Short on time? Here are the highlights: A UK commission is recommending a sharper focus on data-driven insights to guide the next International Education Strategy for the United Kingdom The UK’s international enrolment growth should not obscure real vulnerabilities in the resilience of the sector, says the “International Education Strategy 2.0” report Weaknesses include lack of diversity in student source markets for the UK and an increasing concentration of international enrolments in one-year master’s programmes The International Higher Education Commission, supported by Oxford International Education Group, has released a bold report presenting data and context about international education delivered by…

After months of debate and opposition from many universities in the country, the Labour Party-run government will introduce fees for non-EU students. Some 97 votes were cast by the Storting regarding the “personal payment for citizens from outside the EEA and Switzerland”. An overwhelming 86 were for the introduction, and just 11 were against. “The free principle is hereby buried. It is a sad day for students and for equal opportunities,” said the National Union of Students in Norway leader Maika Marie Godal Dam. “When it really mattered, neither the Socialist Left Party, the Labour Party nor the Center Party…

NEW DELHI: Thousands of Indian students, who are waiting for interviews for their US F-1 visas, can expect the dates to become available in the coming weeks. “We have already released tens of thousands of appointments and we have tens of thousands of additional appointments for July and August that will be released soon. Applicants should aim to check our website once or twice per day for this upcoming appointment release,” a US Embassy official told The Times of India. Specific details about when more student interview dates will become available are, however, not known. “We cannot give out a…

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Australian international education has reached its strongest position ever on several measures, suggesting the sector has shrugged off the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. The industry has notched its most lucrative quarter on record this year, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data, raking in almost A$11.1 billion (£5.9 billion) between January and March – a 7 per cent increase on the previous record set in early 2019. International education suffered heavily from border closures, with annual earnings plunging from A$40.1 billion in 2019 to A$26.9 billion in 2021. The losses particularly affected businesses serving foreign students, such as…

Canberra should forbid agents from charging commissions for recruiting foreign students who are already in Australia, and visas should be annulled when students change institutions, Indian agents have recommended. In a letter to home affairs minister Clare O’Neil, the Association of Australian Education Representatives in India (AAERI) has proposed ways to “fix the loopholes” fuelling “unethical poaching” and “course-hopping”. “There is a huge increase in newly arrived international students changing providers and enrolling in lower-level programmes,” AAERI president Nishi Borra told Ms O’Neil. “They are young and impressionable…to…agents or [institutions] who offer fee discounts, cashbacks, job promises, migration pathways and…

‘We are not criminals’: Scammed international students facing deportation plead for justice after years in Canada – New Canadian Media Source

QS forecast a potential £10 billion annual deficit to the economy while others warned that women will be disproportionately impacted by the new policy. High profile spokespeople including UUK director Vivienne Stern and Succession actor Brian Cox appeared in the British media highlighting the value of international students to the economy and warning the government not to go any further in limiting their work or visa rights. On the ground however, at networking events and on campuses, the mood among some university staff is different. Dismiss it as unpopular opinion, but there seems to be a sense of relief amongst…

An alternative approach, given the corruption among recruiting agencies and the complicity of governments and educational institutions, would be to deport them as a high profile example to highlight risks. A more serious alternative would be for to undertake a fundamental review of our international student policies with a focus on ensuring that their focus is on quality education, not just funding, and their contribution to increasing per capita GDP and productivity should they apply for permanent residency. But unlikely to happen given the various interests behind international student recruitment and enrolment and am sceptical that the planned hearings will…