Our co-hosts are then joined by special guests Gordon Scott, the CEO of Successful Graduate, and Sheenu Kathuria, CEO of EduNation Consultants. The group gets into a great discussion around how the employability conversation is unfolding with students and families now, and where expectations and reality around graduate outcomes diverge.

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For additional background, please see:

• “The questions families are actually asking: Inside the student advising conversation in 2026“
• “91ɬÂþPodcast: ‘Good, steady, and disciplined’: New Zealand’s plan for sustainable international enrolment growth“

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Our co-hosts then turn the microphone over to ICEF’s Rod Hearps for a discussion recorded live in March at in Wellington. Rod is joined by Celia Coombes. the Director Visa with Immigration New Zealand and Sharon-May McCrostie, the Director for International and Sector Engagement with Education New Zealand.

The group explores New Zealand’s successes and growth potential as a key study destination. Following an overview of the country’s enrolment growth in 2025, as well as the latest visa trends, the conversation moves on to areas for future development and predictions for the year ahead.

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For additional background, please see:

• “New Zealand reports solid foreign enrolment growth for 2025“
• “91ɬÂþPodcast: Student flows are shifting. Are agencies following suit?“

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Our co-hosts are then joined by a special guest – Alexandre Argenta, the president
of (Brazilian Educational & Language Travel Association) – for a thoughtful discussion on how education agencies are adapting to a widening field of study destinations. The conversation touches on a number of growing destinations in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America.

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For additional background, please see:

• “91ɬÂþPodcast: Sustainable international student recruitment from a UK-China perspective“
• “UNESCO confirms growing trend of intra-regional student mobility“
• “From the Big Four to the Big Fourteen“

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Martijn is then joined by an expanded panel for a discussion on sustainable recruitment through a China-to-UK lens.

The panel includes Christina Ke, Managing Director of UOffer Global; Dave Amor, Founder and Director of Higher Insights; Jian Li, Deputy Director (Education) with the British Council; Cheryl Xu, Director of China Office for the University of Portsmouth; Kiran Patel, Senior Director Commercial and Deputy Head of China with The China-Britain Business Council; and Tony Lee, Chief Visionary Officer at ICEF.

The discussion occurs as the UK has solidified its position as the preferred study destination for Chinese students, recently overtaking the US on the strength of its strong higher education brand and the efficiency of its postgraduate models.

However, Chinese families are becoming increasingly results-oriented, prioritising employability and return on investment over rankings alone, while the UK government’s International Education Strategy has shifted the focus toward “sustainable” growth.

This creates a new landscape where value, student experience, and strict compliance are paramount, and our panel considers what this means for UK recruitment in China going forward.

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For additional background, please see:

• “91ɬÂþPodcast: Are you using the right digital channels to reach international students?“

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Our hosts are then joined by Nicolas Chu, CEO & Founder of , and Jennifer Parsons, Executive Director of Partnerships with , for a featured discussion on how we can harness the power of people, process, and platforms in order to better engage with prospective students.

The context for this discussion is that international student recruitment has entered a new phase, one marked by changing student preferences and also by much more intense competition. The result is a widening gap between student expectations and institutional performance, especially in terms of responsiveness to student enquiries and the channels that institutions and schools use to engage prospective students.

As recruitment professionals, we must now consider even more carefully than ever: how can we best meet students where they are, with timely responses on the channels they prefer?

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For additional background, please see:

• “91ɬÂþPodcast: Students are switching to AI for search. Are you ready?“
• “Survey highlights a growing ‘engagement gap’ between international student expectations and institutional response“

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Our hosts are then joined by Tim O’Brien – Senior Vice President of New Partner Development with – and Education marketing coach and author for a featured discussion on how AI-based search is affecting international student recruitment.

Today’s students are moving away from scrolling through pages of search results and are instead heading straight to generative AI for answers. Tools like ChatGPT and Gemini are no longer just homework helpers, they are becoming early stage advisors for a new generation of prospective international students.

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For additional background, please see:

• “AI is changing how students search: What it means for marketing and recruitment“
• “The ChatGPT Generation: How AI Is quietly rewriting the global student search experience“
• “91ɬÂþPodcast: Stop losing applicants: How qualification recognition drives seamless international enrolment“

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Martijn is then joined by Noah Sobe, Chief of Section, Higher Education with , and CEO Esther Benjamin for a featured conversation on how transparent and effective qualification recognition is an essential foundation for international student mobility.

Listen in to learn why qualification recognition is often described as the biggest invisible barrier to student mobility today, and how institutions and other stakeholders can build better systems to support a seamless transition for international students.

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For additional background, please see:

• “91ɬÂþPodcast: Engine of growth: The true value and impact of the international education sector“

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Our hosts are then joined by an expert panel for a thoughtful discussion on the data, narratives, and policy alignment that will shape the future of our sector in destinations around the world.

Our panel for this episode includes Jeremy Neufeld, the Director of Immigration Policy for the ; Natalie Lulia, the Regional Director Americas, Europe & Gulf Cooperation Council, Councellor – Education with ; and Cindy McIntyre, Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff at the (CBIE).

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For additional background, please see:

• “91ɬÂþPodcast: Live from 91ɬÂþBerlin 2025“

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