February 16, 2022

Education agent monitoring patchy in Australia says Ed Dept

On 10 February 2022, Australia's Department of Education, Skills and Employment released a discussion paper on the review of the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) legislative framework. The paper

International Student Recruitment

February 8, 2022

OpenLearning Partners with AIRC on member education

On 7 February 2022, OpenLearning announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the American International Recruitment Council (AIRC) to assist with the delivery and scaling of AIRC’s

Education Agent Alert

India

February 7, 2022

Indian police allege education agents complicit in terrorist financing

In late December 2021, following a year long investigation, police in India filed a charge sheet with the special Judge for the NIA (National Investigation Agency) alleging that: a separatist-controlled

Education Agent Alert

USA

January 30, 2022

US recovers $450k from convicted education agent

In late December 2021 the United States Attorney’s Office announced that $454,945 recovered from the forfeited assets of Keenam “Kason” Parkto would be distributed to his victims. Through his company

Algeria

Education Agents

January 16, 2022

Algerian authorities arrest fake education agents

In a statement on 15 January 2022, Algerian authorities announced the arrest of a criminal gang suspected of scamming Algerian university students out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The statement

Canada

Education Agents

December 31, 2021

Colleges have limited oversight of agents says Ontario auditor

A December 2021 report by the Auditor General of Ontario on its audit of public colleges in the province found "limited college oversight of international student recruitment agencies". The audit examined

International Student Recruitment

December 13, 2021

Education Agent Alert

Alert Summary Canada's College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (formerly ICCRC) is investigating allegations of misconduct against a senior figure in a well known education agency. The agency's website indicates that

Australia

Education Agents Wanted

December 12, 2021

Education Agents: Represent Quality College of Australia

Meet Richard Finlayson, Managing Director, Quality College of Australia Describe Quality College of Australia (QCA) in a few sentences We are a 29 year old multi-award winning College, with campuses in Sydney

Bhutan

December 11, 2021

Bhutan investigating tax evasion by education agents

The Bhutan Broadcasting Service Reports that the country's Department of Revenue and Customs is investigating suspected tax evasion by a number of education agencies (aka education consultancy businesses). A government study

Australia

December 8, 2021

Education Agent Alert

Alert Summary Earlier this year a consumer complaints commission in India ordered an education agent to pay a student compensation due to poor service in a failed attempt to assist the

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