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ICEF Podcast: Student flows are shifting. Are agencies following suit? Listen in as ICEF’s Craig Riggs and Martijn van de Veen recap some of the latest developments in...

New data provides early signals that Canada’s popularity as a study destination is on the rise Demand for study in Canada appears to be be on the rebound, according to search data from two...

UNESCO confirms growing trend of intra-regional student mobility UNESCO’s first Higher Education Global Trends Report confirms that while traditional destinations for study abroad continue to be...

UK universities bracing for a further decline in international enrolments Last year, the number of foreign students in UK higher education declined by -6%, according to data from...

Australia orders a year-long pause on new VET and ELICOS provider registrations In a legislative instrument dated 18 May 2025, Australia’s Assistant Minister for International Education Julian Hill has ordered...

How new ideas about access to university are dramatically expanding the market for international higher education This special feature is brought you in partnership with International Humanitarian College London (IHCL). A newly released UNESCO...

New Zealand reports solid foreign enrolment growth for 2025 New Zealand’s international student population grew by +11% last year, bringing it to 80% of its pre-COVID high...

US immigration officials allege OPT is being widely abused and say “more actions are forthcoming” US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has intensified its scrutiny of the Optional Practical Training (OPT) post-study work...

New IDP research shows link between visa uncertainty and the perceived ROI of study abroad New IDP Emerging Futures research reveals that visa concerns are now influencing international students’ decision-making earlier than in...

Universities urged to focus on “factors they can control” as policy settings depress international student enrolments in the Big Four Through the first quarter of 2026, restrictive immigration settings in Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US continued...

Survey finds “growing pressure” on youth group travel to UK this year Findings from a February-March 2026 pulse survey conducted by the British Educational Travel Association (BETA) highlight “growing pressure”...

Malta: Non-EU students keeping ELT weeks stable in the face of falling enrolment from Europe Data from Malta’s National Statistics Office shows that the characteristics of Malta’s English Language Teaching (ELT) sector are...

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Ireland’s ELT numbers up 10% in 2015; student weeks increase by 38%

America and Japan reporting big gains in Vietnamese enrolment

US educators following President Obama’s lead to open new links with Cuba

Brexit could discourage European students from studying in UK

Growing Chinese middle class projected to spend heavily on education through 2030

2.28 million abroad for language study in 2014

US English programmes reporting declines in Saudi enrolment this year

Table stakes: The link between food culture and student satisfaction

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A record number of Chinese students abroad in 2015 but growth is slowing

Survey says employment prospects the key for postgraduate applicants

Singapore adopting a more cautious outlook on education hub ambitions

Indian technology institutes open admissions to foreign students

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