{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Brief: International Education Edition","title":"Quickfire: Who's Slamming the Door, Who's Holding It Open","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":252,"description":"The decline in international education has gone quiet. Across the Big Four, students from the five markets that drove a decade of growth — Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Nigeria and Pakistan — are now being turned away, or walking away before a decision is ever recorded. In this quickfire episode, Conrad and Eden run the whole board: the bad news fast, the good news faster, and the single reason behind every line of it. Spoiler — it's policy and visa settings, every time.\nIn this episode:\n• The \"Key Five\" now make up 30–40%+ of every Big Four international student — and rejection rates are climbing in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK at once\n• Canada: new arrivals fell from 208,750 to 115,120 in a single year; just 9,955 study permits went to Indian students in eight months\n• UK: for the first time in 20 years, more student visa applications were withdrawn than refused — and the new sub-5% refusal rule explains exactly why\n• Australia: 8% fewer offshore visas, on track for ~193,000 — the slow-motion version of the same retreat\n• Ireland: the good news that isn't — student numbers up 2%, but weeks down 18%\n• New Zealand & Germany: the doors still open — NZ approvals up nearly 7 points, Germany at a record ~420,000\nThe takeaway for agents and institutions: the policy map is now the market map. Diversify your destinations, and watch where the door's being held open — because that's where the students are going.\nSources:\nhttps://monitor.icef.com/2026/06/what-is-happening-to-student-mobility-flows-between-the-global-south-and-global-north/\nhttps://monitor.icef.com/2026/06/uk-visa-application-withdrawals-surpass-refusals-in-q1-2026/\nhttps://thepienews.com/canada-risks-losing-ground-as-rivals-invest-in-higher-education/\nhttps://www.applyboard.com/applyinsights-article/australia-on-pace-to-grant-8-fewer-international-student-visas-for-2025-26...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/FjS77YWxrsfvnEjPUsSUBpEWO42alxZBOjh3aV0TeGI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80ZTVi/N2Y2N2JlZmZkNTUz/OGM5ZGRjMjFhNDM1/ZDVhNi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}