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January 8, 2023

Into temptation: the rise of education agent aggregators and sub-agent risk

In 2022, a recurring topic of focus in the international education world was the role and rise of education agent aggregators. Established players like ApplyBoard and Adventus.io continued to market

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USA

December 30, 2022

US college admission fraud mastermind faces 6 years in prison

The long running US college admission fraud scandal is finally drawing to a close, and the man behind it all - William 'Rick' Singer - will soon face his day

Canada

Education Agents

December 26, 2022

ApplyBoard explains sub-agent due diligence process

An episode of Canadian investigative journalism program, The Fifth Estate, on 12 October 2022, shone a light on international student recruitment in Canada, including the role of education agents and aggregators.

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December 26, 2022

5 questions to ask an education agent aggregator about their sub-agents

(First published June 2021. Last update - December 2022.) Much has been written recently about the rise and market impact of education agent aggregators. An education agent aggregator acts a market

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India

December 21, 2022

Hyderabad City Police warn community against fake education agencies

In mid-December, the Deputy Commissioner of Hyderabad City Police in India issued a public warning about dishonest education agents: Please do not believe Fake Educational Consultancies, [or] Mediators/Agents of other state

Canada

Education Agents

International Student Recruitment

November 30, 2022

ApplyBoard cuts 90 staff

Regional media in the Waterloo region of Canada is reporting that ApplyBoard cut 90 of its 1500 staff on Monday 28 November. The staff ApplyBoard has let go are from

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India

November 27, 2022

Indian students rely on police to check education agents

A recent story in Indian newspaper, The Hindu, describes how many Indian students now seek help from the police to check on education agents that they are considering working with.

Education Agents

November 26, 2022

I-Unite: another education agent aggregator launches

While attending the recent ICEF Berlin Digital Day, Gaurav Batra, the Managing Director of Infinite Group, announced the launch of "I-Unite, an AI driven recruitment platform". I-Unite is an education agent

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USA

November 12, 2022

New AIRC standards cover education agents

In a statement on 9 November 2022, the Executive Director of the American International Recruitment Council (AIRC), Brian Whalen, officially launched the International Enrollment Management (IEM) Standards for Higher Education

Iran

November 5, 2022

Iranian police arrest education agent scammers

In late October, Iranian police announced the arrest of five members of a gang who had scammed millions of dollars from people on the false promise of sending them to

Education Agents

October 29, 2022

Update: Aggregator sub-agent networks

Our recent post, 'Boots on the ground: agent aggregators build their networks', seemed to strike a chord, attracting interest on Linkedin, and almost 100 shares. An episode of Canadian investigative journalism

International Student Recruitment

September 6, 2022

German Ambassador: agents involved in Indian student visa fraud

The German Ambassador to India, Phillip Ackerman, has said that up to 15 per cent of the student visa applications made by Indian students include fake documents. The Ambassador also

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Nigeria

August 7, 2022

Nigeria: Education agents involved in sex trafficking

Trends show that victims that come to the “TRNC” with student visas are deceived by agents that are used as a shield by the traffickers.Nigeria's National Agency for the Prohibition

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August 4, 2022

Education agent jailed for money laundering

On 17 February 2022, an Australian court sentenced education agent Andre Giminez Barbosa, to six years in jail for the offence of "dealing in money or property worth $1 million

Education Agents

July 28, 2022

Boots on the ground: agent aggregators build their networks

In this post we're taking a look at how some of the main education agent aggregators have grown their sub-agent networks. In a recent post we looked at education agent aggregators,

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USA

July 22, 2022

UniApplyNow: another aggregator enters the fray

In a Linkedin post on 13 July 2022, Jenny Nieveen, the president and CEO of OHLA Schools in the US, announced the launch of "new AI University Admission Platform" UniApplyNow.

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Tanzania

July 21, 2022

Tanzania PM orders close monitoring of education agents

In a speech on 19 July 2022, the Prime Minister of Tanzania, Kassim Majaliwa, instructed the country's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to manage and closely monitor the conduct

Education Agents

July 14, 2022

Flywire acquires Cohort Go to grow education agent network

On 13 July 2022, global payments and software company, Flywire (Nasdaq: FLYW), announced that it had acquired Cohort Go, an international education payments provider. Flywire said the acquisition will extend its

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Education Agents

July 11, 2022

Education agent due diligence: why client references alone don’t cut it

If your institution works with education agents to recruit international students, you're already aware of the critical importance of due diligence - both on new and current agents - to

Education Agents

July 3, 2022

How unauthorised education agents use your institution as bait

Many educational institutions are grappling with the problem of unauthorised education agents - i.e. education agents that claim to act for the institution when in fact they don't. These agents

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