Market intelligence for international student recruitment from ICEF
27th Mar 2015

Five for Friday

Welcome to the latest instalment in our occasional “Five for Friday” column. As always, we have gathered below some of the more eye-catching and varied items that we’ve been reading lately. We present them here for your end-of-week reading pleasure.

Diploma mill network targeting Arab students

A global network of bogus universities is targeting students in the Middle East with aggressive sales techniques and offers of financial aid.

Major tech players helping to build MOOC courses

Leading MOOC providers are looking to the world’s biggest tech companies such as Google and Facebook to help design (and recognise) online courses.

Universities ponder the value of U-Multirank

A survey of European University Association (EUA) members finds mixed opinions as to the impact of the new U-Multirank ranking scheme.

Get visual to drive more traffic to your website

This is a nice primer on how to use images, slide decks, and infographics to help build traffic and engage web visitors.

How to encourage the alumni connection

Using the example of a small undergraduate institution from Canada, this item from the European Association for International Education (EAIE) makes some valuable points about the nature of the institution-alumni relationship. The bottom line? Alumni want to know that they matter.

Most Recent

  • Year in review: What we learned in 2025 Read More
  • US extends travel ban, Nigeria now included on “restricted” list Read More
  • Search and enrolment data foreshadows international enrolment trends for 2026 Read More

Most Popular

  • Which countries will contribute the most to global student mobility in 2030? Read More
  • Research shows link between study abroad and poverty alleviation  Read More
  • Beyond the Big Four: How demand for study abroad is shifting to destinations in Asia and Europe Read More

Because you found this article interesting

Year in review: What we learned in 2025 The market is shifting Somewhere in the middle of 2025, we started talking not just about the Big...
Read more
US extends travel ban, Nigeria now included on “restricted” list The Trump administration has announced an expanded list of countries whose nationals – including students applying for F,...
Read more
Search and enrolment data foreshadows international enrolment trends for 2026 The following is a guest post contributed by Keystone Education Group. Keystone Education Group’s 2025 data reveals a...
Read more
The number of Indian students abroad fell in 2025 More than 1.2 million Indian students were enrolled in higher education abroad in 2025 – a hefty number,...
Read more
Global higher education enrolments expected to grow through 2035, but new challenges must be addressed Times Higher Education’s new report, Towards 2035: Projecting the Future of Global Higher Education, predicts that university-level enrolments...
Read more
Canada: A case study of immigration policy impacts on postsecondary institutions and the wider economy In January 2026, Canadian higher education institutions will enter the third consecutive year of caps on new international...
Read more
AI tools in action for international student recruitment The following article is adapted from the 2026 edition of ICEF Insights magazine, which is freely available to download...
Read more
UK: Rule changes could be coming for Master of Research programmes If there is a lesson that international education stakeholders in the Big Four have learned in the past...
Read more
What are you looking for?
Quick Links