HeyJaredThe Brief: International Education Edition
The Brief delivers sharp, five-minute updates on the policies, numbers, and market shifts shaping international students, education agents, and colleges.
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The Big Names Fall First: EC English Halts Arrivals in 7 Countries (opens the original)
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EC English, one of the biggest names in English language teaching, has told agents to tell their students not to get on the plane. It halted all new arrivals at its schools in seven countries for the weekend of 12 September, citing "unforeseen operational circumstances." It hasn't said anything about refunds yet. Conrad and Eden cover what we know, how IH Sydney's closure played out in 2024, and why being a big global brand no longer protects a school in a market where student weeks fell 23% las
Market Reality Check #2: The Big Four Is Now the Big Fourteen (opens the original)
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In January we said students weren't disappearing — they were just moving to destinations with open doors. Six months later, we grade our own homework: half right. Students are still moving, but the doors we pointed to are closing. Australia froze its 2027 intake cap while commencements run 13% below 2019 and visa fees hit AU$2,500 — the world's highest. The Netherlands posted its first enrolment decline in 20 years, Germany added a new pre-visa test for Indian master's applicants, and Flemish un
Welcome to the Age of Commission Caps: The OSHC Story (opens the original)
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The best-kept margin in international education just got cut in half. From 1 July 2026, Australia's new OSHC Deed caps commissions to third-party agents at 12% — down from the 25–27% insurers disclosed in the government's own review. Conrad and Eden break down how a mandatory health product built a referral-platform gold rush, why a flat cap destroys the volume-tier ladder that gave aggregators their negotiating power, and why this is the third intervention in agent commissions in seven months —
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