Mr. Aidan O'Shea:

It is covered in the new IEM legislation. Schools will have to sign up to the London statement, which was introduced in 2012 and which contains seven principles relating to transparency, ethical recruitment, etc. Every school uses a different percentage of agents than others. Agents are a big part of the industry. Many of us have worked with trusted partners for ten, 20 or 30 years. For others, we go direct to the market. Where students contacted us directly, in certain cases we advised them to work with a partner agency, particularly if they are navigating a tricky visa application. It is for each school to make sure to vet. Even within the MEI, we vet our agents. We get references from our agents. We speak with each other to see have agents sent on business, are they reliable and are their students well informed. I think that will even be enhanced with the IEM where we all have to sign up to the London statement.