Listen in as ICEF’s Craig Riggs and Martijn van de Veen recap some recent industry news, including rising student housing costs in Europe and the latest foreign enrolment data for the UK. This month’s episode features a conversation with Louise Nicol, the CEO of the industry consultancy Asia Careers Group. Louise has written widely on… Source

The last time we looked in on the distribution of nationalities in four top study destinations, we reported that in 2019 – i.e., just before the pandemic – Australia (70%) and Canada (67%) were most reliant on their Top 5 student source countries, the UK was the least (45%), and the US (63%) held the… Source

Examining the reforms to English language testing in the Home Office. Find out how these changes aim to address fraud allegations and standardize assessments. Source

Freeland’s comments came after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government is moving to restrict the number of low-wage temporary foreign workers in Canada. Source

This week the government announced the overall international student cap for 2025, of 270,000 new commencing students, with some student types not counted towards the cap. I have a high-level summary in The Conversation. This post explores the capping announcement in more detail, noting additional problems with this deeply flawed policy. The power – or… Source

While caps will force some universities to reject students they would otherwise have enrolled, other universities may not be able to fully use their international student quota. Source

But flaws in controversial bill are already creating problems, according to top legal scholar and university leader Source

The Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program is designed as an extraordinary measure to be used only when qualified Canadians and permanent residents are not able to fill job vacancies. Source

Australia has announced a cap on new international commencements from next year, favouring publicly funded universities. Source