Northumbria University's community includes a network of agents, representatives and recruitment partners worldwide. We collaborate with our agents, representatives, and recruitment partners to support and guide prospective students who are considering studying with us.
Northumbria has Global Offices based in key overseas countries, and works with over 150 recruitment partners in more than 30 markets. With the help of our agent, recruitment partners and representatives, we have enrolled 37,000 students from 146 countries at our Newcastle and London campuses, and academic partners across the world.
If you have a specific question or wish to contact Northumbria, please view our Contact Us Form where you will find answers to Frequently Asked Questions and can contact relevant teams.
If you are interested in becoming an Agent with Northumbria University please complete the Agent & Representative Application Form. Following submission of an application, a member of our team will be in touch as soon as possible.
We greatly value the contribution of our overseas Education Agents and recruitment partners, who play an important role in helping us to successfully recruit international students from all over the world. The work they do; representing Northumbria and promoting the University to potential students is of great importance, counselling them, helping them with the application process, guiding them on their visa application and preparing them for their studies in the UK.
We require all our recruitment partners to adhere to the Agent Quality Framework (AQF). The AQF is a set of tools to enhance the experience of international students working with Education Agents to apply to study in the UK. The AQF is designed to ensure Education Agents have the right knowledge of the UK as a study destination and understand the integrity of the UK visa and immigration system, in order to uphold the UK’s reputation as a world-class study destination.
The AQF promotes four key principles:
- Empowering student choice and enabling informed decision making
- Ensuring good agent governance and professionalism
- Promoting ethical agent practices, professional knowledge and competency
- Increasing transparency and accountability.
To access the AQF suite of guidance and quality assurance tools, please visit: The UK Agent Quality Framework
Your application to become a Northumbria Agent will not be accepted if you do not commit to follow the Agent Quality Framework.
We encourage all our Agents and Representatives to visit Northumbria University in person and we are happy to make arrangements for this.
If you would like to visit the Newcastle campus, please get in touch with your aligned Regional Office or contact u1.agent.comms.events@northumbria.ac.uk with the dates you would like to visit and what you would like to see.
Please note: we need at least two weeks notice to plan a visit so please ensure that you leave sufficient time to book your visit.
| I wish to become a Northumbria University Agent/Representative | Please complete the following Agent & Representative Application Form and a member of the team will be in touch about your application as soon as possible. |
| I have already submitted an application to become an Agent/Representative | Your application will have been forwarded to the relevant Northumbria Country Representative. Please be patient as the teams receive a high-level of queries and will therefore respond to your application as soon as possible. |
| I have a query about a student application | If your query is regarding a new application for a student then please redirect your query to our Applicant Services Team, if your student is not from a country covered by one of our four Regional Offices. |
Prospective Agents / How to Apply
Information for individuals who wish to become a Northumbria Agent/Representative
