The PIE News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Working with edtech aggregators and addressing study permit refusal rates are among the recommendations set out by Canadian universities for the country’s international education strategy. Global Affairs Canada has begun consultations on the next iteration of the strategy, set to launch in 2024 and run for five years.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 31, 2024

The UK department of education is launching an investigation into bad practice associated with agents, a minister announced earlier this week. But it also picked up on malpractice by agents as well as questions around the international year one that give international students a pathway directly into the second year of bachelors degrees.

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The PIE News

MAY 17, 2023

Education agents are a “key vulnerability” to Canada, Global Affairs Canada has said, as talks begin on the next version of the country’s international education strategy. New discussion papers suggest that agent regulation could be a priority for the refreshed strategy, which is set to launch in April 2024. “The

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Whether or not to regulate agents was the big question at the CBIE annual conference in Vancouver, with the audience split nearly down the middle on the matter. However, he noted that there is very little agent training happening in the country according to the data reviewed. He said practice is audited every one to five years.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 15, 2023

Australia’s higher education regulator has written to all the country’s registered providers warning that they could be at risk of compliance risks in regards to their recruitment, admission and support for international students. Institutions also seek to recruit students from other providers.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Failure to fill in applications is partly to blame for mass rejections and high study permits denial rates for African students applying to study in Canada, stakeholders have suggested. Within the U15 universities some have a 22% visa success rate in Nigeria, while others have 82%, he indicated.

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The PIE News

JULY 11, 2023

Higher education institutions must be reminded that they have a “choice” whether to work with agents, a new book on the landscape of their role in the industry has suggested. Student Recruitment Agents in International Higher Education looks comprehensively at how agents fit into the sector and their practices.

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