Dec 16, 2015 | International Students
Flight Centre is buying the Irish company Travelonomy Limited which owns the US-based StudentUniverse.com group of companies specialising in student and youth travel. The Australian travel booking company will pay USD 28 million (AUD 39 million). The deal, which...
Nov 13, 2015 | International Students, Study Abroad, Travel Safety
UK Home secretary Theresa May has announced plans to make UK universities responsible for ensuring their overseas students do not remain in the country after graduating. The procedure would involve using exit data collected at UK airports and other departure points to...
Oct 9, 2015 | Cultural Exchange, Educational exchange, International Students, Volunteer Travel, Volunteer travel, Youth Travel
The German Youth Council, DNK, and the European Youth Forum have called on Germany to allow young volunteers and pupils to be part of new proposed EU visa rules. The organisations are making this call, along with other German civil society and youth organisations, in...
Aug 20, 2015 | International Students, Reports, Research, Study Abroad
Australia’s international education sector is continuing to expand into 2015, albeit with signs of the growth moderating, according to the year-to-date (YTD) statistics for June released by the Department of Education and Training. A separate report, meanwhile,...
Jul 1, 2015 | International Students, Millennial Travellers, Study Abroad, Youth Travel
Recently touted by AdWeek as a ‘social media darling’, Snapchat is becoming the social app of choice by the young set (think Generation Z) and an advertisement platform to watch closely. Set apart from other social networks by its decidedly transient...
Jun 26, 2015 | Flights, International Students, Members, Study Abroad
WYSE Travel Confederation members StudentUniverse and Bus2alps have partnered together to offer discount flights for students. Read the full report: StudentUniverse, a leading resource for student travel discounts, today announced that it has partnered with Bus2alps,...