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New Zealand announces strong foreign enrolment growth along with a new international education strategy

Following a post-pandemic surge in 2023, Education New Zealand (ENZ) announced this week that the country’s international student enrolment grew by another 21% in 2024....

The surging demand for skills training in a rapidly changing global economy

With more than 175 million users, Coursera is the largest online learning platform in the world. It currently offers more than 16,000 courses in collaboration...

US issues corrected student visa data showing growth for 2024 while current trends point to an enrolment decline for 2025/26

In April 2025, we reported that foreign enrolments in the US had declined by -11% between March 2024 and March 2025. This was based in...

Survey finds US institutions expanding agency engagement and focusing on new student markets

AIRC (The Association of International Enrollment Management) and BONARD have just released a second edition of the State of the International Student Recruitment and Enrollment...

Canada’s language sector buffeted by policy changes in 2024

Amid reports of mounting job losses and programme cuts across Canadian education, the country’s language education providers are reporting a significant decline in programme volumes...

Language travel sector leaders call for a focus on value amid persistent discount pressure

A June 2025 forum convened by ALTO (Association of Language Travel Organisations) confirmed that price discounting in language travel is widespread and “driven primarily by...

Canada: List of non-degree college programmes linked to post-study work rights has changed

The Canadian government is continuing its policy of linking eligibility for a post-study work permit (PGWP) – at the non-degree level – to certain fields...

US administration revives proposal to limit terms of student visas

The Trump administration has given notice of a proposed rule change that seeks to limit the term for which a student visa can be issued....

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