Amy Baker

A solution has been found to the fiasco of having no appropriate body able to verify the quality and integrity of English language schools and various other private education providers in the UK. The government announced today that the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) and the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) will take charge […]

New Zealand is the latest country to amend its immigration regulations in an effort to weed out migrants using the student route primarily to access permanent residency. Immigration New Zealand has unveiled new rules that come into play from 25 July. In brief, student attendance and progress will be more closely monitored, as will student […]

A UK government policy on student visas that is founded on flawed and unreliable data will continue to be championed by the UK, in a political climate that values immigration over the economy. This was the message of Tony Millns, Chief Executive of English UK, at the recent Annual Conference of the 440-strong membership organisation. […]

Reinforcing the increasing professionalism with which education agencies are being regarded, a representative body for migration agents in Australia, the Migration Institute of Australia (MIA), has

A long-awaited cohesive brand for Ireland’s international education sector was revealed on March 24 by Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton. Ambitious plans to double the amount of foreign students in the university sector were also unveiled, from the current base of 26,000, and […]

INTO University Partnerships, is expanding into China with a new twist on its model of working with universities to tap into demand for a Western education

Accreditation surprise and low-risk countries revealed in UKBA re-jig: The UK Border Authority (UKBA) has announced that it won’t be using the accreditation agencies that it mandated previously to verify the quality of privately operated schools, such as English language schools, for Student Visa issuance. This leaves a question mark over the role that schemes such […]

The new UK student visa system ushered in by UKBA on April 21 this year will enable tighter checks on applicants’ financial integrity, after concern that there was abuse in the previous system. Up until April, students had to prove funds (of £600 per month or £800 per month if studying in London) upon application […]

A significant investment in promoting Canada as an education destination of choice was announced when Canada's federal budget was unveiled on March 22.

The owners of two convenience stores in Australia were fined in April for underpaying foreign students employed in Melbourne and Geelong.