The Indian High Commissioner to New Zealand,Sanjiv Kohli, has just left the country after completing a full three-year term as the Head of India's Mission in Wellington.
In reflecting
A new academic article focuses on the importance of, and approach to education agent monitoring. The article, titled Monitoring of Education Agents Engaged in International Student Recruitment: Perspectives from the
Canada's CBC news reports that Canadian universities, particularly those on the country's Atlantic coast are increasingly using education agents to recruit international students in a highly competitive international market.
According to
US Federal authorities created a fake university - the University of Farmington - to investigate visa fraud and catch those involved.
Earlier this week they swooped and arrested over 100 University of Farmington
The PM of Tanzania, Mr Kassim Majalira, has ordered his Ministry for Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training to review all overseas education agents in Tanzania to verify their integrity.
Speaking
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Education New Zealand will launch a revised online education agent training program in November 2018.
According to ENZ's Manager – Agents,
The team of young journalists at Malaysia-based R.AGE are continuing their excellent investigation into education trafficking.
Their focus is on the practice of dodgy Bangladeshi education agents swindling students out of
The Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC) describes itself as "a national regulatory body that serves and protects the public by overseeing licensed immigration and citizenship consulting and international
I recently posted about the common problem of inactive education agents, and what to do about them.
In that earlier post I focused on the opportunity cost of inactive education agents
The Ambassador of the Philippines to New Zealand recently took to Twitter to criticize the NZ Government about international students being cheated and misled by dishonest education agents acting for
The BBC's investigative current affairs documentary program, Panorama, has blown the lid off serious fraud by dishonest education agents who are ripping of the UK's student loans system.
The investigation ran
Canada's CBC news is reporting that dozens of international students in Canada claim they were misled by dodgy education agents about their chances of remaining in Canada on a work
The British Council is offering a free online course through Future Learn - Study UK: a Guide for Education Agents and Counsellors
Future Learn is a MOOC (massively open online course) provider owned by
New Zealand's new Labour government has said publicly that it is giving serious consideration to regulating offshore education agents.
Speaking at rally on 29 October organised by the Migrant Worker Association,
The American International Recruitment Council (AIRC) recently announced three new educational institution members on Twitter: Wilson College, California State University, Stanislaus, and Troy University.
A big #NewMemberMonday welcome to @WilsonCollegePA !
— AIRC (@A_I_R_C)
I recently read an excellent post on the PIE blog by Dr. Mark Ashwill, the MD of Capstone in Vietnam: "Meet the new boss, similar to the old boss: new agent
The Philippine Ambassador to New Zealand, Jesus 'Gary' Domingo, has taken to Twitter and Facebook this week to accuse the NZ Government of turning a blind eye to 'education trafficking'
In December 2016 I posted an Agent Alert about Beijing New Oriental Vision Overseas Consultancy, which is one of the largest education agents in China.
It followed a Reuters investigation into the
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That's the call to action on the website of SYMPLED 2017 - a symposium on education recruitment.
The next symposium will be for
The Irish Times is reporting that visa delays for Indian international students could mean that many students will not receive their visas in time to commence their studies at top
