Stakeholders in the UK sector are reporting increasing numbers of international students dropping out soon after enrolment in order to accept employment offers in the care sector.
Members of the majority party in the Netherlands parliament have told the country’s education minister that limits should be placed on the number of international students.
A prominent parliament group advocating for international students in the UK has called for the cohort to be taken out of net migration figures as talks continue regarding planned migration cuts.
The IRCC decision to temporarily lift the working hour limit for international students in Canada will allow employers to offer legal options to students, and curb illegal labour, stakeholders in the country have said.
Newspapers have splashed headlines about “banning” foreign students and a “crackdown” on study visas, after the UK hit its “highest-ever” net migration figure.
Applications for UK study visas and extensions in Q3 2022 have risen by some 30% to hit a total of 316,735 compared with the same quarter in 2021. Additionally, the ONS has estimated the UK’s highest-ever figure for net migration.
A video promoting the next ICEF conference taking place in Perth has enticed viewers to come and see “the best Western Australia has to offer”.
Visa processing times globally are continuing to impact the recovery of the international education sector, with Canada at the most disadvantage, stakeholders suggest.
Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, promoted the value of the French language and of studying in Canada at the 18th Francophonie Summit in Tunisia.
A bipartisan act named after senator Paul Simon, seeking to boost study abroad among US students, is being introduced in the upper house.
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