Russian education agents have voiced concerns over access to US B-category visas, including for group students, while biometric requirements for other destinations are hurting visa issuance for prospective students outside of three major cities.

Australian-based edtech company Cohort Go has announced it is increased its reach in Latin America and the US and setting up new operations in South Korea and Nepal.

Change is afoot in the US working visa H-1B application system, as the Department of Homeland Security has proposed to amend the current regulations and is gathering comment from "interested parties" until 2 January 2019.

The former director of marketing at the Center for International Education at South Seattle College has been arrested and charged with voyeurism.

Described as "an opportunity to rethink, explore and engage with someone from a different background," commentators across International Education Week have been calling for students to take risks in a "world of possibilities". Viggo Stacey takes a look at some of the events taking place to champion internationalisation during IEW 2018.

The ISWP is a new support program that is tailored to the unique needs of international students and their parents for pre-departure and on-going support immediately upon the students’ arrival in the US.

A total of $2.4m in grants was awarded by the US Department of Education to two centres of the University of Wisconsin -Milwaukee to promote international education and languages programs.

Following the announcement of new restrictions on international students 'unlawful presence', four institutions have launched legal proceedings to block the move.