The number of international students applying for UK undergraduate courses via UCAS has increased by 3% after a slump during the pandemic.

Two of the five countries named as priority regions in the UK's international education strategy showed declines in student numbers in 21/22.

Chinese, Indian and Nigerian students continued to drive the international student population of the UK in the 2021/22 academic year, with the country hosting a total of 679,970 non-UK students.

Applications for UK study visas and extensions in Q3 2022 have risen by some 30% to hit a total of 316,735 compared with the same quarter in 2021. Additionally, the ONS has estimated the UK's highest-ever figure for net migration.

The Higher Education Statistics Agency and Jisc are exploring a potential merger in order to benefit the UK higher education sector.

Government support and institutional growth has been more prevalent in Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America over the last two decades than in the Global North, Higher Education Strategy Associates has suggested.

UK education stakeholders are concerned about a decision by the Higher Education Statistics Agency to stop surveying international graduates by telephone.

UK higher education providers hosted 605,130 international students in the 2020/21 academic year, hitting its 600,000 target a decade earlier than hoped, Higher Education Statistics Agency figures have indicated.