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Norwegian company Virtual Solutions plans to run what it calls the first ever “virtual agent workshop" in February, enabling agents to meet online.

International students are reported to have been making crude death threats to teachers who give them bad grades in Australia, throwing academic ability into the spotlight...

Education company Navitas is to launch its ninth academic pathway college in the UK in partnership with Birmingham City University. Its first intake will start in October 2012...

Trust with business partners is key, and accreditation matters to agencies, as does honesty and timely payment. These are some of the findings from English UK's icebreaker sessions...

Signalling a surge in demand for English in China, two of English language training’s biggest players have announced major expansion plans in the country this year, citing figures of up to 300 million English language learners in the country.

New research has found that demand for English-medium international schools around the world is growing rapidly and already outstripping supply. ISC says its research reveals there will be 10,000 such schools by 2021, catering to 5.7 million students.

International students studying in Newcastle, UK, will now have more options in terms of sourcing accommodation...

One of the leading junior language teaching operations in the UK, Ardmore Language Schools, has announced it will expand operations in 2012 after a year of strong growth, with four new centres planned in the UK, two in the USA and one in Canada.

Indian education agents have said that the despite safety concerns raised by the suspected “hate” killing of Masters student, Anuj Bidve in Salford, UK, on Boxing Day, Indian students would not be deterred from applying to UK courses.

Skype, the internet communication platform, has announced that a major project to connect teachers and students around the world has passed the twenty-thousandth member mark...

In a blow to Swedish internationalisation, a survey has revealed that one in three international students accepted at Swedish universities did not take up the places because they thought living costs were too high. Some universities say that grants must be extended to cover housing.

British workplace learning specialist, Liverpool Community College, has visited China to offer advice on apprenticeships...

From this year, Thai students and teachers will be encouraged to use English one day a week in school, in a drive to improve language standards before the country joins the ASEAN Economic Community...

University College Dublin (UCD) and Beijing University of Technology have signed a landmark agreement to establish a campus in Beijing, which will advance research...

Despite the great expectations surrounding visa reforms introduced in September, Australia still has a way to go before it halts its recruitment downslide, after latest figures indicate that education exports fell by 15% in 2011. Some commentators fear further slides before visa changes impact on numbers.