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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...

AI tools in action for international student recruitment

The following article is adapted from the 2026 edition of ICEF Insights magazine, which is freely available to download now. Purpose-built design Greg Holz, assistant director...

UK: Rule changes could be coming for Master of Research programmes

If there is a lesson that international education stakeholders in the Big Four have learned in the past couple of years, it is that poor...

Global trends in international enrolments and policies as we head into 2026

At the end of 2025, educators across major study abroad destinations are facing markedly different circumstances than in the post-pandemic years following 2020. In many...

New Zealand’s international student numbers climbing amid strong public support

International student enrolments are rising in New Zealand alongside broad public support for internationalisation in education. Between January and August 2025, New Zealand providers hosted...

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