ICEF Podcast: Shifting horizons: Global trends in international secondary education

Listen in as ICEF’s Craig Riggs and Martijn van de Veen recap some recent industry developments, including the new patterns of student mobility in the Middle East and the continuing public and political debate around international students in the Netherlands.

This month's episode also features a discussion with expert practitioners in the secondary school sector. Martijn and Craig are joined by special guests Elizabeth Drake, Director of US Partnerships with Illume Student Advisory Service, and Bethan Hudson, Executive Director Specialist Services with The BSA Group. The group explores the international secondary student market – examining the key decision-making factors, emerging destinations, and the higher education opportunities for both the students themselves and the institutions looking to recruit them.

We conclude with a closer look at Mexico as the latest stop for our “Keys to the Market” segment.

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.

For additional background, please see:

• "ICEF Podcast: A whole new world: International student recruitment in 2025"
• "Student mobility in MENA boosted by foreign partnerships and branch campuses"
• "The Netherlands: Debate around student recruitment and retention continues amid foreign enrolment decline"
• "International student recruitment in Mexico: Demand for language study still leading the way"