Tech giant Google and German media and publishing firm Bertelsmann have announced funding of 75,000 MOOC scholarships through online education provider Udacity.

Colleges and Institutes Canada has launched a new outbound mobility program, funding scholarships for Canadian students to study in Brazil.

The new scholarships will fund 7,500 students to study abroad, and 10,000 international students from traditional trade routes to study in China.

Fifteen language course scholarships are on offer to Turkish students who compete in a social media competition organised by Edumag, a new study abroad social content platform.

A scheme that funds mobility scholarships for projects promoting global leadership in Canada and the Commonwealth has welcomed a donation from the International Development Research Centre.

Global superstar Rihanna has announced a new scholarship that will fund study abroad in the US for students from Brazil, Barbados, Cuba, Haiti, Grenada, Guyana and Jamaica.

Institutions across the world are introducing new scholarships and support for refugees displaced by the conflict in Syria, while others are bolstering existing programmes as the refugee crisis escalates.

This week, Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and Science Jet Bussemaker presented the first awards for the Netherlands’s new national scholarship programme this week during a breakfast at Schiphol Airport.