The benefits of international students across Canada is being lost amid negative headlines and political pressure, stakeholders across the country fear. Source

Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro published the below chart showing that labour shortages are rapidly easing across Australia: Low-skilled positions, in particular, have become much easier to find, with the share of employers reporting recruitment difficulties falling to pre-pandemic levels. The data makes sense in light of the record surge in international students, with the Source

Listen in as ICEF’s Craig Riggs and Martijn van de Veen break down the latest developments in Canada’s new cap on foreign enrolment and the latest on visa rejection rates in Australia. This month’s episode features a panel of founders for three tech-driven startups in our sector: Kasper Baars from the digital student-university matchmaker The… Source

A growing body of industry research shows that in 2024, international students are considering a wider range of destinations, motivated by such factors as ease of getting a visa, post-study work opportunities, and affordability. Today, our focus is on three alternative destinations that have – relatively quietly – been attracting considerably more student interest than… Source

UKVI has shared a draft “remote delivery” policy with higher education providers for consultation. David Kernohan spots the gaps Source

Campus France has released its international student enrolment data for 2022/23, and in contrast to the double-digit percentage upticks recorded for that year in Canada (+30%) and the UK (+16%), the year-over-year increase in France was +3% for a total of 412,000. That increment adds to a total increase of 17% in the country’s international… Source

Canadian universities have welcomed the government’s federal budget that provides funding for “long overdue” academic research and scholarships. Source

Some insights into their thinking, including comments wanting “real, reasonable objective metrics” related to housing, healthcare and jobs and “I don’t want my government determining which values it supports and which it doesn’t.” But of course, the previous conservative government didn’t move the needle either on foreign credential recognition: The Conservative party’s plan to tie… Source

Those in the student recruitment industry are all still recovering from the recruitment conditions taking a turn for the worse this January intake following the boom in demand for the UK. Source