Recruitment & agents

Students from Peru are increasingly looking at the Netherlands for study opportunities in Europe, with many having heritage European passports, making it easier to gain inexpensive access.

The region of Latin America has plentiful opportunities for British international schools, with activity in certain nations indicating growing interest, stakeholders have said.

ICEF's training arm has collaborated with the New Zealand government's education body to launch a new agent course in the country.

International schools looking to branch out should look at places beyond Riyadh if they wish to open in the middle east, panelists at a conference have said.

The visa fee for international student visas applying to study in Australia is to increase from AUS$710 to AUS$1,600 from 1 July.

Amid significant international education policy changes in major study abroad destinations, countries such as Germany, France, UAE and Finland are emerging as popular choices among Indian students, an agent perception survey has revealed. 

One of Canada’s biggest international education groups has made a series of changes to pivot its business, after the largely public allocation of PALs amid the visa cap in the country looked set to decimate its student numbers.

ICEF'S Agency Status Program is celebrating the accreditation of its 2,000th agency, with a further 1,000 agencies currently in the accreditation process.

The policy planned by the UK Labour party to further tax private school fees may mean some institutions will have to up their scholarship offerings to stay market relevant, an expert has said.

Brijesh Mishra, the main person accused in the immigration scam involving fake admission letters issued to Indian students, has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years in prison.

The future of Australia's education providers and international students is under threat from a short term "stopgap", which will lead to job losses and damage Australia's reputation, say some stakeholders.

A new survey from study abroad company GradRight delves into why students accepted and rejected certain institutions in the US.

Universities in the UK have discussed how signing up to the AQF pledge has helped throw clear focus on agency operations and if sub-agents might form part of the agency's network.

As UK universities await the government’s response to the MAC review which recommended retaining the Graduate Route in its current form, the sector is bracing for tighter agent regulation, according to stakeholders at the Enroly conference.

After the announcement of a draft framework outlining a "soft cap" on international students, the education minister Jason Clare formally introduced a bill to parliament on May 16.