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
Australia
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
Education Agent Alert: Shamna Singh
AgentBee's ongoing research into incidents of unprofessional and dishonest conduct by education agents revealed the Australian case of Shamna Singh, reported in 2019.
Shamna Singh is also known as Marleen
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
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
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
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
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