GF, Author at AgentBee

January 19, 2025

Canada people smuggling case – institution responses

Over the Christmas and New Year period, the international education newswires ran hot with the story of the December 24, 2024 statement by India's Enforcement Directorate alleging the involvement of

International Student Recruitment

January 8, 2025

2024 Annual Report: Agent Aggregators and their Sub-Agent Networks

AgentBee monitors and reports on the sub-agent networks of education agent aggregators, drawing on the information available on aggregator websites. This is our 2024 annual report. The charts below shows the

International Student Recruitment

December 28, 2024

India: 100+ Canadian colleges, agents identified in US people smuggling scheme

On 24 December 2024, India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) released a media statement on the initial findings of its investigation into the Dingucha Case in 2022, in which an Indian family

International Student Recruitment

December 23, 2024

2024 in Review: Education Agent Policy and Practice

Dr Pii-Tuulia Nikula is an Associate Professor in the School of Business at Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) in New Zealand. She has published a number of journal articles on education

Education Agents

December 14, 2024

Double Agents: are your education agents recruiting for Russian universities?

Russia's invasion of Ukraine attracted condemnation from most Western liberal democracies, including the main international student destination countries - US, UK, Canada and Australia. Those countries have backed up their

China

Education Agents

Hong Kong

October 25, 2024

Hong Kong to crack down on dishonest education agents

Hong Kong leader, John Lee Ka-chiu, has vowed to cooperate with mainland Chinese authorities to target education agents who provide forged documents to students applying to local universities. In remarks on

Education Agents

September 24, 2024

Is the new British Council agent badge double edged?

In early September 2024, the British Council launched a new digital badge for counsellors and education agents who complete the updated UK agent and counsellor training course. The course is

Canada

Education Agents

August 6, 2024

Education agents a focus in BC’s new Code of Practice

British Columbia has initiated phase two of its International Education Framework to "strengthen student supports and ensure a high-quality education for international students through higher standards and stricter requirements for

Canada

Education Agents

May 31, 2024

Infamous rogue education agent pleads guilty in Canada

Canada's CBC has reported that Brijesh Mishra, the rogue education agent who triggered a legal and political storm last year when he was accused of duping dozens of Canada-bound Indian

Education Agent Aggregators

April 6, 2024

Agent aggregator Crizac to IPO in India

India based education agent aggregator Crizac intends to go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Indian stock market. Crizac has filed a 'draft red herring prospectus (DRHP)' with

Education Agent Aggregators

March 16, 2024

2023 Annual Report: education aggregator sub-agent networks

AgentBee monitors and reports on the publicly available information on aggregator sub-agent networks, drawing on the information available on aggregator websites. This is our 2023 annual report. The chart below shows

Education Agent Aggregators

March 11, 2024

Crossing the edtech moat: aggregator disaggregation

A recent article in The PIE News - Customised agent software launched by Dfavo founder - is an interesting swirl in the crystal ball when considering the evolution of the

Best Practice

Education Agents

February 18, 2024

Education agents without websites – really?

As the AgentBee research team traverses the web, we often come across education agents that do not have a website. Sometimes the agent has a url that when entered

Education Agents

February 13, 2024

Reference checking education agents: navigating pitfalls

Dr Pii-Tuulia Nikula is an Associate Professor in the School of Business at Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) in New Zealand. Pii-Tuulia has published a number of journal articles on

Education Agent Aggregators

January 29, 2024

ApplyBoard cuts 3,500 ‘Recruitment Partners’

Canadian company ApplyBoard is synonymous with the education agent aggregator business model. Founded in 2015, ApplyBoard has grown quickly - fueled by over US$450m in venture capital - to become

Best Practice

Education Agents

December 6, 2023

Privacy risks in education agent social media marketing

Spend some time reviewing the Facebook and Instagram pages of enough education agents and you'll soon spot a common marketing technique. It's the 'congratulations' post, congratulating a student on obtaining

Education Agents

November 9, 2023

Where is the bar set on sub-agent due diligence?

In January 2023 we published what has since become one of our most read posts, Into temptation: the rise of education agent aggregators and sub-agent risk. A key point was

Canada

Education Agents

India

September 28, 2023

Education agents exploiting the Canada-India crisis

Diplomatic relations between Canada and India are at a low ebb following an allegation by the Canadian PM, Justin Trudeau, that the Indian government may have been involved in the

Canada

Education Agents

September 23, 2023

Canadian Senators take aim at education agents

A discussion paper issued by four Canadian Senators on 20 September 2023 examines the key challenges threatening the integrity of Canada's international student program. Education agents are included on the

International Student Recruitment

August 11, 2023

Ups and downs in aggregator sub-agent networks

The education agent aggregator model continues to attract attention, in particular in relation to issues of transparency and accountability associated with large sub-agent networks. Government inquiries and policy processes in

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