Your study abroad student has signed the papers and made it official…next semester, they’re going to study in Norway! It’s going to be an exhilarating adventure (that’s also a little scary too). After all, living someplace far from home immersed in another culture for several months can be daunting. It’s not like just touring the area on a whirlwind vacation. Because of that, security is an important consideration…especially if you’re traveling to and from university on your own. That’s why you need to consider a travel safety app for students. Continue reading

Summer is here, and it is at this time of year that many students travel abroad, both on holiday and in order to study as part of a “study abroad” program. If you are an administrator of a study abroad program you have to take into account the safety of your students. Continue reading

New York, NY – August 29, 2017. IMG GlobalSecur, a leading international corporate security consulting, is proud to announce heightened use of its FoneTrac® travel safety app in light of the recent terrorist attack in Barcelona, Spain . Continue reading

One of the more interesting usages for our travel security app is its usage in for study abroad programs. Many of the major universities and colleges in the United States offer what is often termed the “junior year abroad.” For students in nearly any discipline, ranging from literature to history to political science and even […]

Young people are generally a pretty optimistic lot, seeing opportunity and excitement given the prospect of foreign study or so-called ‘study abroad.; Exotic locales to visit, new foods to sample, famous monuments to serve as backdrops to selfies – all of these pique the interest of the young, and young at heart. Parents, on the […]

Los Angeles, California – February 26, 2016. IMG GlobalSecur, a leading international security consulting firm, has announced an informational synopsis on travel security for study abroad programs concerning its FoneTrac® travel security app. The FoneTrac blog aims to explain travel security issues in down-to-earth language for busy Internet readers. Continue reading