During this time we have covered a variety of stories and followed developing issues in international education, often sparking debate both on the blog site and in the i-studentadvisor office.

The past 99 i-studentadvisor blogs have brought you the latest statistics in international education from a variety of reports and surveys, controversial global discussions such as the Australia racism issue plus sneak previews of upcoming i-studentadvisor magazines and other ventures including the launch of the brand new website, i-studentlife.

We first looked at the impact of the recession on the international education industry back in May when we reported that many small colleges in the US had fallen victim to the recession. Since then we have had numerous related stories from aroud the world, each with a different take on the recesiion debate, including reports in July that the current economic climate is actually causing an increase in university applications in the UK.

Roz Brabner, former Editorial Assistant for i-studentadvisor and original i-studentadvisor blogger said: “It has been fantastic to view the growing success of the i-studentadvisor blog over the last 6 months, the blog provides everyone in international education excellent up to date, accessible and refreshing material and has been a great success. I am delighted I was involved in this fantastic project and I look forward to reading more dynamic content from Nikki and Felicity!”