The UK Government plans to introduce £11,100-a-year tuition fees for two-year degrees, however, a recent survey revealed that international students don’t see the value in them.

The UK government intends to invest £100 million in a Global Talent Research Fund to attract more highly-skilled researchers to the country.

EU students studying at an English university or further education institution in 2018/19 will continue to access domestic fees and funding, the government has confirmed.

EU students applying to study at an English HE or FE institution in 2017 will have access to student funding for the duration of their course, the universities minister has confirmed.

The UK’s new prime minister, Theresa May, has moved oversight of the higher education sector to the Department for Education in a sweeping cabinet reshuffle.

A new white paper, which marks an historic shakeup for the UK's higher education sector, makes it easier for alternative providers to access degree awarding powers, overhauls HE funding and brings all providers under the jurisdiction of a new regulatory body.

The eighth UK-China Education Summit saw the signing of 23 education agreements to further collaboration and increase student mobility, which UK Minister for Universities and Science Jo Johnson said signalled a “new phase of scientific and educational collaboration".