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Measuring the impacts of the first full year of Canada’s foreign student enrolment cap

In January 2024, Canada’s immigration ministry (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, or IRCC) announced a two-year cap on the number of new study permits issued...

Study highlights gaps between English standards set by test developers and those used by universities and professional bodies

“Professional bodies and universities may have different standards when using English language proficiency tests for recruitment. This is the headline finding from a 2024 study...

US institutions bracing for a challenging enrolment outlook for 2025/26

The Institute of International Education’s (IIE) twice-yearly snapshot surveys are always required reading for international educators. That is especially true this year amid a period...

How the UK’s Agent Quality Framework will shape the future of agent training

This article was originally published in the ICEF Academy Knowledge Hub and is reproduced here with permission. International student numbers have more than tripled since...

Dutch government walks back controversial measures to constrain English-taught degrees

In a 3 July 2025 letter to the Dutch parliament, Education Minister Eppo Bruins explained that the government would be setting aside contentious measures that...

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...

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