Originally published in the ICEF Bulletin Considering that the international education market represents more than US$45 billion dollars, is currently estimated at roughly 2.7 million...
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Second ICEF Education Fund initiative focuses on Turkey
In a small departure from our normal news and market intelligence feed, the ICEF Education Fund is proud to announce another new project – providing...
100th ITAC counsellor certified
The ICEF Agent Training Course today certified its 100th ITAC (ICEF Trained Agent Counsellor) during on-site examinations at the ICEF Dubai Workshop. Yousuf Aleemuddin, Education...
A more complex marketplace taking shape for 2012
A pair of recent articles from University World News point to an increasingly complex and shifting international education marketplace for 2012. The first, “Confusion, contradictions...
The international education industry is, in many respects, still a young business but it is growing up fast. The global population of international students has...
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#Schools should consider 3 questions to be effective in the #Twittersphere http://t.co/5fJ9q89drb #heweb #edchat #socialgood #sm #highered - 3 hours ago
#European countries prioritising English-medium instruction to recruit more #internationalstudents http://t.co/Rec3YdJzsK #EAL #ESL #ESOL - 4 hours ago
@StudyinBC @Sarah_Mines @michaelhenniger @truworld Glad to hear it, thanks! Part 2 on measuring and tracking is coming next week... - 9 hours ago
For #students + #parents, agents are key local #advisors who provide support for #studyabroad decisions + processes http://t.co/pAbMhXgqYy - 19 hours ago
Using #Twitter for #student recruitment to maximum effect http://t.co/UpVK78oJjL #edsocialmedia #onlinemarketing #SMM #edtech #uni #colleges - 21 hours ago
2016 Forecast for #HongKong: ~23,200 #university places for 22,000 #students. Who will fill the gap? http://t.co/cteE5gbd8S #undergrad #uni - 24 hours ago
#Canada planning to open Visa Application Centres in 130 locations in 95 countries http://t.co/KbThGrQbZg #admissions #globalhighered - 1 day ago
Fewer #Japanese #students going #abroad, #Australia + #NewZealand bucking the trend http://t.co/cZcedK9pCj #studyabroad #goabroad #overseas - 1 day ago
"We must find more constructive, collaborative approaches to engaging with quality agents" says @markusbadde http://t.co/lCfFBv15kg - 1 day ago
100,000 foreigners studied in #NewZealand in 2012 + 3,000 #students were #enrolled in #NZ #schools offshore http://t.co/esgV1gK11r #K12 - 1 day ago
Facts & Figures
600,000 students go to the UK each year to learn English, which contributes GBP 2 billion to the UK economy. (British Council)
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International students contributed US $22.7 billion to the US economy in 2011-12. (IIE Open Doors)
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Subjects international students take while in the US: Business (22%), Engineering (19%), Science (18%). (IIE Open Doors)
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Forrester Research predicts that in 2014, 1.3 billion people in China will have mobile devices, and 75% of them will access the internet via their mobile devices.
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44% of prospective students in the US have “liked” a college on a social network; 57% watch videos created by the college, and 53% read posts about the college via social media. (FastWeb)
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14% of prospective students in the US have viewed a college website via their mobile device; 62% of them wanted to access a college’s social media properties and 64% to watch a college’s videos. (Noel-Levitz)
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