UK: BBC exposes education agent scandal
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
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Dodgy education agents mislead international students in Canada
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
British Council offers free online course for education agents
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
NZ: new government to crack down on education agents
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,
American International Recruitment Council continues to grow
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)
Wild West: working with education agents in emerging markets
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 Philippines accuses NZ of supporting “education trafficking”
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'
AIRC verdict on Chinese education agent scandal
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
Sydney SYMPLED symposium to focus on education agents
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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
New Year’s Resolution: Do Better at Education Agent Management
Happy 2017!
This was my experience of New Year's Eve 2016 - watching the fireworks in Sydney with my family. It's always a great show, and when it was done the
NACAC education agent best practice guide – how do you stack up?
I recently posted on the changes relating to education agents that NACAC made a couple of weeks ago to its best practice principles.
In developing that post I looked again at NACAC's
US: Expert views on the use of education agents
In recent posts I have focussed on the increasing use of education agents by educational institutions in the US.
As I dived deeper into the issue a couple of key questions emerged.
Ethical agent recruitment: the buck stops with the institution
If you are an in-house international student recruiter working with education agents, this excellent article by Mark Ashwill in University World News is worth a read.
Mark is managing director of
NACAC updates best practice on education agents
Following its landmark, and contentious, decision three years ago to allow US institutions to use agents to recruit students from outside the US, on 24 September 2016 the NACAC Assembly recently
Education agents should be banned (or maybe not)
I recently read an interesting article on University World News - Internationalisation should be ethical and for all.
The author is Professor Hans de Wit, Director of the Center for International Higher
3 ways to stop your education agents wasting your time
The problem with education agents...
"My education agents aren't recruiting enough international students."
"We sign up new education agents but often don't hear from them again."
"Most of our education agents are unproductive.