Taiwan’s economy is facing a severe labour shortage which arises largely from a declining (and ageing) population combined with historically low birth rates. “Taiwan’s fertility rate is forecast...
Market intelligence for international student recruitment from ICEF
Subscribe for freeInternational student mobility is picking up steam, and a growing number of countries are contributing to the overall volume we are seeing in 2023. Today, we’re checking on...
The Japanese government has laid down plans to recover the country’s foreign enrolment by 2027. Speaking at a 2022 press conference, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and...
On 8 January 2023 the Chinese government downgraded its response measures to the COVID-19 pandemic from Category A (the highest level within its National Infection Control System control...
In 2018, according to UNESCO, Kazakhstan was the eighth-largest sender of students to foreign higher education institutions in the world. This distinction naturally puts the country on the...
Demand for study abroad is increasing quickly in China since the government re-opened the country’s borders after almost three years of closure due to COVID precautions. So far,...
Taiwan’s economy is facing a severe labour shortage which arises largely from a declining (and ageing) population combined with historically low birth rates. “Taiwan’s fertility rate is forecast...
Perhaps the biggest news story so far this year in international education circles is that the Chinese government has just announced that students must go abroad to study...
Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS) is reporting substantial year-over-year growth in new international student applications for 2022. EMGS is the organisation charged by the government with responsibility for...
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 has (1) opened...
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 we see reflected...
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 country’s economic growth...
A new IDP report – as well as other research and on-the-ground reports from agents and in-country representatives – illuminates growing demand for study abroad in Indonesia and...
It seems like a long time ago when we were all discussing and worrying about the mental health of students isolating in their rooms and dorms in the...
Updates for 22 November: Media reports indicate that IDP and the British Council have now been approved to resume operations at their IELTS testing centres in Vietnam. Meanwhile,...
Growth in Chinese outbound may be slowing, but China still represents the largest or second largest nationality within the international student populations of Australia, Canada, the UK, and...