Developed by a team in Vancouver, a platform inspired by standardised software in the travel industry has been launched to connect language schools with their agent partners worldwide.

A concern over education agencies selling language school courses "based on what makes us the same, not what makes us different", was a standpoint pitched against a process of standardisation in the Big Debate at the IALC Workshop last week in Leeds and York.

We all lead "digitally enabled" lives but what consequences does the rise in digital innovation have for the landscape of study travel, in particular for the booking process and the future of the education agencies who marshal the ambitions of students? Natalie Marsh finds out.

Edvisor, an online management system for education agencies, has been named the best technology startup in British Columbia for 2015, winning CAN$100,000.