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.

For additional background, please see:

"ICEF Podcast: Study destinations Australia and New Zealand back in the game"

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