Welcome to our newest member – iHappy Education
News Interview with Rinlapas Poosirivoraphan, Director Tell us your story. How did iHappy Education get started? I personally like to travel and have had the opportunity to travel to the US, including many US cities and states. So, I thought it could be a good...
EduSA member schools formally recongised as private colleges by the Department of Higher Education and Training
News After two decades of campaigning, The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) of the Republic of South Africa has granted Education South Africa (EduSA) and its member schools recognition and formal accreditation as private colleges, enabling...
Welcome to our newest member – Study Buddy Educational Tours
News Interview with Kim Carvajal, Co-Founder Tell us your story. How did Study Buddy Educational Tours get started? Study Buddy Tours was created by my mother-in-law, Nitz Carvajal, in 1995, to extend Outdoor Education in Vancouver to students in the Philippines, to...
Welcome to our newest member – Infinity Abroad
News Interview with Wei Soong Wong, Director of Operations Tell us your story. How did Infinity Abroad get started? It all began with my very own J1 adventure. I joined Work & Travel USA back in 2011 with my buddy Favian, and we thought to ourselves – how can we...
Welcome to our newest member – International Education Exchange
News Interview with Albert Lee, Executive Director Tell us your story. How did International Education Exchange get started? I am an English teacher by profession, extremely keen to experience various cultures. I started organising study groups and language travel to...
International students face increased scrutiny after US Supreme Court upholds travel ban
News This week the US Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s travel ban. This latest version of the ban includes seven countries: North Korea, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Libya, Somalia and Venezuela. The most severe restrictions are levied against residents of the...
International students at US community colleges a big contributor to the nation’s economy
News New data released by NAFSA, the Association of International Educators, has shown that the nearly 100,000 international students attending community colleges in the United States, during the 2016-2017 academic year, contributed up to $2.4 billion to the nation’s...
AFS to help 1,000 Asian students study in Japan
News AFS Japan has been appointed by Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) to implement a new scholarship programme focused on facilitating intercultural exchange and understanding between teenagers in Japan and 20 other Asian...
What would a “no deal” Brexit mean for the Erasmus programme?
News Hardline Eurosceptics in the Tory Party—think John Redwood, Owen Paterson, Jacob Rees-Mogg—are increasingly talking up the “no deal” Brexit outcome. It wouldn’t be so bad, they say. Britain could muddle through. Actually, such an exit would be disastrous. While...
Legislation aims to boost study abroad for US students
News Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (D-IL) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) have introduced the latest incarnation of the bipartisan Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program Act. This bill would establish a competitive grant program, run by the Department of...
UK campaigns to send more students abroad
Universities UK International has launched a three-year campaign to increase the number of United Kingdom students studying, working and volunteering abroad for two or more weeks as part of their studies. The push, titled ‘Go International: Stand Out’, is an attempt...