Industry News

Canada Starts Roll Out of Student Cap, Impact on Bad Actors Unclear

The term โ€œbad actorsโ€ has been used by government officials since mid-2023 to summarize problematic conduct in Canadaโ€™s international education industry. Source

“Deep concerns” about timelines of Migration Advisory Committee review

Following the publication by the Home Office of the terms of reference for the Migration Advisory Committee’s review into the Graduate route, Universities UK has responded to the detail. Source

Youโ€™re giving us how long to review the Graduate route?

The Migration Advisory Committee has been given a tight turnaround for its review of post-study work โ€“ and itโ€™s not impressed Source

Ontario’s $203m higher education top-up fund mocked by opposition

Two weeks afterย Ontario announced $1.3 billion funding boost designed to stabilise the province’sย colleges and universities, opposition politicians have said that the sector’s financial stability is still as risk. Source

US stakeholders share priorities for a national international education strategy – ICEF Monitor

The US remains the only leading study destination without a national strategy for international education, and calls for โ€“ย and indeed the prospects for โ€“ย such a strategy have been building over the past year. That advocacy has most recently been focused through the newly established US for Success Coalition, a collective of peak bodies and stakeholderโ€ฆ Source

Foreign students may be undermining UK higher education, says Cleverly

Home secretary calls for visa review over concern that courses are being used as shortcut to gain work permits Source

Education Visa Consultative Committee: 1st Quarterly Meeting

The first quarterly meeting for 2024 of the EVCC went overtime this morning. The Koala understands that over 70 sector stakeholders were provided with the Source

“Business is anxious about potential changes to the Graduate Visa”

Londonโ€™s success hinges on its ability to attract talented people from around the world, and our research also shows that the Graduate Visa is valued by businesses across a range of industries Source