Students at the University of Manchester are facing “degrading” in-person visa checks and “differential monitoring” compared with home students.

The Albanese government has launched AUS$37.8 million integrity unit designed to "weed out" unlawful behaviour in the VET sector and protect vulnerable students.

UK boarding association BSA Group has launched a specialist immigration service for its members to supplement its pre-existing mock audit service.

The UK Boarding Schools’ Association has launched a due diligence service aimed at better supervising the recruitment process of international students.

Global Study Partners has signed a deal making PIER's EATC mandatory for its agent partners in a bid to increase compliance.

In an explosive exchange between Professor Edward Acton, Vice-Chancellor at UEA and Glyn Williams, Director of Migration Policy at the Home Office this week, Williams countered criticism over a mixed message on migration policy and said UK HE should move away from an obsession with eliminating students from the migrant count.

It appears the UK is not the only country closely scrutinising the activities of overseas recruiters—this month four private tertiary education providers in New Zealand had their right to recruit abroad suspended after failing to meet basic obligations to their overseas students.