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26th Aug 2026

ICEF Podcast: Beyond the brochure: What employability really looks like for students

Expert views on the trends shaping international student recruitment

Listen in as ICEF’s Craig Riggs and Martijn van de Veen recap some of the latest developments in our sector, including how South Korea is adapting to the continuing growth in its international student numbers and the outlook for foreign enrolment in the US this year.

Our co-hosts are then joined by special guests Gordon Scott, the CEO of Successful Graduate, and Sheenu Kathuria, CEO of EduNation Consultants. The group gets into a great discussion around how the employability conversation is unfolding with students and families now, and where expectations and reality around graduate outcomes diverge.

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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