Much has been written recently about the rise and market impact of education agent aggregators. An education agent aggregator acts a market hub, bringing together large numbers of educational institutions and education agents with the aim of recruiting large numbers of international students. The education agent aggregator business model is a numbers game. Success depends on: establishing agency agreements or contracts with a large number of high quality educational institutions – it is this client list that is the major draw card for potential sub-agentsrecruiting an army of sub-agents and supporting them with technology solutions to generate international student applications.If…

BATHINDA: Punjab governor Banwari Lal Purohit has asked youth to put their technical skills to the service of mankind and the nation, while chief minister Bhagwant Mann has asked them to chase prestigious degrees instead of a 7-band score at IELTS. At Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University on Saturday, Purohit asked the graduating class to have role models such as former president A P J Abdul Kalam who went into research and teaching. He said: “The country needs a second Green Revolution to increase its food productivity.” After Purohit’s convocation address, Mann also addressed those graduates and postgraduates, saying…

Short on time? Here are the highlights: Educators in the leading destinations of Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US are adopting a “post-pandemic” mindset in their approach to recruiting and they are facing a different competitive landscape Overarching goals are sectoral recovery and market diversification As a result of their individual governments’ policy approaches during the pandemic as well as government policies moving out of the pandemic, each of the leading destinations has a different recovery trajectory So far, the UK appears to be leading in terms of both overall growth as well as diversification, and it is seeing…

Short on time? Here are the highlights: A comprehensive new analysis tracks global demand for higher education from 2006 through 2018 The study finds sharply contrasting trends between the developed economies of the Global North and the surging (or emerging) economies in the South Broad patterns are observable in the models that project higher education enrolments globally in the decades ahead. These models point to significant growth in overall enrolments, and of corresponding growth in international student numbers in particular. They also suggest a shifting demand-supply dynamic that suggests that we should anticipate some downward pressure on post-secondary fees in…

Surveys from Mongoose (a popular SMS provider) tell us that a full 80% of students want to receive text messages from academic institutions. The caveat: they only want messages that matter. No fluff. We get it. We bet you do, too. And, the return on well-executed texts is more than worth the careful content planning effort. SMS marketing is proving to be a direct, cost-effective way to recruit and retain students. If your institution hasn’t explored SMS marketing, now is the best time to start. It’s a little like the question, “When is the best time to start exercising?” The…

The Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement will “turbocharge [the countries’] close, long-standing and highly complementary economic relationship” in areas ranging from critical minerals, professional services, education and tourism, according to Australia’s minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Dan Tehan. Higher education and adult education are both included in the 31 Australian services sectors and sub-sectors that will “be guaranteed to receive the best treatment accorded by India to any future free trade agreement partner”, the agreement details. “The AI ECTA will create new opportunities for jobs and businesses in both countries” While Australia will provide new working holidays access for young Indians,…

The government’s higher education regulator, in partnership with the Department for Education and the UK Council for International Student Affairs, released a statement last month asking the higher education sector to submit evidence of effective practice relating to international students.  The call is part of a joint project between the organisations to improve the integration and non-academic experiences of international students.  NEW: We are welcoming submissions for best practices in supporting international students, following the publication of our latest #OfSInsight brief: https://t.co/rD6Y65dBCg #InternationalStudent #students #university #college #HigherEducation pic.twitter.com/u4RYTduBic — The Office for Students (OfS) (@officestudents) March 16, 2022 The body…

The donation followed a 2019 contribution of $4m by Cestar, which runs a private college for international students in the Toronto area. So why has a private school donated $6m to a public college? Well, it turns out that Cestar has for more than a decade had a contract with Lambton to use its curriculum to teach international students, primarily from India. The Cestar students graduate with a certificate from Lambton College. “Lambton College has been working with Cestar Group for many years, and we’re thankful for the tremendous international educational opportunities they have provided for so many of our…

Last Tuesday evening, the Hon Josh Frydenberg delivered his budget speech for 2022-2023. The speech focused on key issues facing Australian society and its economy in the lead up to the Federal election. However, there was a limited focus on higher education and almost no focus on international education. Despite no specific budget measures for international education providers or students, the detail that sits in the budget papers reveal welcome news for the sector. Headline net migration and international student figures will take a few years to return COVID-19 and the associated border closures have had an unprecedented impact on…