ICEF Podcast

Mar 27 2025 70 ep. 44 mins 49

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The ICEF Podcast is designed especially for international education professionals. We bring ICEF market experts and outstanding education professionals together to shed light on how to respond to the challenges facing the international education sector, helping you grow your business into the future.

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How are schools and agents adapting to rising visa rejection rates?

Mar 27 2025 48 mins

The rapid rise in student visa rejection rates across prominent study destinations has a major impact not just on the students, but equally on the schools and agencies handling their recruitment. Higher rejection rates have led to changes in how pre-paid student fees are managed within the sector, for example, and have placed new financial pressures on both schools and agents. It

Shifting horizons: Global trends in international secondary education

Feb 26 2025 49 mins

International student mobility in secondary education is growing beyond traditionally dominant destinations like the US, UK, Australia, and Canada, with various emerging destinations gaining prominence. International secondary students often seek enhanced educational opportunities or unique cultural experiences and represent a valuable pool of prospective students for universities

A whole new world: International student recruitment in 2025

Jan 23 2025 60 mins

Leadership changes in the USA and Canada, ongoing immigration policy debates in Europe and Australia, the rising appeal of alternative study destinations, the impact of AI-powered recruitment technologies, and growing geopolitical instability: these are just a few examples of the unprecedented challenges that the international education sector is facing in 2025. An agile, flexible

How new technologies impact international student employability

Dec 09 2024 49 mins

New technologies and digital innovations are not only reshaping international education and its student recruitment processes but also have an impact, in multiple ways, on international student employability. Traditional application methods such as email and CVs for example, are giving way to modern, personalised multimedia application processes, and job search in general is being

Live from Berlin: Current trends in international student recruitment

Nov 13 2024 57 mins

Recorded live at the 2024 edition of ICEF Berlin, ICEF’s Craig Riggs and Martijn van de Veen look back at some notable seminar sessions from the event. They include a featured panel from ICEF Digital on balancing the human factor with automation in student recruitment, and a big picture session that explored the two major trends that are combining to shape the future of recruitme

Getting past policy shock: How the sector is responding to new migration settings

Oct 10 2024 40 mins

Student mobility has been disrupted across a number of leading study destinations this year with the introduction of more restrictive policy settings for international students. Especially in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, new rules around enrolment caps, visa application fees, minimum funds requirements, accompanying dependants, and post-study work rights, have been ac

The future of ELT: A call to action

Sep 12 2024 55 mins

With English as the lingua franca of global trade, English Language Teaching (ELT) plays a pivotal role in prominent study destinations like the UK, Canada, the USA, and Australia. The sector offers numerous advantages such as boosting local and national economies, improving job opportunities and career advancement, serving as pathways to higher education, and promoting cultural ex

Is Artificial Intelligence the biggest threat for digital agent recruitment platforms?

Aug 27 2024 44 mins

We are all well aware that Artificial Intelligence is significantly impacting our personal and professional lives, and the international education sector is no exception. While the full extent of its impact remains to be seen, early indicators suggest significantly automated recruitment processes, faster admissions cycles, and more personalised student experiences. Although these

The complexities of international student accommodation

Aug 01 2024 38 mins

When looking at the complexities of international student accommodation, there are three broad themes: 1. The specific challenges and requirements of international students and how these compare with domestic students. 2. The imbalance between supply and demand that exists across nearly all major study destinations, which also has an impact on pricing. 3. The responsibility that r

Europe's unique and diverse array of attractive study destinations

Jul 25 2024 53 mins

As the international education sector grapples with policy and legislation changes in traditionally dominant markets like Canada, Australia and the UK, our focus this month goes to the European continent, famous for its long list of very diverse and appealing study destinations. Every single country and region offers a different set of options in terms of the quality of education,