Educators have warned that, in 2022, there has been an increase in students voicing their dissatisfaction for application wait times.

Announced in July last year, this month a legal agreement has been finalised for the strategic alliance between two of the world’s largest business schools: Hult International Business School and Ashridge Business School. The leaders of both speak to The PIE about their mutual vision for the future.

A team of five alumni from the Indian School of Business has been awarded the Hult Prize 2014, receiving US$1m in funding from the Clinton Global Initiative for their groundbreaking start-up initiative to improve access to cost-effective healthcare in urban slums.

The last few years have presented the international education sector with significant challenges, but the continuing demand has kept most businesses buoyant and growth on the agenda. The PIE takes a look at a selection of the key players in language, pathways and higher education that are navigating through somewhat turbulent times.

Sixty per cent of the graduates of Hult International Business School find employment outside their country of origin. Many savvy operators are now enabling their students to leave "global-work-ready" by blending education with career counselling, professional experience or multi-campus instruction.

Hult International Business School, the business education provider, has teamed with Spain's Bancaja to offer €300,000 in scholarships to Spanish students and professionals.

As the international education business grows rapidly, companies in the industry are increasingly using initiatives to keep their staff engaged, motivated and loyal – from team-building exercises and in-house training, through to staff conferences, motivational speakers and straightforward bonus schemes. Dan Thomas reports.