UK: non-EU UCAS applications up 9%, EU down 56%
UCAS reported a 56% decline in accepted applicants from EU countries this year, falling to 9,820, but non-EU applications saw a 9% rise to 37,310.
UCAS reported a 56% decline in accepted applicants from EU countries this year, falling to 9,820, but non-EU applications saw a 9% rise to 37,310.
Taiwan and Japan have tightened border restrictions until at least the end of January for non-citizens following the discovery of a new strain of Covid-19 in the UK.
Due to the rise in Covid-19 cases a petition has been launched demanding UK universities switch to online learning, while students have highlighted mixed campus experiences to date.
There can be a little bit of hesitation at first with hiring virtual interns because the concept is quite foreign. But the feedback we've received is that a lot of supervisors prefer it
An ambitious HE course comparison site aims to eventually list every course in the world to make finding courses abroad much easier for international students.
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