Online education platform Winc Academy has announced a funding round of $3 million, led by two Dutch investment companies.

A €2.5m international residential education centre is being built in Galway to help accommodate rising numbers of US students - it will be co-funded by a US liberal arts college.

India’s third largest private sector bank, Axis, has launched a pre-paid travel currency card for students in association with The International Student Identity Card (ISIC). It is the first photo travel card available to Indian students in USD, Euro, GBP and AUD currencies that can be used at over 2 million MasterCard ATMs worldwide.