Foreign-run schools in China are coming under closer scrutiny as the country launches ambitious plans to reform its education system.

Singapore's minister of education Ong Ye Kung was called to defend government spending on foreign students on August 5 in the country's parliament.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training has once again expressed concerns about meeting English language proficiency goals.

The Chinese Ministry of Education has unveiled its policy points with regards to "opening education to the outside world" for 2019. In a document released online, the ministry outline 34 aims, with "six major aspects".

The French government has committed €10m to improving international student services across universities in the country in a bid to boost the attractiveness of its higher education institutions internationally.

Australian politics and international education appear to have come to a head in the battle for public opinion, as a survey into community perceptions of higher education indicated views had soured towards overseas students.

Amid the Brexit crisis, European Commission vice president Frans Timmermans said Brussels would adopt its contingency plans for the Erasmus+ program, along with other pan-European schemes and policies affected by Britain's predicted sudden exit.

66 US colleges and universities signed a friend of the court document in December to oppose a new federal policy that they say will have destructive and harmful consequences.