The PIE News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Eleven agencies across China are recruiting on behalf of at least 30 universities in Australia, new research by The PIE News has found. Previous data has found that 73% of international students from China looking to study in Australia used an agent to help them apply and enrol on courses in 2018.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Nearly two-thirds of Indian and Nepalese agents work with other recruiters to access education providers they don’t have a partnership agreement with, according to a survey of over 100 agents. It follows the arrest of an agent in India, accused of forging university transcripts , who acted as a franchise partner of a leading agency.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

“They’ve created a great brand name, they have created relationships by going to schools directly, taking the non-agent approach year after year,” said Anand. We are in the e-commerce boom as far as India is concerned,” Anand posited. Don’t expect the student to come to you.”

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Australia is introducing further decisive measures to combat student poaching and an abuse of its education system from operators driven by commercial gain – a ban on agent commissions earned from student transfers between providers in Australia is set to happen. Unethical poaching of students onshore was a serious concern for all.”

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The PIE News

APRIL 22, 2024

Some 405 prospective undergraduate and postgraduate students from India, Nigeria, Pakistan and Vietnam were surveyed for the report, as well as 97 current OIEG pathway program students. The post New survey says US “preferred” choice for Indian students appeared first on The PIE News.

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The PIE News

MAY 26, 2023

The agent in India used the same fraud scheme with a number of students who wanted to come to Canada to study. Various media reports have suggested that up to 700 people from India were victims. Her agent provided her with a letter of admission from Seneca College in Toronto, which she used to obtain a study permit.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

A university in Western Australia has suspended the recruitment of undergraduate international students from Punjab and Haryana in India. We require that students provide us with verifiable proof of income to ensure that they have the necessary funds to support their studies,” the email to the agents said.

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The PIE News

MARCH 20, 2023

The Canada Border Services Agency is investigating a scheme in which Indian agents provided students with fake college acceptance letters to obtain study permits and gain entrance to the country, a representative told The PIE News. Singh’s agent gave him a letter of acceptance to Loyalist College.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

overall increase in CAS issuance for British universities, there have been declines in enrolments from both India and Nigeria across a sample of 43 institutions in September 23. Agent-recruited applications to the UK accounted for 58% of all students, rising to 71% of applicants who received a CAS or visa.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 9, 2024

There are more than 430 agencies and student recruitment companies working onshore in Australia that have at least two university partners, new research by The PIE News has found. The agencies are also listed as a partner in other markets, such as in India, China, Malaysia, Egypt, Philippines and Nepal, among others.

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The PIE News

MARCH 8, 2023

Indian agents have called on Australian universities to reverse a decision to suspend recruitment from regions of North India, saying the move borders on discrimination. It comes as Australia cements ties with India via a new qualification recognition agreement which will streamline student mobility between the two countries.

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The PIE News

APRIL 6, 2023

Police in India have arrested a travel agent accused of forging visa documents for students in Canada. It follows the news that Indian students in Canada face possible deportation as border services investigate the use of fake college acceptance letters in study permit applications.

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The PIE News

MAY 18, 2023

Agents are helping international students in Australia switch to lower-cost providers, a parliamentary inquiry has heard, but a gents in India insist that it is those working onshore who are responsible. These are genuine students who have come to Australia to study a world-class degree at a university,” he told The PIE News.

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The PIE News

JUNE 9, 2023

Australian immigration has cancelled the visas of some international students enrolled in more than one course as institutions and agents continue to call for a crackdown on course-hopping. In a Facebook post , one migration agent wrote about a student who changed courses from a Bachelor’s “to a package of trade courses”.

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The PIE News

MARCH 21, 2023

Students in India are struggling to secure US visa appointments as companies buy interview appointment slots to sell on at higher prices. Sushil Sukhwani, founder and director of Edwise , said purchasing visa slots through companies in India had become a “common practice” since fall 2020, when the shortage of appointments began.

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The PIE News

MARCH 13, 2024

Coming from group societies like China and India, they learn to be independent and take life into their own hands. Unfortunately, the government just sees international students as an economic boost when they should be creating new Australians. For many, the move also exposes them to cultural diversity.

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The PIE News

MARCH 31, 2024

International offices need to work more with their financial offices so that they can effectively manage student payments and agent commissions – and avoid any agent payment issues, a panel has urged. The issue also occurs with agents who have recruited students that need instalment payments.

