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English as a second language is a thriving industry in the UK, with an estimate 600,000 students traveling to the UK each year to study. More than half of these also then go on to higher education courses – and for this reason the English Language industry brings in over £1.5bn to the British economy […]

We understand the intensity of admissions season and wanted to create a series of quick tips to help steer you in the right direction. From our point of view, here are the 5 most common admissions essay mistakes: Tonal and Narrative Balance – We have mentioned this before, but the key to effective admissions writing […]

Here at InternationalStudent.com, we are horrified at the devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti, and our thoughts are with the staggering number of people impacted by this disaster. Schools have been scrambling to locate and evacuate their study abroad students in Haiti.  Lynn University and the University of Florida, among others, have been working […]

As we reported in our January issue of the International Student News, there has been a recent spate of attacks against international students in Australia, and most notably on students who are studying there from India. The problems have been grumbling for a while and came to a head earlier this month when accounting graduate […]

At the end of 2009, there were nearly 34 million iPhones that had been sold around the world and without question it is the number 1 mobile device available on the market at this time. If you are lucky enough to have an iPhone, InternationalStudent.com has just launched its first iPhone App and its totally […]

Now that the dust has finally settled on another holiday period, we would like to formally introduce our two new student bloggers into the International Student family. Regular visitors to our site will have already met and know about our new bloggers as they were both winners in our 2009 travel video contest, one actually […]

The latest edition of the International Student News have been sent and should be currently sitting in your inbox if you are a current subscriber. This month we have lots of articles and items to help you kick start 2010 – including: Save on your Student Insurance plan Welcoming our New Student Bloggers International Student […]

With the new year now upon us, 2010 already looks to be another big year for international education. As we reported in our Financial Aid Blog, 2009 saw record numbers in the USA for international students with a large 8% increase in the numbers from the previous year. With the worldwide recession and the recent […]

As highlighted in our post back in 2008, the Swedish government was looking to change a long standing tradition where international students are not charged to study in Sweden. Throughout much of Europe and the world, international students typically have to pay full tuition to attend a University – and Sweden was one of the […]

The latest edition of the International Student Newsletter was released earlier this week crammed full (as usual) with load of information, news and advice for international students. This month we feature the winning videos from our 2009 Travel Video contest: We have a winner! ISE Cards Learn English – BAE Student News From the Mailbag […]