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 Latest UK visa numbers indicate continuing strong growth in international HE enrolments this year

Latest UK visa numbers indicate continuing strong growth in international HE enrolments this year

International enrolment in British higher education jumped by more than 12% in the 2021/22 academic year, on the strength of increasing demand from non-EU markets and especially so...

 UK ELT recovery continues with solid growth in Q4 2022

UK ELT recovery continues with solid growth in Q4 2022

The number of student weeks booked by UK ELT providers more than doubled in 2022, compared to the year prior. Total weeks for the year totalled 479,993, more...

 Property experts forecast a tight UK student housing market into 2023/24

Property experts forecast a tight UK student housing market into 2023/24

“Overwhelmed and understocked,” is how Stripe Property Group describes the student housing market in the United Kingdom. Stripe is a UK-based property developer and purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA)...

 UK foreign enrolment takes another leap, driven by students from China, India, and Nigeria

UK foreign enrolment takes another leap, driven by students from China, India, and Nigeria

Foreign enrolment in the UK increased by 12.4% in 2021/22 over the previous year – with 679,970 international students attending UK universities. The growth was driven entirely by...

 UK visa numbers reflect surging international enrolment in 2022/23

UK visa numbers reflect surging international enrolment in 2022/23

The current surge in international demand for UK higher education is on full display in the latest Home Office figures, this time for the 12 months ending September...

UK ELT reporting continued recovery through summer 2022

The Q3 results of English UK’s Quarterly Intelligence Cohort (QUIC) programme have just been released, providing a fresh look at the performance of the UK’s English-language teaching (ELT)...

UK transnational education expands at fastest rate ever

The sixth edition of Universities UK’s “The scale of UK higher education transnational education” report shows that the UK – already the leading provider of transnational education (TNE)...

Industry groups call for change as youth bookings for UK remain far below pre-COVID levels

A survey of more than 80 agents who book junior student groups for summer camps and other ELT programmes in Europe reveals that 83% fewer students in this...

Study recommends that the UK invest more in European student recruitment

A new study from Universities UK International (UUKi) and Studyportals finds that the UK’s exit from the EU in early 2020 has lessened UK universities’ ability to recruit...

UK removes visitor visa requirement for Colombian travellers

Colombians have long been able to travel to the 26 European countries in the Schengen Area without a visa. But the same has not been true of the...

India and Nigeria driving surge in UK visa grants this year

The UK’s Home Office is reporting a record number of study visas granted for the fiscal year ending June 2022. The UK granted nearly 487,000 sponsored student visas...

UK ELT shows real gains through second quarter of 2022

Compared to the same period a year before, there were many more students enrolled in English Language Teaching (ELT) centres in the UK in Q2 2022. Those students...

UK resumes priority visa processing

UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) has restored its priority processing services for a range of eligible visa classes, including student visas, as of 12 August 2022. The service...

UK extends visa waiver programme for Gulf states

The British Home Office announced recently that the UK’s electronic visa waiver (EVW) programme will be further expanded to include Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The EVW programme allows...

UK: International undergraduate enrolment forecast to climb 46% by 2026

A new report from the UK’s central admissions service, UCAS, projects continuing strong demand for British higher education – in particular, that the volume of international undergraduate applicants will...