student recruitment agents

News&Developments:
🔘Inbound and outbound student trends for South Africa, Egypt, and Morocco
🔘US clarifies that new oversight rules will not apply to study abroad or international student recruitment contracts
Main topic:
🔘"Study destination promotion: the vital role of education agencies"
Keys to the Market:
🔘New Zealand

Episode Notes

News & Developments:

• Affordability a rising factor in international students’ choice of destination
• Western Australia introduces new incentive scheme for agents

Main topic:
Visa options in the US for international students and their families
With 

Bruna Canto, Managing Director Latin America, FirstPathway Partners

And

Tadeu Ferreira, Partner, LeafLaw

Sponsor:
FirstPathway Partners

Keys to the Market:

Kuwait

Episode Notes

News & Developments:

• Nigeria: Most students want to study abroad but many also need financial aid
• India simplifies procedures for foreign institution partnerships

Main topic:
1. Study destination Canada

• Magdalena Link, VP Sales at ILAC
• Ana Paula de Souza, Senior Manager of Corporate Sales at Air Canada 
• Thevi Pather, Associate VP International at Saskatchewan Polytechnic
• Craig Stephenson, President and CEO of Centennial College,
   

2. Study destination Canada: focus on Quebec

• Diego Sanchez, Director of International Affairs at Languages Canada
• Martin Houde, Director of Collège Avalon 
• George Khoury, Principle advisor for Opulence Education Group.

Sponsors:
Centennial College

Collège Avalon

Keys to the Market:
Iran

In this episode, we take a look back at how 2021 marks the start of a new era for international education

• Government support
• Online/Digital claims its position in the student recruitment industry
• Career options are more important than a university's ranking
• Diversification and risk mitigation
• Growing importance of education agents
• Mental health

1. “The ICEF Berlin ‘Agent Aggregator’ panel discussion: impressions and opinions”
   - Meti Basiri, CMO at Applyboard
   - Bloeme Bergmann, Talent Scout at Global School for Entrepreneurship
   - Oscar Porras, President at ASEPROCE
    
2. “Pre-Covid vs post Covid: How has international student recruitment really changed”
   - Andries Bonneur, Owner of StageGlobal
   - Oana Lelcu, Director Sales & Marketing at SRH University of Applied Sciences
    
3. “ICEF Berlin 2021: a look behind the scenes of the very first hybrid ICEF event ever”
   - Nick Stevenson, Director EMEA at ICEF
   - Tiffany Egler, Director Agency Relations at ICEF
   - Hersha Pandya, Director Higher Education Partnerships at ICEF

In this episode, ICEF’s industry specialists Martijn van de Veen (ICEF’s VP of Business Development) and Craig Riggs (Editor, ICEF Monitor) discuss whether there is room for improvement in the educator - agency relationship.

With this being the main topic this month, Oliver Fortescue, Partner at Edified, Student Acquisition and International Education Expert and Bobby Mehta, Chair of BUILA and Director at the University of Portsmouth, join the conversation and talk about some findings from their recent report calling for a new quality framework in the UK with an ambition to introduce a single code of ethical practice and standards for all UK education agents working with UK providers.

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In this 30 minute episode we sit down with Global Higher Education specialists in order to get their views and insights on:

• why agents play a key role in rebuilding international enrolments post-pandemic
• what is the best practice to ensure schools and agencies are coordinating their digital activity
• a multi-stakeholder perspective on the challenges and best practices for student recruitment agents in international higher education