Events and services specialist ICEF has acquired a digital agent training platform as it seeks to expand its professional development portfolio.

ICEF Agency Status will now use blockchain technology to generate a unique QR code for agencies that can be shared with students, parents and institutions.

Educators must utilise the latest edtech solutions to maximise student outcomes and assist teachers in their roles, speakers at an ICEF webinar have said.

The first annual ICEF Secondary Education event, held in California in January, has been described as an "overwhelming success" by those in attendance.

ICEF's Canada Course for Education Agents saw its 1,000th agent graduate in December from one of the organisation's three "destination courses".

The inaugural Women in International Education Leadership Summit and the third annual WIE awards have taken place in Berlin, Germany.

ICEF has announced the launch of two new events, ICEF Secondary Education and ICEF French Education – Canada, to be held in 2020.

ICEF's third Southeast Asia workshop held in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City saw 87 education organisations meet agents from 11 countries across the region in June.