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From stocking the fridge with food to organising an internship; a new luxury concierge service for international students in the UK has been unveiled for those with enough cash to outsource all their "life laundry". The price tag is not cheap, but the company behind the initiative believes there will be demand...

A new website has been developed by a UK-based education agency which enables affiliates to direct their own community of students to the comprehensive ELT listings for the UK and Australia...

Education agents are more likely to be used by international students in key source countries considering postgraduate (PG) study rather than undergraduate (UG). This is one observation of the latest Student Insight findings, produced by the British Council's Education Intelligence unit, which cover India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Egypt and Turkey.

Through a new deal with MasterCard, US students will now be able to use their International Student Identity Card (ISIC) as a debit card when travelling abroad. ISIC expects 250,000 will purchase the card in its first year.

Money transfer giant, Western Union, will make it easier for universities to accept payments in Indian rupees — benefiting the thousands of Indian students who currently face extra costs when paying their tuition fees. Indian students are among the most populous in the international student community.

A website which prepares international students for university study in the UK has just notched up 500,000 visits. It is particularly well used in the UK (among foreign students), China, India and the USA...

A new online marketplace for the English as a Second Language (ESL) industry has launched in Vancouver, Canada. ESL Explorer describes itself as mixture of a social networking, ratings and e-commerce site and is targeting students in Korea in the first place. It says agencies and educators can work within its marketplace.

An international student in the UK who was inspired to start a trading website that enables students to buy, trade or swap items is keen to roll out his concept across the UK and internationally...

A new ratings website has been launched by a former owner of a major agency in Switzerland. Educationstars allows students to rate education providers worldwide. The site empowers students as consumers while offering schools word-of-mouth marketing exposure.

Bertliz Corporation has turned its focus toward the younger clientele by launching Berlitz International Camps, branded Berlitz Teens, for kids and teens reflecting Berlitz's strategy to expand into the study travel market.

A new App that installs on a Facebook page and offers an online English language test is being rolled out by technology company, Language Room. The company founder says it will enable clients to leverage Facebook as a business tool.

A new pilot project offering Chinese in Spain's language summer camp market will launch this June. Organisers, English Summer, are keen to be Spain's first and only Chinese summer camp...