Social class is a powerful factor influencing whether or not Irish students decide to study abroad, with those from a lower socioeconomic background less likely to spend time overseas, according to new research that examines the reasons why students remain globally immobile.

The majority of US students who study abroad believe the experience improved their employability and helped them secure a job or internship.

Our two basic tenets are affordability and access. We don’t want to fee our way out of trying to provide that model, because we’re achieving cool results engaging non-traditional or under-represented students in study abroad.

CBIE has rolled out a nationwide communications campaign, Learning Beyond Borders, to encourage students to study abroad.

Nigeria’s central bank has begun selling a fresh supply of dollars for students to pay for school fee payments and travel abroad, increasing the amount they are allowed to buy and enabling them to avoid paying heavy premiums for the currency on the black market.

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.

The desire to explore other cultures is the main driver for high-school aged students to consider studying abroad, according to new research from AFS Intercultural Programs.

In a large-scale survey of how friendly universities are, Erasmus students said they struggle to make friends with locals while on exchange, negatively affecting their overall experience. However, the study also shows that most students learned more than they expected about the local culture.