Private student finance firm Prodigy Finance has raised US$1bn in the past year, which CEO Cameron Stevens said will allow even more students "with limited or no funding" to take part in mobile study.

Prodigy Finance, a 'fintech' platform dedicated to offering loans and career advice to international students enrolled at top universities, has celebrated its 10-year anniversary in London with the launch of an impact report.

Plans to fund more than 10,000 students overseas may be in jeopardy, after it was announced Kenya's Higher Education Loans Board has been allocated around half the funding it requested in the upcoming budget.

EU students applying to study at an English HE or FE institution in 2017 will have access to student funding for the duration of their course, the universities minister has confirmed.

More than £2m wrongly loaned to international students studying at alternative providers in the UK has yet to be repaid since the erroneous payments were uncovered two years ago.