A company recruiting American students to attend schools in the UK is being sued by the Justice Department under Massachusetts law, authorities have said. Source

Right-wing thinktank argues government, not universities, should be put in control of student visa numbers to ‘reduce the potential for abuse’ Source

Estimates suggest Russell Group’s Chinese fee income has quadrupled in recent years Source

The final report’s scant recommendations and mooted interventions are uninspiring, unhelpful and, at times, alarming, says Michael Wesley Source

More government action in the student visa space is imminent, with the announcement today that the financial capacity requirement will go up from 10 May Source

Student names, addresses, visa applications and scans of passports are just some of the details that have been leaked online following a ransomware attack Source

There is much heat but precious little light around the scale of cutbacks and potential job losses in the UK higher education sector.  UCU has begun its own “live page of all the redundancies, rest… Source

The total net benefit to the UK Exchequer of hosting Graduate Route visa holders came in at £70 million in the first year of the scheme, research has found. Source

TOEFL iBT tests are valid for Australian visa purposes once again, ETS, the company behind the assessment, has announced. Source