The PIE News

MARCH 28, 2024

It was part of a growth strategy, to reach more students through training external agents and counsellors. Fast forward to 2011 and the British Council was no longer funded by the PMI to train agents. We now have nearly 20,000 agents and counsellors from more 129 countries registered on our agent hub.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The British Council’s Agent Training program will be delivered on the e-learning platform ICEF Academy, it has been announced. The Agent Training and Engagement Hub was launched in December 2022 by the British Council to help education advisors and agents learn more about the UK as a top international study destination.

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The PIE News

MARCH 22, 2023

The UK government should recognise the role of education agents in future iterations of the country’s international education strategy , representatives from the sector told an all-party parliamentary group this week. There are approximately 10,000 agents on the platform and over 1,000 of those have been certified.

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The PIE News

JULY 3, 2023

Key stakeholders in the UK’s “crowded and complex” international student recruitment ecosystem need more support if the UK is to strengthen its global position in the study abroad segment, a British Council report has found.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The British Council has launched its agent training and engagement hub in a bid to help global education advisers better understand the UK as an international study destination. The initiative has been introduced after the UK sector has sought to strengthen its relationship with agents.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It’s no wonder then that prospective students (and their parents) seek advice and support from local school and independent education counsellors and from education agents. The British Council has always valued the role of international education study advisers whether they work in schools, as independent counsellors or as education agents.

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