Australian international education giant IDP Education has announced the acquisition of UK-based student peer chat service The Ambassador Platform.

Peer-to-peer engagement platform Unibuddy is launching a new product aiming to help educators retain prospective students until enrolment.

Study abroad and networking platform Educatly has closed a pre-seed funding round of $1 million with a key contribution from Enterprise Ireland. Falak Startups, a start-up accelerator backed by the Egyptian government, is also backing the company.

Karel de Grote Hogeschool University of Applied Sciences has partnered with online meeting platform Joinby in a bid to connect students with one another.

The only thing she could get was testimonials from students and in fact the testimonials had been filtered by the marketing department

UK universities risk missing out on enrolments by not responding to enquiries from prospective students, education consultants have warned, after mystery shopper research found that one in four enquiries were not answered.

Unibuddy has partnered with Studyportals in a bid to help more students make decisions around studying by connecting with people who’ve been in their shoes before.

Edtech peer-to-peer provider The Ambassador Platform has announced an expansion into the international and independent school space.