Association AIRC will focus on developing more institutional standards, guidelines and best practices to ensure professional agencies which it certifies and its US member institutions better serve international students.

Two magazines aimed at international students but based on opposite sides of the Atlantic have teamed up to promote mobility. Yeah! International Student Magazine, Ireland, will share content with US-based International Student Voice. 4,445 US students went to Ireland in 2011/12; 1,100 Irish went the other way.