Indian students' interest in the UK exploded after announcing plans to reintroduce PSWR, taking market share predominantly from Australia.

South Asian education agents are frustrated by non-academic based scholarships which they see as fee discounts, according to an independent report from AAERI. Providers should also consider their contracted agent as colleagues, rather than business partners.

"Our students are looking for good quality education that allows them to stay more relevant and to upskill"

India’s higher education institutions hosted a total of 47,427 international students from 164 countries in the academic year 2018/19, newly-released figures reveal.

The Indian government has launched 1,000 PhD fellowships for students from ASEAN countries to be taken up in the 23 Indian Institutes of Technology across the country.

Global international educators have congratulated the UK sector for helping reintroduce post-study work rights, but note the UK is now on a level playing field in terms of PSW settings; successful job outcomes are the ultimate influencer.

Some 99% of employed Indian graduates of UK universities were in skilled work between two and seven years after graduating, with more than half (51%) earning above average, according to a UUKi survey.

The government of India will offer 15,000 scholarships to African students over the next five years to pursue online courses from the country’s universities as part of a pan-African e-network project on education and medicine.