The IC Global Café: What’s new? Latin American Student Motivations and Choices

This IC Café explores the key motivations behind Latin American students’ decisions to pursue higher education abroad. It presents anonymised data from EdCo LATAM Consulting’s UK university partners, offering an in-depth analysis of subject preferences and course levels. The session also outlines seven top tips and practical examples of creating sustainable engagement with LATAM partners. The insights gained will be invaluable for institutions seeking to boost enrolments from Latin America.

EXPERT SPEAKERS

Simon Terrington
Director, Edco Latam Consulting and an IC Global Fellow

Simon is an International Education Marketing specialist with 22 years experience of successfully working for universities and private education companies. He lived in Colombia for over 12 years, where he co-founded, managed and then sold an education agency (MAS Education). He then worked as Recruitment Director, Latin America for INTO University Partnerships for over 5 years. After seeing the need for dedicated local support Simon then launched EdCo LATAM Consulting with Jamie Ash to support international institutions achieve their recruitment aspirations across Latin America.  Simon is passionate about Latin America and very much enjoys supporting educational institutions to achieve their objectives across Latin America.

Gordon Boyes,
Head of Progression and Pathways,De Montfort University

Gordon Boyes is Head of Progression & Pathways at De Montfort University. In this capacity, he is responsible for the university’s global articulation strategy and leads on the day-to-day operations of the pathway college from the university side. He also has strategic oversight of the university’s recruitment from China and Latin America, and heads-up recruitment for DMU’s London campus.  Gordon has worked in the HE sector for 10 years in various roles related to international student recruitment and Transnational Education.