Enrolment fall predicted for UK January intake
The latest real-time sample data in the UK is forecasting dramatic falls in international student enrolment for the January 2024 intake compared with 2023.
The latest real-time sample data in the UK is forecasting dramatic falls in international student enrolment for the January 2024 intake compared with 2023.
The latest insights from Enroly reveal that despite a 4.8% overall increase in CAS issuance for British universities, there have been declines in enrolments from both India and Nigeria.
The Tribal Group, including the Tribal i-Graduate platform, has been sold to higher education solutions firm Ellucian for an enterprise value of £172m.
Institutions in the UK are “considerably ahead of the game” for the upcoming Autumn intake, with overall CAS issuance, deposits and visa issuances up year-on-year.
Technology company Enroly has launched a new product to help universities benchmark their international admissions performance against the sector.
According to recent data from Enroly, the average number of dependants brought to the UK by an international post-graduate student is 1.6.
UK universities are at risk of missing student growth targets as a result of reaching CAS limits meaning successful prospective international applicants cannot access student visas, but latest statistics suggest that in the year up to June 2022 study visas granted is 71% more than 2019.
The downside to higher demand is that institutions have to pay the operational cost of processing tens of thousands of applications that are inevitably unsuccessful. The PIE talked to providers in the UK, as they pitched their solutions on offer.