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The PIE News

MARCH 15, 2024

International agents are frequently left with major cashflow shortfalls by university finance teams delaying payment and disregarding contracts, a group of agents has told The PIE. Furthermore, most institutions don’t pay agents until they receive students’ entire tuition, which can take up to two years to go through.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 12, 2023

Education agents in India are concerned about the spread of unethical practices among university recruitment teams working in the country, including alleged incidents of bribery, favouritism and conflicts of interest. . Those who pay [regional managers] will get their students passed,” said one Indian agent, speaking anonymously.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Cape Breton University’s new code of conduct, rolling out this month, is set to improve international student recruitment standards for the university, as well as the wider international student experience. It also outlines the ethical practices agents are expected to carry out.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Mega study abroad application platform ApplyBoard has taken the unprecedented step of publishing a public ‘blocklist’ of agents who have been banned from using the service. The company is also encouraging colleagues from across the sector to report agents who are suspected of malpractice through a nomination form.

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The PIE News

MARCH 22, 2024

As the UK and India attempt to formulate a free trade agreement, and with the future of the UK Graduate Route uncertain, stakeholders have highlighted the importance of post-study work offerings for bilateral relations between the countries. “It creates a negative tone to any sort of conversations,” added Campbell.

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The PIE News

JULY 4, 2023

We’re really exploiting international students by bringing them in and not worrying what happens to them,” she told The PIE News in an interview. Overseas agents convince students that it is easy to obtain permanent resident status, when in fact it can take many years and the individual may eventually be turned down.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The diplomatic row which sparked a tense standoff between India and Canada appears to be settling down, with agents saying Indian student numbers are already recovering. At this stage in India it is more of a drawing room discussion rather than a deep concern.

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The PIE News

APRIL 27, 2023

Education counsellors across India say duplicitous players in the international education market are having a seriously negative impact on the sector, with one senior counsellor describing the situation as “supremely unethical”. More recently, Indian authorities arrested a travel agent accused of forging visa documents.

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The PIE News

MAY 14, 2024

“While we believe that the MAC review would support the Graduate visa, by and large, any significant curtailment would make the UK a relatively less attractive destination for the best and the brightest international students, including from India,” said Piyush Kumar , Regional Director – South Asia and Mauritius, IDP Education.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Some students who had planned to start UK university courses in the autumn missed their start dates due to visa processing delays, according to education agents. “The There are delays [and] increased processing times for the priority visa as well as the super priority visa from all locations in India.”

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 22, 2023

million investment in Australia’s student information management system at the AIEC conference in Adelaide, revealing data on agents and use of concurrent study. Departmental data also revealed agent involvement in Confirmation of Enrolment needed for Australian student visa applications. Officials gave updates on the $17.3

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A bumper recruitment event for agents has “reaffirmed” the popularity of New Zealand among Indonesian students, the government’s education bureau has said. Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao took a delegation of the country’s eight institutions on a promotional tour to Surabaya and Jakarta.

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The PIE News

JULY 17, 2023

Nepal’s decision to increase tax rates for outgoing students will not have a “dramatic impact” on the numbers studying abroad, say agents. Nepal’s government raised the rate of tax students must pay when transferring tuition fees to overseas institutions from 2% to 3% as part of a new budget in May.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Many institutions have relied exclusively on agents and tech platforms for student recruitment, inadvertently severing the direct line of communication. Institutions must explore more efficient recruitment strategies, recognising that reliance exclusively on agents cannot be the solution.

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The PIE News

APRIL 28, 2023

The University of Essex recently sent a delegation of its professional services staff to India for a unique immersion trip designed to develop a deeper understanding, knowledge and empathy of the challenges students face from the country. The post India trip to ‘hone’ student experience appeared first on The PIE News.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

With the Nixon review identifying that some 75% of international students in Australia are using agents when applying for university places, the minister acknowledged the important role of education agents in “helping students to navigate the move from one country to another to study”. Additionally, government has announced a $37.8m

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

aecc has become the first education agent to participate in Edified’s Enquiry Experience Tracker. For aecc, dozens of enquiries were made by phone, email, live chat and social media to a sample of 20 offices across India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Malaysia, Nepal, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Australia.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A report from The Observer said that appointments for UK students visas – a system which is outsourced to VFS Global – were being booked up by “dodgy” agents and subsequently sold at extortionate price, despite the fact they are supposed to be free.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The ICEF 2023 Agent Voice survey , found that appetite for international education remains strong, with Germany listed as one of the destination countries where significant growth projected. “Europe is becoming a real big player in India,” Jyotan Singh, senior business development manager, for SIEC Education recently told The PIE.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Germany’s introduction of APS in India in October 2022 came after Ambassador Philip Ackermann highlighted that 15% of all study visa applications from India are ‘fraudulent’. However, Germany must assess the APS in India because they misjudged the number of applications they will receive from the country.

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