The funding body is due to contact higher education institutions in the UK, some of which already have online study facilities, asking them for feedback on the plans.

BBC: Universities told to catch the e-wave

However the Cruise Scotland study said dockside facilities and the tours on offer needed to be improved.

BBC: Scottish cruise passengers could hit one million

The Inter-American Development Bank has commissioned a study of long-term care facilities in Uruguay, Argentina and Chile.

FORBES: Montevideo: Unprepared