This year's International Education Services conference will move online this year and become International Education Virtual Festival 2020.

The festival will take place 18 -21 January 2021 and the call for proposals for British Council's International Education Virtual Festival 2020 is now open!

The theme for this year’s event is Sustainable Futures for International Education.

If you would like to contribute content for this event please submit a proposal for consideration as soon as possible to be first considered, the deadline is Friday 16 October.

To save the date in your calendar please click here.

Topic suggestions include:

• Digital and technological innovation
• International education marketing
• Leaving the European Union (Brexit)
• International education strategy and policy
• Climate change
• Responding to the Covid-19 pandemic
• International education market insight
• Transnational education (TNE) and partnerships
• Student support and wellbeing
• Immigration and visa compliance
• Study influencers including agents, counsellors and alumni
• Internationalisation of subject areas
• Internationalisation of colleges, schools and English language teaching providers
• International student employability
• Best practice for working overseas
• Global perspectives and activities of countries outside the UK

The festival will cater for a wide range of audiences associated with international education including, universities, schools, colleges, ELT providers, agents/counsellors, student support, admissions and faculty. Content will be tailored for participants, both academics and non-academics, within institutions including, researchers, academics, VC/PVCi, Directors, alumni, managers and and other influencers to promote studying in the UK.

If you have any questions, please contact the team. We look forward to welcoming you to the International Education Virtual Festival 2021.