Market intelligence for international student recruitment from ICEF

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Foreign enrolments in UK higher education dipped again in fall 2025

The early data points to a second year of declining international enrolments in the United Kingdom for 2025/26. In a November 2025 survey conducted by...

Year in review: What we learned in 2025

The market is shifting Somewhere in the middle of 2025, we started talking not just about the Big Four study destinations – the United States, United...

US extends travel ban, Nigeria now included on “restricted” list

The Trump administration has announced an expanded list of countries whose nationals – including students applying for F, M, and J visas – will be...

Search and enrolment data foreshadows international enrolment trends for 2026

The following is a guest post contributed by Keystone Education Group. Keystone Education Group’s 2025 data reveals a dynamic year for international student mobility, with...

The number of Indian students abroad fell in 2025

More than 1.2 million Indian students were enrolled in higher education abroad in 2025 – a hefty number, yet a smaller one than in recent...

ICEF Podcast: Engine of growth: The true value and impact of the international education sector

Listen in as ICEF’s Craig Riggs and Martijn van de Veen recap some of the latest developments in our sector, including the latest enrolment trends...

Global higher education enrolments expected to grow through 2035, but new challenges must be addressed

Times Higher Education’s new report, Towards 2035: Projecting the Future of Global Higher Education, predicts that university-level enrolments will continue to grow through 2035 from...

Canada: A case study of immigration policy impacts on postsecondary institutions and the wider economy

In January 2026, Canadian higher education institutions will enter the third consecutive year of caps on new international student enrolments. Those caps were designed to...

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