The UK must prioritise student recruitment in Europe if it is to maintain and improve its global study destination position further, UUKi and Studyportals have said.

Online education choice platform Studyportals has identified 10 subject areas where student interest is growing and supply is lagging.

Global professional services firm Aon has partnered with Studyportals to launch a new insurance product targeting international students from Europe.

Demand for lower-cost and budget-friendly destinations are gaining strong momentum in Europe as international students look to tighten their belts, new data from Studyportals suggests.

Non-EU students at Spanish universities may soon be able to stay in the country for at least one year after graduation, as part of new laws currently being debated. 

A consortium of universities operating under the banner of Education Hungary have embarked on an aggressive student recruitment exercise across Africa.

Ireland is increasingly becoming a key education destination for students from across the EU with a raft of universities recording double-digit growth in enrolments from the continent.

Rarely has the sector focused its attention on recruiting online. However, since the pandemic began, a digital land grab has been taking place with websites and marketplaces competing for online audiences of students seeking to study abroad. Nick Cuthbert digs deeper.