The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

A diplomatic spat between Canada and India is having implications for the international education sector, with some indicating that institutions, students and agents are expressing anxiety over the situation. India and Canada’s relations have been strained for some time, with issues continuously affecting Indian international students.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

An education agent has been arrested by Indian authorities after police reportedly found fake transcripts in their office. We have a back-office team strength of over 650+ country experts who review and scrutinise each application and the authenticity of the documentation before it is submitted to our partner universities. “If

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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. AAERI said it should be relooked at to “ensure easy and simpler implementation process” which would simplify applications and speed up admissions.

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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

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A not-for-profit agent association specialising in recruiting students wishing to study in New Zealand has launched. The former ENZRA agents have come together to launch the new group with four aims.

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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 The visa delays are like we have never seen before,” said Sushil Sukhwani, founder and director of Indian agency Edwise International.

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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.

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The PIE News

MARCH 22, 2024

. “I think it speaks as much to sentiment as it does to practicalities,” said Simona Campbell, vice president of university relations at Leap. A strong supporter of the Graduate Route, Arora did not shy away from mentioning a certain “complacency around recruitment efforts” in the UK.

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The PIE News

APRIL 27, 2023

There is consensus among competing agents and advisors that more needs to be done to control and protect the sector from dishonest operating which they say largely exists in the sub-agent network. More recently, Indian authorities arrested a travel agent accused of forging visa documents. The fraud needs to stop. “If

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The PIE News

MARCH 22, 2023

INTO University Partnerships has announced its latest University Access Centre is opening in New Delhi. The pathway provider, which launched an in-market counselling and advising strategy in 2022, says the centre will connect ambitious Indian students with leading universities in the UK, the US and Australia.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

After a tumultuous 2023 for India-Canada relations, from deportation cases against Indian students to a diplomatic row over the alleged killing of a Canadian citizen, the two-year international study permit cap starting in January 2024 has been met with bated breath.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A new TNE model focused on equitable partnerships between developed and emerging markets is being discussed by numerous Indian institutions, according to stakeholders. The project is currently largely focused on Indian universities, which CCG has been discussing the model with.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The news prompted a swathe of internal reviews amongst universities, keen to understand such unexpected shifts. By contrast, the Indian market tells a considerably more positive story. This would appear to suggest something of a rebound for the Indian market, after stabilising in September.

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The PIE News

MARCH 21, 2023

Agents said that legitimate education agents do not offer these services, but some travel agents may. Often the companies provide these services for multiple visa types, not just student ones. “These agents promise that they will get an earlier visa appointment,” Sukhwani said.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 14, 2023

But in India, where the greatest demand is coming from, student recruitment agents say this year has been much smoother. Previously some candidates were forced to travel to other cities and countries to secure a slot or pay third-party “agents” hundreds of dollars to book appointments on their behalf. Things have got better.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 29, 2023

For one university, it was a really great year – VCU was given a $2m anonymous donation for its study abroad efforts. A snag was a letter from the DOE on third-party guidance – which almost led to legislation effectively banning agents from practicing in the US.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 7, 2023

Published in July, the Global Student Living and College & University Business Officers report explores international students’ accommodation experiences, with a focus on students from China, India and Nigeria. Chinese and Indian students fare better socially than those from Nigeria, the UK and Ireland, the report highlighted.

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The PIE News

MAY 31, 2023

Australia’s government is looking to enact wide-ranging changes this academic year to put a stop to unscrupulous agent behaviour and non-genuine students switching courses aided by onshore agents, according to an Education department representative.

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The PIE News

JUNE 26, 2023

Some universities that have been recruiting via in-country officers in India may be at risk of back-dated income tax invoices amounting to millions of pounds, stakeholders have warned. The worst-case scenario could see universities hit by 40% income tax on profit they have earned from students resident in India in the past five years.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

“It was a beautiful university, a nice city, but in the middle of nowhere” “I wanted to study in London, I wanted to live in London. That was very clear to me, but they [the agency] found me a place at the University of Aberystwyth in Wales. “I come from a very humble family in India. .”

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Utkarsh Singh, a 23-year old Indian national, speaks from a hostel in Western Ukraine. Singh was one of the displaced, fleeing the country alongside Ukrainians and other international students who, like him, had been attending one of the country’s 240 universities open to foreigners.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Last week, a colleague told a senior staff conference at my university “not to underestimate the challenges we face at the moment, they are hard, and they aren’t going anywhere”. As international student recruitment professionals we have a responsibility to act on behalf of international applicants and we’ve never had so much material.

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