21/08/2026
Our team has a new piece published in The PIE News.
Students ask a reasonable question, what happens after I graduate?, and the sector has worked hard to answer it. Over time, though, immigration and post-study work have moved to the front of the conversation, and education has moved behind them.
That matters because immigration policy is designed to change. It responds to labour markets and political priorities. Education is a longer-term investment, and its value should hold steady through those shifts.
None of this is an argument against studying abroad. It's an argument for support that goes further than admissions and visas, honest conversations about careers, employability, and what the years after graduation actually look like.
Writing the piece meant asking it of ourselves too: does our counselling lead with education, or with immigration?
By Oyinkansola Shobiye, edited by Opeyemi Daniel Abatan.
Read it here 👇
The international education sector is navigating one of its most significant periods of change in recent years. As policies evolve and student priorities shift, this is an opportunity to be honest about how we communicate the value of studying abroad and, more importantly, how we prepare students fo...
