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ICEF staged its first ever roadshow last month enabling educators to meet agencies at events in Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, Korea. It has also announced its 10th charitable partner as part of its Education Fund, a commitment to education-related projects.

Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates are the countries offering the most favourable environments to develop transnational education, a new British Council study reveals. However, hubs from Botswana to Korea and Spain may have the potential to become "TNE hotspots" in the future.

FPP Edu Media, a major educational fair organiser in Latin America, is rolling out its popular social network recruiting site Edufindme in India and Turkey next month. The site, which connects students, universities and agents, has attracted more than 320,000 users across Latin America since it launched in 2011.

The first ever search portal for higher education in the Middle East and North Africa has been launched in Dubai and is set for international expansion. ‘Uni and I’ lists regional universities along with key information, and already features 675 institutions.

FoundationCampus, the pathway brand operated by UK-based Cambridge Education Group, has expanded its course offering to now provide a one-term Masters foundation at its Dutch campus on site at the University of Amsterdam, launching this year.

Despite efforts to boost education exports, the number of students being issued visas to study in New Zealand for the first time fell by a quarter in 2009-2012, new figures reveal. The government blames the Christchurch earthquakes, global economy and high New Zealand dollar, but others say poor immigration policies are a factor.

A new media outlet dedicated to championing the voice of Higher Education professionals in the Middle East has launched. Despite a slight setback when a launch event was cancelled due to concerns about academic freedom in Bahrain, Al Fanar is now live...

More private language schools in Canada are to benefit from a national marketing brand, thanks to an MOU signed between peak body Languages Canada and the province of Alberta. So far only 55 of Languages Canada’s 169 public and private member schools have been approved to use the Imagine Canada brand, denying many significant benefits.

Japan’s national universities say they want to double their overseas enrolments by 2020, as well as the number of courses they offer in English. This would mean that international students made up around 10 per cent of the student body and 24,000 courses were available in English.

Peak body for vocational educational and training in the UK, TVET UK, is to help Bahrain up-skill its workforce after signing an important MOU in the country last week. The agreement is with Tamkeen — a government-backed agency dedicated to developing human capital in the country.

Global business school LSBF has teamed up with one of the best known British football teams, Liverpool Football Club, to launch a new education brand that will offer management and leadership training by teaching skills that segue from football club to professional world.

Despite a growing interest in studying abroad, UK and US students are not getting enough information on the opportunities available to them, a new report from the British Council has claimed. It coincides with the release of another Council study suggesting employers in nine countries now value “intercultural skills” as highly as formal qualifications.

Going Global, the British Council's conference for leaders in international education, convened in Dubai this week. The conference actually spurred dynamic debate over the need for knowledge-based economies that are international in scope, digitalised in format, and economically-aware in terms of educational delivery.

Just a week after international education in Australia got a vote of confidence from the Chaney report, including cultivating closer links with regional educational hubs in Asia, the Australian government has announced it will close four education counsellor posts provided by AEI in Asia. The Executive Director of IEAA condemned the move when educators are trying to engage more with Asian partners.

Chile-based Poliglota uses Facebook to connect language learners and volunteer teachers worldwide. Within two years of launching it has attracted 33,200 users and now wants to expand into Brazil, spying opportunity in the run-up to the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games.