AIT has signed a MoU renewing scholarships for Pakistani students to travel and study in Thailand.

Financial results from HEFCE show a deceleration in international student numbers in UKHE but an increase in reliance on overseas fees income. The country's HE funding model has recently come under scrutiny; the HE Commission has launched an inquiry into financial sustainability.

As the UK's HE sector shifts to a more demand-driven system, regulation needs to be greatly improved in order to protect students from failing universities which could threaten the UK's global reputation, according to the Higher Education Commission. A tuition assurance scheme to protect students is among its central recommendations.