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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

Education Agents

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

Education Agents

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

Education Agents

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,

Education Agents

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.

Education Agents

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

Best Practice

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

Algeria

Education Agents

June 19, 2022

Education agent, influencers, jailed in Algeria

In January 2022, AgentBee posted about the arrest in Algeria of a criminal gang suspected of scamming Algerian university students out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Algerian authorities said

Canada

Education Agents

June 3, 2022

Canadian parliamentary committee recommends regulation of education agents

In May 2022, the Canadian Parliament's Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration tabled its report, 'Differential Treatment in Recruitment and Acceptance Rates of Foreign Students in Quebec and in the

Best Practice

Education Agents

May 28, 2022

Education Agents: Reading List

Education agents play a key role in the international student recruitment process. There is growing interest in the issues surrounding education agents, fuelled by the rapid rise of the education

Canada

Education Agent Alert

May 5, 2022

BC Government alleges fraud by education agency operators

According to Canadian media reports the Government of British Columbia has commenced legal action to seize assets from immigration consultant Vipan Datta, his wife, Ritu, consultant Kuldeep Kaur and her

Education Agent Alert

India

USA

April 14, 2022

US Embassy in New Delhi alleges fraud by 7 education agents

Media outlets in India are reporting that the Delhi Police have arrested as many as 20 people on suspicion of migration fraud. The arrests are reportedly based on complaints from

Education Agents

April 10, 2022

Study Group suspends Russian and Belarusian agents

A Linkedin post in early April 2022 from an education agent based in Minsk, Belarus indicates that Study Group has suspended its relationships with education agents in Russia and Belarus.

Canada

Education Agents

April 2, 2022

Education agent deep dive wins Canadian journalism prize

In August 2021, Canadian writer Nicholas Hune-Brown published a deep dive article in The Walrus magazine, The Shadowy Business of International Education. In Nick's own words "it’s a wide-ranging

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