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The UK’s English-language teaching sector (ELT) experienced a challenging year in 2025, though the decline in students and student weeks was more moderate than was the fall-off for Canada’s and Australia’s ELT sectors. New data from…

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New survey results show strong interest in study abroad among Brazilian students and an optimistic outlook on the part of education agents. However, affordability issues – particularly exchange rate fluctuations – exert a major influence…

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In 2024, a slow recovery from plummeting international enrolments in the COVID-19 pandemic was underway for US Intensive English Programme providers (IEPs). Student numbers were up +2% year-over-year, and weeks (the total number of weeks…

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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 increased government scrutiny of the Optional Practical Training (OPT) programme in the United States and early…

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UNESCO’s first Higher Education Global Trends Report confirms that while traditional destinations for study abroad continue to be the most popular choices for international students, there are important changes afoot, with countries such…

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New IDP Emerging Futures research reveals that visa concerns are now influencing international students’ decision-making earlier than in the past. And, if obtaining a visa for a preferred destination seems too difficult, uncertain, or…

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Findings from a February-March 2026 pulse survey conducted by the British Educational Travel Association (BETA) highlight “growing pressure” on inbound youth travel to the UK this year. The survey gathered responses from 211 international…

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It is now just over two months since the United States and Israel first launched coordinated military strikes against Iran on 28 February 2026. The war has already cost thousands of lives and billions of dollars. it has also led to…

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Canada approved only 75,372 new study permits in 2025. This represents a -64% drop year-over-year, and an -18% decline from the previous low in 2020 at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. New Canadian post-secondary study permits approved,…

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The current political climate in the United State has spurred a flurry of proposals and rules affecting the rights of foreign visitors, students, and other visa holders to enter, work in, or immigrate to the US. The overall policy…