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Tighter compliance thresholds for UK universities recruiting international students – and the associated “Red, Amber, Green” scheme developed by the Home Office – are now in effect. As of 1 June 2026, universities will be judged according…

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Nearly 170,000 Japanese students studied abroad using one of 41 service providers in Japan in 2025, with the vast majority choosing to do so via group tours or educational study trips. The data comes from the JAOS Research Institute and is…

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If you are an international student prospect, where you live in the world increasingly determines where you can study abroad – as does your intention to stay in, or leave, a host country after completing your studies. This has always been…

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Earlier this year, I found myself reflecting on what I could do a little differently on LinkedIn to share some of my experience and observations around transnational education (TNE) and, more broadly, internationalisation, two subjects…

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Demand for study in Canada may be on the rebound, according to search data from two major international student recruitment companies, Keystone Education Group and IDP. This recent trend contrasts with plummeting student interest in 2024…

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Last year, the number of foreign students in UK higher education declined by -6%, according to data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). And now, government data shows that applications for study visas were down…

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In a legislative instrument dated 18 May 2025 , Australia’s Assistant Minister for International Education Julian Hill has ordered a 12-month freeze on the establishment of new private training centres as well as new courses offered by…

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This special feature is brought you in partnership with International Humanitarian College London (IHCL). A newly released UNESCO report reveals that higher education enrolments have more than doubled globally over the past 25 years,…

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New Zealand’s foreign enrolment grew by 11% last year, bringing the international student base in the country to 80% of its pre-COVID high point. The latest data from Education New Zealand reports a total enrolment of 92,580 international…

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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has intensified its scrutiny of the Optional Practical Training (OPT) post-study work programme for international graduates of American universities. On 12 May, Todd M. Lyons, ICE’s acting…

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Through the first quarter of 2026, restrictive immigration settings in Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US continued to (1) reduce inflows of new foreign students to universities in those countries and (2) increase student interest in…

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The UK will rejoin the Erasmus+ mobility programme in 2027 for an initial one-year term. This will end the country’s six-year absence in the programme that was prompted by Brexit in 2021. Erasmus+ is the EU’s main programme for encouraging…

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It is likely that as of September 2026, most international students in the US will need to complete their programmes in four years or less unless they receive an extension from US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). This is…

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As we speak, many international student prospects are changing their minds about what they should study. Over just a couple of years, the simple equation of a science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) programme = best chance at a…

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Listen in as ICEF’s Craig Riggs and Martijn van de Veen recap some of the latest developments in our sector, including the new pressures on the ROI that students expect from study abroad and how education agents are looking at recruitment…

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French Higher Education, Research and Space Minister Philippe Baptiste announced on 21 April that almost all non-EU students coming to France for the 2026/27 academic year will be required to pay annual tuition of €2,895 (US$3,391) for a…

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Two important new global studies – the 2025 iterations of the British Council’s Global Perceptions survey and QS’s Global Student Flows project – suggest that youth are craving certainty in an increasingly unpredictable and volatile world,…

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Of universities in the UK surveyed recently by the British Universities International Liaison Association (BUILA), 7 in 10 reported declines in international postgraduate students in January 2026 compared with January 2025. Across the…

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Etio’s International Student Barometer (ISB) is the world’s largest international student experience survey of enrolled students. The most recent edition of the ISB gathered responses from 93,843 international students from 135…

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A new analysis of student visa trends suggests that the next couple of years – at the least – look grim for Australia’s English-language training schools (ELICOS) and vocational education providers (VET). They will also present significant…

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The UK government has expanded its regulatory oversight for British institutions’ engagement with education agents. The existing structure for student visas in the UK provides an important backdrop for these changes. In brief, to sponsor a…

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Australian universities have so far faced fewer challenges than English-language training (ELICOS) and vocational education providers in the wake of more restrictive policy settings for the international education sector. But this seems to…

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A new report from Studyportals and the British Council, “ Asia, Latin America, and MENA in global education ,” demonstrates the continued rise of study abroad destinations outside of the Big Four anglophone countries. Of the three featured…