Market intelligence for international student recruitment from ICEF
27th Jul 2022

ICEF Podcast: Student advising and planning for medical studies abroad

In this episode of our continuing podcast series, ICEF’s Craig Riggs (editor of ICEF Monitor) and Martijn van de Veen (vice-president of business development) discuss the latest developments in our sector, including a renewed focus on skills-based hiring for employers and on students as social media ambassadors.

They are joined by Philippe Van Hecke – the director of International Business Development of R3 Education and an experienced recruitment executive for medical schools – for a feature discussion on international recruitment for medical and health science programmes.

The episode concludes with a closer look at another key growth market in international education: Ghana.

You can listen right now in the player below, and we encourage you to subscribe via your favourite podcast app in order to receive future episodes automatically.

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