Trade bodies, education consortiums and private companies can all help education institutions keen on establishing an on-the-ground presence overseas, especially in international education hotspots such as China, Brazil and India. Amy Baker finds out how services are flourishing for managing market entry.
Some of the smartest people I've met work for the government in China and guess where they've been educated? You can imagine - the UK, US. But something needs to change.
Pro-active international university, the University of Nottingham, has launched a unique training programme via its Ningbo campus in China which will enable Chinese students to become the integrated circuit (IC) designers of the future. Integrated circuits are crucial in the manufacture of digital devices.
The British Council has honoured the vital contribution East Asian education agents make to British education with a major conference and awards ceremony in Guangzhou, China last month. The Council said The East Asia Education Agent Conference 2013 was the first event of its kind and vital to lending "credence and exposure to an often-misunderstood industry".
Some 2.6 million Indonesians could enter higher education in the next decade—but despite the country's emerging prosperity, the HE sector will not be able to cater for all of them. The number of students studying overseas is likely to grow, but will, as some predict, Indonesia become another major student market? Julian Hall reports...
Professor Christine Ennew will take over as provost and pro-vice-chancellor next year at the University of Nottingham, Malaysia - one of the UK's best known offshore university campuses - as it enters a period of increased competition in the student market.
Using or reappraising relations with education agencies, or outsourcing other aspects of international student recruitment – whether that is social media management, enquiry management or regional representation – is on the rise within UK higher education. Jim Butler reports on the new recruitment environment, as competition intensifies for overseas students and operating conditions also turn the screw.
UG applications to UK universities from outside the EU have risen 8.5% since this time last year, despite continuing fears that student visa policies are dampening demand for the UK. Meanwhile, applications from the UK and elsewhere within the EU have fallen 8.9% and 12.9% respectively; and Scotland has seen a boost in its appeal.
