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UK student housing crunch projected to worsen through 2026

The UK-based property consultancy Savills estimates that there were roughly four higher education students in London for every purpose-built student bed available during the 2021/22 academic year. The...

Netherlands making progress toward ambitious student housing target

Dutch officials are reporting that the Netherlands has already laid down concrete plans in response to 2022’s National Action Plan for Student Housing. The national action plan is...

UK: Student visa grants now double pre-pandemic levels; ELT weeks recover to 81% of 2019 volumes

Following on from the promising UCAS updates on 2023/24 international application volumes, the latest data release from the UK Home Office tells a story of surging student visa...

UK higher education pacing toward a strong fall enrolment

In its latest data release (13 July 2023), the UK’s central applications service, UCAS, is reporting another year of steady growth in international applications. The latest release captures...

A closer look at post-Brexit trends in European student mobility

On 23 June 2016, the British electorate was asked, via a much-anticipated referendum, whether they would like their country to remain in the European Union or prefer that...

Spanish universities report a big jump in foreign enrolment in 2022

The latest data from Spain’s Ministerio de Universidades paints a picture of post-pandemic recovery and growth for the country’s higher education institutions in the 2021/22 academic year. The...

Continued recovery for the UK ELT sector in Q1 2023 with student weeks close to Q1 2019 levels

English language training centres in the UK saw business return almost to pre-pandemic levels for the first quarter of 2023, with student weeks at 92% of their Q1...

Report calls for a more diverse foreign student enrolment in the UK

The International Higher Education Commission, supported by Oxford International Education Group, has released a bold report presenting data and context about international education delivered by UK providers. The...

Three-quarters of international students in Germany say the country was their first choice

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has published the results of its first International University Benchmark (BintHo) survey. This was conducted among 117,000 domestic and international students enrolled...

Non-EU markets boosting recovery of Malta’s English language training sector

Malta’s English language training (ELT) providers welcomed 56,675 international students in 2022 – a 103% increase over 2021. The news of the dramatic uptick in the number of...

UK to block dependants from accompanying international students as of January 2024

Immigration is at an all-time high in the UK, and the government wants to tighten up the profile of migrants who come to the country and bring down...

UK ELT: Student numbers and weeks up in 2022 but still below pre-pandemic levels

English UK reports that while post-pandemic recovery is underway for the UK’s English-language learning sector, it is uneven and weaker than the rebound ELT providers have experienced so...

Strong recovery of Irish ELT in 2022 means that student weeks have now topped pre-pandemic volumes

Ireland’s English Language Teaching (ELT) sector is reporting very strong numbers for 2022. The latest data from peak body Marketing English in Ireland (MEI) reveals that student weeks...

New forecast warns that US is falling behind in the global race for talent

A new HolonIQ analysis focused on the US and its competitive position relative to other leading study abroad destinations finds that: These conclusions arise from preliminary findings from...

Netherlands takes another step toward limiting international enrolment growth

On 21 April 2023, Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Robbert Dijkgraaf delivered a letter to the House of Representatives in The Hague. The document represents the...