Field notes, faculty guides and research on educational travel, faculty-led programmes, volunteer abroad and medical internships — from the team behind Volunteering Solutions and Med Trips.
A practical field guide to running a faculty-led programme in Vietnam: what students study, costs, itinerary, safety and how to get it approved.
Costa Rica or Peru for your biology field course? A candid comparison of cost, ecosystems, logistics and learning outcomes for faculty-led groups.
The four-question test to assess any volunteer-abroad operator. Red flags to walk away from (orphanage programmes, unqualified teaching, construction tourism). Green flags to look for. Three…
A side-by-side comparison of the three international-education formats: cost per credit, reach across the student body, where each one fails, and a four-question decision tree to…
Sri Lanka was the most-booked faculty-led destination across our 2025 university clients. Why it works, what programmes are credible there, a real 12-day Global Health Master's…
"Hands-on" is the most over-used phrase in international medical-elective marketing. What credible clinical scope looks like at each training stage, the eight questions to pre-screen any…
The seven domains of programme risk, the 12-item pre-departure risk file, the in-country daily routine, and four real anonymised incidents we've managed — distilled into a…
A 14-day faculty-led programme abroad costs £950–£2,800 per student in 2026. Real itemised cost breakdowns by region, three worked examples from actual UK and US university…
The 15 destinations we consider strongest for faculty-led group trips in 2026 — by discipline fit, indicative per-student cost, best travel window, and starting itinerary idea.
How faculty-led programmes work in 2026, what they cost, how to build one over a 9-12 month timeline, and how to choose an in-country partner. A…
