UK Home Office updates sponsor guidance on education agents

In August 2023 ApplyBoard publicly announced its ‘Recruitment Partner Blocklist’ in the context of an article on its website setting out its approach to monitoring and managing its recruitment partner network. An article in The PIE described

Recent financial disclosures from Australia's public universities reported by The Australian have pulled back the curtain on the scale of education agent commission spending. The figures, drawn from the 2024

A recent media report in Hong Kong has detailed allegations that education agents operating in mainland China are offering fraudulent high-school credentials to students seeking entry into Hong Kong degree

In a significant move to safeguard the integrity of international education pathways, Kenya’s Commission for University Education (CUE) has publicly identified 20 student recruitment agencies operating illegally within the country.

On 15 January 2026, The Kathmandu Post report a that Nepal Police have arrested six owners and managers of local education consultancies accused of defrauding Nepali students by placing them

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