford International Education Group, has acquired co-educational day and boarding school, d’Overbroeck’s, in Oxford.