IDP eyes 30% student placement slump amid big four policy chaos

IDP Education (ASX:IEL): Down 80% since 2021 as international students shun Western universities (even before Trump's return)

Donald Trump’s attempts to restrict foreign students at Harvard just shows what IDP Education (ASX:IEL) has been grappling with since late 2021. At that time, students were restricted from travel, and so enrollments dipped, but the hope was that things would get back to normal. And the irony is that IDP (despite dipping during the…

IDP eyes 30% student placement slump amid big four policy chaos

Uncertainty across the ‘big four’ study destinations have hit IDP’s student enrolment pipeline for the 2025 financial year, new documents reveal. It comes as the US continues to be buffeted by an unpredictable Trump administration, the UK looks set to introduce stricter immigration policies and Canada and Australia appear to be keeping restrictive international education policies in place following their respective elections. In a market update …