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Figures from leading Turkish agency association, UED, show the UK increased it's already dominate market share of language course bookings in 2014 despite a weak lira at the beginning of the year.

EducationUSA, a network of the US Department of State, has launched a new mobile-ready web platform, available in 90 languages in efforts to connect better with prospective international students.

Winners of the Institute of International Education's Heiskell Awards recently shared best practices to increase outbound numbers, integrate international students and extend study abroad access to underrepresented student groups.

Homeland Security Investigations special agents have arrested three Los Angeles residents who allegedly ran a ‘pay-to-stay’ scheme across a network of four schools that enabled hundreds of foreign nationals to remain in the US without attending class.

The US Department of State has hosted its first ever virtual study abroad fair with IIE and CollegeWeekLive, an online platform which provides video conferencing facilities and resources for prospective students.

Despite budgetary challenges, evolving technology and shifting demographics higher education institutions have placed innovation and widening access to international experiences at the top of their agendas according to stakeholders at the AIEA conference held this week in Washington, DC.

The number of enrolments in foreign language courses in the US has dropped, however interest in Korean has shown a reverse trend due to growing interest in the region.

A new summer school mini-programme is being launched this year by Study Group's Embassy Summer division that will give students the opportunity to visit some of the USA’s top universities.

EnglishUSA’s seventh annual Professional Development conference welcomed record attendance this year as IEPs gathered to help galvanise the sector and learn from peers across the country.

Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, will be on hand to promote a new flagship programme next week to an audience of US stakeholders and alumni from London's diverse and prestigious universities and colleges. He will be joining a series of events in New York that are part of LUIP's latest marketing of the capital's study opportunities.

A new “pathway” model has been developed in the UK that provides a fast-tracked Bachelor of Science course designed to facilitate entry into medical schools internationally.

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.

This month, members of the Beijing Overseas Study Services Association completed tours of the US and UK meeting with education partners and discussing the latest trends in Chinese student recruitment.

Kings Education, which delivers English Language and pathway programmes in the US and UK, has opened up two new partnerships on the East Coast of the US in an expansion of its On Campus Plus model.