The International Student Blog

We have put together a Christmas Video Card for all international students around the world that visit our site. We hope you have a great holiday period and an even better 2008 – enjoy the video:

With the new year only weeks away, a new semester will start for many students – some will be returning back to school and for others it will be a start at their new school. To help you with this, we have provided a checklist of things you need make sure are in place for […]

Some great news that has just been released from the Annual Open Doors report is that International Student enrollments saw a 3% increase this past year to a new total of 582,984. This increase is the first significant increase in the number of international students since the 2001/ 2002 year – and shows that the […]

Just a short little message this time, but our International Student Facebook Group has just reached 200 members! If you are an international student, or want to learn more about becoming an international student join Facebook if you are not a member and join our group, post a wall message, upload some pictures and videos […]

At long last we have flicked the switched and turned on the brand new InternationalStudent.com website!! It took a while, but we really wanted to make sure everything was working 100% and all the new sections were completed in time. Some of you may have already had a chance to view the website and if […]

Google took the steps yesterday to implement a ban on all essay editing services, after claims that advertising such services was threatening the integrity of university degrees. The calls to ban these sites and services from Google have mainly come from Colleges and Universities who see these sites as offering students an opportunity to “cheat” […]

We are all extremely saddened and shocked by the events that unfolded on Monday at Virginia Tech University. Certainly an event that we never want to see happen again, and news is emerging that some of those dead are international students. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone at Virginia Tech, and those families who […]

We want you to get more active with InternationalStudent.com! What does this mean? Well this means we want you to participate more in our site and in what we do, and the reason we want you to do this is because we can all learn from each other. If we all share our experiences with […]