Not-for-profit study abroad organisation IES Abroad has awarded a US student who studied in Morocco its top prize at this year's Study Abroad Film Festival in Chicago.

When I started, IES was at 10 million dollar year revenue, and a thousand students a year. Now this year we will exceed 125 million in revenue and exceed nine thousand students.

President and CEO of IES Abroad, Mary Dwyer, presented with the PIEoneer Award for Outstanding Contribution to the international education industry.

Winners from ten countries and regions were celebrated for their achievements in global international education at the second PIEoneer Awards.

US-based IES Abroad and the Study Abroad Foundation have announced a strategic merger which will serve an academic group of more than 500 universities globally.

US college graduates who study abroad find jobs sooner and earn higher salaries than those who stay on campus for their entire college careers, a new survey has found. A staggering 90% got their first job within six months of graduation compared to just 49% of respondents in a separate national survey.

A new survey of study abroad alumni in the USA has revealed that nearly 90% of students surveyed reported that they found a job within six months compared with a typical domestic rate of 49%; they also reportedly earned more than stay-at-home counterparts...