Some colleagues have expressed interest in the various articles I’ve written and co-authored about education agents and commissions-based international student recruitment. Below is a partial list of those and related articles in descending chronological order. Status: 6.6.25

2025

Quallege: new US-focused agent aggregator launches (31.5.25)

2024 Annual Report: Agent Aggregators and their Sub-Agent Networks (8.1.25) AgentBee

2024

Student recruitment: What a good partnership looks like (27.7.24) University World News

Student recruitment: An industry too long in the shadows (22.6.24) University World News

ApplyBoard cuts 3,500 ‘Recruitment Partners’ (29.1.24) AgentBee

2023

Earl Blaney: Triggers and tremors in policy changes to Canada’s international student recruitment (8.12.23) MSMReporter

UK universities paying millions in agent fees to secure international students (18.11.23)

Where is the bar set on sub-agent due diligence? (9.11.23) AgentBee

Do recruitment agents offer universities value for money? (30.9.23) University World News

Education export: an industry in dire need of a babysitter (9.9.23) University World News

2022

Forthcoming book: Student Recruitment Agents in International Higher Education (9.12.22.)

The murky world of unregulated international student recruiters (2.11.22) University Affairs/Affaires Universitaire

International students enticed to Canada on dubious promises of jobs and immigration (13.10.22), CBC Here’s the video: How recruiters in India use false promises to lure students to Canada – The Fifth Estate

Canadian parliamentary committee recommends regulation of education agents (3.6.22), AgentBee.

Education Agents: Reading List (28.5.22) An excellent list compiled by AgentBee.

2021

Imagine a world without education agents (if you can) (4.12.21), University World News. Here’s a related blog post with an introduction.

The shadowy business of international education (fall 2021) Academic Matters

Tricky Territory: Navigating the Rising Demand for International Recruitment Agents (11.8.21), Volt

2014-2019

Ethical agents should support direct student admissions (20.4.19), University World News.

International recruitment – Are education agents welcome? (8.3.19), University World News.

An ethical approach to commissions-based recruitment (26.10.18), University World News.

Working with Education Agents: A View from Vietnam by Guest Blogger Mark Ashwill (27.7.18), NAFSA: Association of International Educators.

Wild West: working with education agents in emerging markets (19.10.17), AgentBee

Meet the new boss, similar to the old boss: new agent regulations unveiled in Vietnam (29.9.17), The PIE Blog.

Take responsibility for ensuring ethical recruitment (30.9.16), University World News.

Vietnam removes agency certification requirements (5.8.16), ICEF Monitor.

Walking the walk – Ethical agency-based recruitment (12.12.14), University World News.