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As a top destination for international students, recent developments in the U.S. have caused confusion, distress, anxiety and frustration. A move by the government to revoke international student visas if universities offered courses exclusively online plunged the future of over one million students into doubt. Many institutions had already made the move to offer programmes online with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. U.S. announces the study ban The

The US attracts 1.1million international students each year, with many keen to remain in the country to pursue a career after graduation. But what options are available for these students who wish to find work after their studies? There are two main options. One option is to enroll in an Optional Practical Training programme (OPT) while the other is to apply for a work visa. The period that you can stay once you graduate will depend on your student visa status. F-1

Social media has been flooded recently with uplifting messages of support for international students from universities and colleges across the United States.   The #YouAreWelcomeHere campaign, spearheaded by Temple University , was devised to address concerns of the international student community following anti-migrant themes in some of the US presidential election campaigns.    Staff and students at 20 US schools have recorded

International superstar Rihanna has launched a scholarship programme for foreign students seeking a higher education in the United States.   To apply for the funding you'll need to be a resident of either Brazil, Barbados, Cuba, Haiti, Grenada, Guyana or Jamaica. Additionally you'll have already been accepted into an accredited US college or university for 2016/17.   Successful students will have access to grants from

US universities hold eight of the top 10 positions in a list of institutions that have produced the most Nobel Prize Laureates since the year 2000, according to a recent analysis by Times Higher Education . Stanford University is number one, producing an impressive seven Nobel Laureates this century and Harvard University comes just outside the top 10.   The remaining two institutions to make up the world’s top ten are Israel’s Technion and

America’s cornerstone college admissions test the SAT will undergo a series of changes to better measure students’ ‘real-world’ college and career capabilities. The changes seek to better measure how students are likely to perform in realistic college and employment situations, with a vocabulary shift towards words more commonly used in real-world contexts. Students will be required to more heavily draw on evidence to support their