Student experience

Historically low visa approval rates for international students could dent Australia’s appeal at a time when it should be gaining an advantage over other competitor destinations, stakeholders have indicated.

The Voyage Group has acquired insights platform The Social Source from The Lygon Group, with key staff joining the edtech disruptor.

NCUK will give prospective international students a direct pathway to the University of York through its International Foundation Year under a new deal.

Fees from international students should not be the main source of funding at universities but it will always be key for finances, an Australian shadow minister has said.

British Columbia has confirmed that it will be allocated 83,000 undergraduate study permit applications after Canada's federal government announced a cap earlier this year. Some 50,000 approved permits are anticipated annually for the next two years.

Latin America's potential for higher education on a global scale is "huge" in the next decade, according to an education innovation expert in the region.

Sponsored study visas granted by the UK fell for the first time since the pandemic in 2023, with those granted to main applicants 5% fewer than in 2022.

Oxford International Education Group has partnered with Birkbeck, University of London on recruitment and enrolment management.

New analysis demonstrating the “extraordinary” contribution international students make to the economy - and students' appetite to look elsewhere - shows “speculation comes at a cost”, a key stakeholder has said.

City, University of London has merged with St. George's medical school in a big to establish a "health powerhouse" for education and research in the capital.

Pathway provider NCUK has announced a new in-country offer in the capital of Saudi Arabia, in partnership with Advanced Learning Academy.

The University of Tokyo’s new five-year combined bachelors and masters degree launching in 2027 will be comprised of 50% international students.  

UK purpose-built student accommodation provider Unite Students hit a record £184.3 million in earnings in 2023, its latest results show.

After a tumultuous 2023 for India-Canada relations, the a two-year international study permit cap starting January 2024 has been met with bated breath in the country.

Modelling suggests African students will account for one in eight international students by 2050, but visa rejections are seriously hampering efforts to enrol students from across the continent.