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US study visa refusals reached record levels in 2023

More than a third of prospective international students applying to study in the US last year were turned away. The F-1 visa refusal rate surged...

Canada: More provincial cap numbers announced; IRCC moves up end date for post-graduate work for partnership programmes

Since the Canadian government’s announcement in January that it would be capping the number of new study permits issued to international students in 2024 and...

Canada: Ontario’s cap implementation plan allocates nearly all study permit applications to public colleges and universities

On 26 February 2024, the Government of Ontario – Canada’s most-populous province and host to just over half of the country’s foreign students – announced additional funding...

New Zealand’s international enrolment continued to recover in 2023

New Zealand’s international education sector welcomed significantly more students in 2023 than in 2022, according to data released by Education New Zealand and announced last...

Irish ELT sector continues to exceed pre-pandemic levels of business

The Irish English-language sector continues to expand, with business in 2023 once again surpassing performance before the pandemic, according to Marketing English in Ireland (MEI),...

Survey finds interest in study abroad remains high in Türkiye despite economic headwinds

Results from a new survey that went out online to more than 1,000 Turks between the ages of 16 and 35 reveals that 88% would...

New analysis projects outbound student mobility across 30 student markets

A new study suggests there is a strong link between global GDP growth and outbound student mobility levels, and that this correlation will lead to...

Lessons from Denmark: The downside of limiting international student flows

We need not look far this year for examples of how national governments in major student destinations are moving to limit international student numbers. This...

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