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March 4, 2023

Former education agency boss pleads guilty to rape

In 2019 we posted about serious sexual assault charges laid by Victoria Police in Australia against Melbourne based migration and education agent Frank Hu. Hu reportedly managed a group of migration,

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Education Agents

International Student Recruitment

February 18, 2023

Australia’s Tuition Protection Service issues agent guidance

Australia's Tuition Protection Service is a Government agency that helps international and domestic students if their education provider closes, stops offering their course, fails to start their course or discontinues

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Education Agents

November 11, 2022

Australian regulators issue education agent alert

On 4 November 2022, Australia's two main tertiary education regulators - the Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA), and the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) - each issued a

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Education Agents Wanted

September 9, 2022

Education Agents: Represent AIE

Meet Neil Boyd, Director of Marketing, AIE Describe AIE in a few sentences AIE Institute is a specialist higher education provider that runs a degree program in game art, game design and

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Education Agents

May 13, 2022

Education agents a priority in Western Australia Budget

On 12 May 2022, the Government of Western Australia handed down the State's budget for 2022-23. It includes funding of just over A$40 million to drive the growth of Western

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Education Agents

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

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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

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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Education Agents

December 4, 2021

ASQA to focus on education agent management in 2022

In a statement released on 3 December 2021, the Australian Skills Quality Authority said that it has identified international student delivery as a regulatory risk priority for ASQA over the 2021-22 financial

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Education Agents

August 13, 2021

Institutions list criminal education agent 3 years after conviction

Back in August 2018 - 3 years ago - we posted about the case of education agency, Quack Study In late July 2018, State Police in New South Wales, Australia arrested

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Student Services Providers

August 10, 2021

Education Agents: Partner with StudyVillage

Meet Carl Jones, Managing Director , StudyVillage Describe StudyVillage in a few sentences StudyVillage is a face-to-face mentoring service that helps overcome international student challenges while providing a springboard for study and

Australia

Education Agents

October 26, 2020

Mark Lucas: COVID impacts on education agents

Between 5-8 October 2020, Amy Baker and her team at The PIE ran The PIE Live. Billed as a "dynamic virtual summit...bringing together thought leaders from around the world who

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Best Practice

Education Agents

July 4, 2020

AU: ASQA issues new guidance on education agents

On 2 July the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) issued a range of new guidance to all Australian educational institutions providing courses to international students (aka CRICOS providers). The guidance covers

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Course

May 31, 2020

Australian International Education and Training Agent Code of Ethics

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Course

May 30, 2020

Agent Code of Ethics

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Education Agents

Health

May 10, 2020

Australia’s COVID recovery plan includes international students

On 8 May 2020, Australia's Prime Minister, Scott Morrison announced a three stage COVID recovery plan to ease restrictions and restart the country's economy. So far Australia has succeeded in controlling

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Education Agent Alert

India

January 18, 2020

Aussie uni cancels education agency contract

Back in May 2019 we posted an education agent alert on India-based agency Overseas Education and Career Consultants (OECC). The post drew on allegations against the agency reported in

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Education Agents

November 13, 2019

Agents push international students in Australia above 700k

The most recent data from Australia's Department of Education shows that there are now more than 700,000 international students in Australia. The new milestone follows several years of growth in the

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Education Agents

November 3, 2019

Sub-agents the No.1 critical issue says AAERI

Challenges around the use of sub-agents in South Asia is a critical issue according to an independent expert report recently commissioned by the Association of Australian Education Representatives in

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Education Agents

October 17, 2019

Australian Government confirms publication of education agent data

The Australian Government has confirmed that it will publish education agent data to improve transparency and accountability in the international education sector. In a 16 October media release, Australia's Minister

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