[5][6] IDP Education was founded in 1969 and in 1989 co-founded IELTS, an English testing system.

[7][8] The company, now known as IDP Connect, has offices in the UK, India, the US and Australia and their websites provide information on educational choices worldwide.

[10][11] Universities, colleges and other course providers advertise on these websites as well as working in partnership with IDP Connect to learn more about their students and generate enrolments.

[12][13] IDP Connect also supported a charity, the Hotcourses Foundation, set up in 2004, which worked with Nyumbani UK to help children in Kenya have access to education.

[14][15] In 2013 changes to Hotcourses' articles of association were filed at Companies House three years late.