The International Student Blog

The 100th issue is here!! We have just sent out our 100th InternationalStudent.com Newsletter, and do we have a treat in store for you. The newsletter debuts the “new look” InternationalStudent.com Website and we want to hear what you think about it! The new site is available at:http://www.internationalstudent.com/new-site/ Let us know what you think! You […]

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” […]

For many students, learning English is the first step in studying abroad. All schools require students to have a certain level of English if you are to be taken as an international student – some schools require the TOEFL, others require the TOEIC. But, whatever your school requires you need to make sure you English […]

The latest issue of the International Student News has just been released and you should have received it already if you are a subscriber to our free newsletter. The newsletter this month covers: – iKobo – Money Transfer – Learn English – From the Mailbag – USAcademics.com – Fun Site of the Month – Student […]

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 […]

Some of you will have already received the latest newsletter that we just sent out – so will know that we have a brand new look and feel! The new format will hopefully make it a much better resource, and we have some fun new features! This month we feature: – Interact – Get Active! […]

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 […]

I recently received an email from an international student asking me about a particular organisation that had offered him a scholarship, but asked him first to pay money to get the scholarship. This has prompted me to write a post about scholarships scams; how you can spot them, how you can protect yourself and then […]

The lates issue of the International Student News has been released and available online – this month it features: 1. Introduction2. Study in the USA Blog3. Study Abroad Loans – NEW Site!4. US Journal – Attend a U.S. Education Fair5. Featured Program: Boston Academy of English6. Student Sound-off – HOT Topics7. Student News – from […]

If you subscribed to the International Student Newsletter, you will know that we are doing a lot of work on the site to add new and interesting resources. We recently added the new Study Abroad pages that include an enhanced study abroad search and new study abroad blog, and now we are launching the Study […]