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Universities that focus on recruitment over adequate language skills risk falling into a "death spiral" that will hamper them from attracting more international students, a conference has heard.

Agents are inadvertently misleading and raising the hopes of prospective students in India, a conference has heard, with calls for more training around cultural differences.

In an effort to help Indian students planning to study in the UK, a new scholarship has been announced to ease their accommodation costs.

As the British Prime Minister returns from Brussels, I weigh up what a new relationship with our European neighbours could mean for UK universities.

Two new datasets from the Home Office and UCAS offer a cautiously optimistic view of international student recruitment to the UK, highlighting some positive developments amid broader downward trends.

The House of Lords has warned that the UK’s visa policies amount to “an act of national self-harm" for attracting STEM talent, calling for exemptions to the dependants ban.

Cases of prospective students attempting to use deepfake technology to deceive credibility interviews are on the rise, in a small but growing trend stakeholders are keen to get ahead of.

The University of Cumbria and Malvern International have announced a new ten-year partnership to open an International College from September 2025.

The UK’s foreign secretary has launched a new Soft Power Council to help boost the country’s economic growth and security, coordinating cross-sector efforts to enhance the country’s global influence.

The University of Exeter and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) are working together on a "pioneering collaboration" promising a "bold new era for Indian sport".

A date has been set for a legal challenge against a controversial policy requiring UK private schools to pay tax on the fees they charge.

The leader of the British Council has said that it could “disappear” within a decade, dealing a blow to the UK’s international education network and the global ELT market.

Following a string of sponsors placed on UKVI ‘action plans’, The PIE examines what is driving increased scrutiny and what institutions can do to improve compliance.

The UK government has announced plans to tighten regulations on university franchising arrangements as part of a broader crackdown on fraud and poor-quality higher education providers.  

Newcastle University's vice-chancellor has revealed that the institution is "seriously considering" setting up a campus in India, following a fruitful visit to the country.