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AgenCy Q&A AgenCy of the

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Industry speAKs This month,

Skywise
This issue, Marcela osorio, from Colombian Education
agency association AneX, talks about the www.
strength of the membership and how interest in skywisegroup.
studying abroad is still high. com in China
has been nominated by Living
Learning English www.livingenglish.
com in the UK. Kate Hargreaves, at
the school, explains.

Kate Hargreaves

“LLE has been
working with Skywise for
www.anex.com.co several years now and we have
info@anex.com.co been impressed with their
professionalism, effi ciency, and
Number of members: 22 responsive communication, even
Types of members: Outbound Colombian agencies over weekends and public holidays!
We have built a strong rapport with
Albert, Carol and their team who
How has Covid-19 impacted on ANEx members? always go above and beyond for
Our industry has been badly aff ected. Cash fl ow is a big issue and many their clients and who have worked
agencies have given up their physical offi ces and moved their operations hard to place a good number of
completely online. Another issue is that their workforce has been reduced. long-term academic students with
We are delighted none of our members have reported bankruptcy and they LLE for online tuition - very much
have kept on reinventing themselves, cutting costs, implementing more appreciated in the current times.”
social media presence and strengthening their relationship with allies.

What has ANEx done to support members during this time?
ANEX has worked tirelessly creating bridges with embassies, associations, Carol Chen,
institutions, and providers in order for our members to be fully updated all Skywise
the time when communication is limited. We have organised training, virtual Education, China
seminars, sent positive messages, weekly news and much more.
“Skywise has had the privilege of
How has 2021 been so far? working with LLE for several years
The fi rst quarter of 2021 was expected to be better, however closed borders and is honored by their nomination.
and restrictions have delayed the industry’s recovery. Nonetheless, the As part of our preparatory
vaccination is giving us a glimpse of hope because countries have started programmes, LLE has been providing
receiving international students, even more importantly, receiving them in us fi rm support with their carefully
a positive way. The interest in studying abroad is still high and students are designed online training in both
continuously contacting our agencies. I think that countries managing the general and academic English. Their
pandemic and ensuring the wellbeing of its people will be more appealing to kind and experienced teachers are
students, and of course whoever opens up their borders and off ers a safe highly valued by our clients, many
path for students would defi nitely become a preferred destination. of which are looking forward to
experiencing home tuition once this
Read more at: https://studytravel.network/magazine/issues/813 stressful pandemic is over.”

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