International students who enrolled at ICE-operated fake Farmington University can sue the US government, a federal appeals court has ruled. Source

Applications for sponsored visas have plummeted since new restrictions brought in, raising financial fears Source

One of the striking features of the current International Education Strategy (IES) has been its overriding narrative of exports. Source

Australia’s Home Affairs has pledged to improve oversight and timeliness in regulating migration agents after an audit exposed major flaws. Source

In January 2024, Canada announced a two-year cap on international enrolments. That cap was mandated by the federal government, with an allocation of student visa applications distributed to provincial and territorial governments and from there on to individual institutions and schools. Australia has announced a cap of its own, the implementation of which is currently… Source

The online learning platform upGrad has made the decision has raised $35 million in debt capital from b2b ecommerce platform EvolutionX. Source

A viral video has highlighted the challenge of international students finding a job in Canada, though experts dispute its existence. Source

An updated analysis from Global Affairs Canada (GAC) estimates that the combined direct and indirect GDP contribution of all students expenditures in the country amounted to CDN$30.9 billion (US$23 billion) in 2022. Education exports, as measured by the total value of international students in Canada (CDN$37.3 billion in 2022), accounted for just over 23% of… Source

Submissions to the Senate inquiry into the government’s international student caps bill are now appearing online. The House of Representatives has also started debating the bill. My submission The online scanned pdf version of my submission is not a sharp copy, the Word version is here. It expands on the arguments I made in my… Source