UUK has said that visa reform and tackling immigration bureaucracy could help the UK to realise its research superpower ambitions.

The UK government is set to open a "highly selective" visa scheme for graduates of the world's top ranked universities on May 30.

Nigerian education agents are allegedly offering loans to students so they can bypass UK immigration requirements, The PIE News has learnt.

The UK home office granted a record 428,428 sponsored study visas in the year up to September 2021, a 55% increase on pre-Covid levels.

International students accused of cheating on a TOEIC test in 2014 have written a letter to UK prime minister Boris Johnson calling for a review of their cases.

The number of fast-track visas allowing scientists from abroad to undertake research at UK universities is to double to more than 120.

Another investigation into the Home Office’s handling of the TOEIC case has been announced, as the Public Accounts Committee, said it will look into the Home Office’s response to cheating allegations.

A group of international students accused of having cheated on the TOEIC test has delivered a letter to the UK Home Secretary appealing for urgent clarity on the matter.