The Trump administration is considering placing visa restrictions on Chinese students and scholars coming to the US – a move described by CEO of NAFSA Esther Brimmer as potentially "devastating".

The decrease in international student enrolments in the US has forced many universities to cut their budgets, but international offices maintain investment, with Study Group and others signing new deals.

Latest Open Doors data reveals second year of the US hosting more than 1 million international students but a decline of 10,000 enrolments recorded in new enrolments in fall 2016. Industry value overall is $39 billion.

A government-regulated private education system in Burma, well educated Iranians able to articulate smoothly overseas and an appetite for English language training in Cuba: Sara Custer considers opportunities in some of the lesser travelled countries on the international education beat.

There is now even more evidence that study abroad has an impact on employability after graduation, according to a report released by IIE at their Generation Study Abroad summit in Washington DC, with 11 out of 15 "21st century workplace skills" gained via an experience overseas.

A drastic drop in international students coming to the US feared by many in the Trump era will likely not materialise, according to an inter-association survey.

UK educators were urged to pivot towards international strategies focused on trade agreements, science diplomacy and offshore delivery at the International Higher Education Forum.

Four in 10 educational institutions in the US have reported a decrease in the number of international applicants for the fall 2017 intake, according to responses from an inter-associational survey.