Recruitment & agents

Industry event K Conference in Korea signed a memorandum of understanding last month with the Korean Association of International Educators, ensuring its event spotlights inbound and outbound study...

AILS has launched a new website to promote its homestay language classes because of the increasing popularity of language lessons in a teacher's home. AILS, which has offices in six European cities, has launched the site in French.

The UK is still the most popular destination for the Swiss, but the USA is catching up quickly, new research has shown from SALTA. Among all language destinations, the UK catered to the majority of Swiss students last year with 21.6% (around the same as in 2010), while the US catered to 19.3% – up 4%.

The ICEF Agent Training Course – offering professional tips to education agents counselling clients about study abroad– has certified its 100th successful 'student'...

The language school hosting the 2012 workshop for IALC is offering a scholarship each week to education agents...

Education agencies approved under the AIRC accreditation system may no longer be able to take commission on any form of financial aid, or even substantially change their business operational procedure without AIRC approval, under revisions to the scheme being voted upon currently.

STB, Brazil’s largest study travel organisation, announced today that well known industry player, Peter de Jong, is to become their Vice President of Business Development from January 2012. He will help develop new opportunities in North America and Asia at the outbound study giant which places 55,000 students annually.

One of Turkey’s education agency associations, UED, organised a national TV appearance for one of its directors to boost the reputation of education agencies in the sector. Gülcin Taskin, a UED director, appeared on education news show Tercih Başar on the TGRT Haber channel.

The English UK Fair, Singapore 2011 took place at Shangri-La’s Rasa Sentosa Resort last week. The fair brought together 29 English UK member centres and 42 study abroad agents from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. A programme of social events, seminars, and one-to-one appointments in a luxurious beachfront resort overlooking the […]

New restrictions on foreign-exchange purchases in Argentina are making it harder for education agents in the country to pay fees abroad, and forcing students to use the country’s black market in currency exchange...

The British Council has declared in a new report that education agents are essential to the international education industry, despite the controversy that surrounds them. It also notes that the debate over the ethics of their use is becoming “detached” from the reality seen by students on the ground...

An international survey of education agencies, the i-graduate ICEF Agent Barometer, has found that Canada has become an increasingly popular study destination. The UK and the USA remain ahead of the pack, and the USA is being singled out as most likely to see more business in the next 12 months.

According to a survey by Brazilian agency association, BELTA, Brazilian students were more likely to choose Canada as a study destination than the US or UK in 2010, in news released this week. Of the 71 agencies polled by the association, a staggering 90% said Canada was first choice for students using their services to find courses […]

Language travel agencies who wish to join English UK’s Partner Agency Scheme will find it easier to do so now that a specialist online briefing course has gone live, the association has announced.

A new association to represent the many international education agencies operating across Europe was launched this summer in a bid to support industry development on the continent.