UK institutions need to improve communication with EU students to ensure they are aware of the country's full international education offer, stakeholders have urged.

Ireland is increasingly becoming a key education destination for students from across the EU with a raft of universities recording double-digit growth in enrolments from the continent.

The January deadline for applications made via UCAS in the UK has suggested that record numbers of undergraduates from two key international markets are expected to join courses in September 2022.

International students in Denmark are saying that government plans to reduce the number of English language programs will cause disruption to their degrees. 

Just over 13,000 new non-EU international students arrived in Sweden in the 2020 autumn semester, according to the Swedish Higher Education Authority.

The British Council is hoping to tackle the decline in EU student numbers at UK universities with targeted events across the continent.

UK universities have seen an increase in applications and corresponding offers compared to last year, new data from UCAS has shown. 

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.