Market intelligence for international student recruitment from ICEF

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UK foreign enrolment takes another leap, driven by students from China, India, and Nigeria

Foreign enrolment in the UK increased by 12.4% in 2021/22 over the previous year – with 679,970 international students attending UK universities. The growth was...

Recruiting in Iran: Demand remains high in this challenging market

Demand among Iranian post-graduate students for study abroad has been very high in recent years, not the least because: Access to undergraduate education in Iran...

New report highlights the increasing competition for international students from Sub-Saharan Africa

A new report from Campus France sheds light on what’s happening in terms of outbound mobility from Sub-Saharan Africa – a region that encompasses Eastern...

Measuring cost of study and cost of living across study destinations

Even before the pandemic, the affordability of different study abroad options was rising as a consideration for many prospective international students and their families. This...

China’s borders open at last with easing of remaining restrictions on international travel

After weeks of public protest at the end of 2022, the Chinese government began to drop the most extreme of its COVID containment measures and...

Agent survey tracks key factors for study abroad planning in China and South Asia

The October 2022 cycle of the Navitas Agent Perception Survey provides some interesting comparisons between student markets in China and South Asia, some of which...

Major new trade agreement with India will help to further boost the recovery of Australia’s foreign enrolment

On 29 December 2022, the governments of Australia and India signed the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA). The deal aims to boost each...

Year in review: What we learned in 2022

Well, that felt a lot better, didn’t it? 2022 was not without its twists and turns, but many of us got a lot closer to...

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