Towards the end of 2022, visa backlogs are largely being managed by study destinations but there are concerns that some students will miss out on January intakes.

Agents have hailed Australia's reopening plan from December 1 as a "sigh of relief" and say it will help to "put Australia back on the map for international students".

TC Global is citing 13,500 students on its platform and flagging a new app launch in Jan 2021 as a sign of the times: its chief of brand strategy states that "consumers are not analogue", says traditional counselling has in-built bias that tech can remove. Callan Quinn finds out more.

One of India's education counselling empires, The Chopras Group has relaunched as TC Global following a 45-month restructuring and rebranding effort.