Interest in gaining qualifications overseas among Nigerian students is soaring, but affordability remains a key barrier, new research has suggested.

Student placement agencies or migration agents that have faced disciplinary action and had legal troubles are recruiting international students for universities and colleges around the world.

The UK international higher education sector needs to adapt to global economic trends and look to emerging markets for student recruitment, speakers urged at the BUILA Annual Conference 2021.

UK universities have an "opportunity" to shape EU student recruitment markets post-Brexit, but need to be prepared to adapt to changes in demand stemming from Covid-19 and Brexit.

Agent aggregators could pose a risk to universities as they try to re-establish global student flows in the post-pandemic, stakeholders have warned. 

A UK-wide quality framework will ensure the higher education sector can strengthen its relationship with education agents and position the country as a high-quality destination for international students, a new report has suggested.

UK universities are introducing scholarships and discounts for EU students in a bid to maintain enrolments from the continent following the loss of home fee status.

UK sector bodies have proposed a national loan scheme for students from selected countries among a range of measures to maximise the UK's competitiveness as it kickstarts the recovery of international student recruitment.