A new tool, aiming to help universities to increase student enrolments by connecting prospective students with current ones, is claiming a 1 in 4 conversion rate.

The 28th annual Eaquals conference brought together a record number of centre owners, directors and academic staff to discuss issues around quality language teaching - and a pilot scheme for teaching centres within HE institutions was unveiled.

FutureLearn has teamed up with 16 humanitarian agencies and children's rights organisations to host a course about the needs of unaccompanied and separated refugee children.

While the US has remained atop of U21's latest ranking of national higher education systems, other countries are beginning to challenge.

The period of time in which Chinese students are considering and preparing for an overseas education is starting earlier than in previous years, according to new research from digital marketing company Sinorbis.

A new breed of digitally-delivered English exams don’t stop at testing verbs, they also want to democratise education and see themselves leading the way. But as the testing industry embraces technology, these changes may go as far as to challenge our idea of test itself. Claudia Civinini reports.

Canada, Australia and the UK have topped a list of countries where the public has a favourable opinion of immigrants and view newcomers as a "strength" rather than a burden.

Beyond the top tier countries that dominate headlines and enrolment figures, many others are developing infrastructure and reputation for servicing international students whose budget or visa issuance officer can’t accommodate a “heritage” destination. Chris Parr assesses some of the emerging study hotspots.