UCAS has announced a move into the international postgraduate student market with the acquisition of the MO University Assistant app, which will see UCAS relaunch this "university PA in your pocket" platform from January 2021.

UCAS has revealed the number of students from outside the EU accepted onto undergraduate courses has risen by 9%, although application data does not necessarily translate into confirmed enrolment.

International students will not likely miss out on places at UK institutions following the government u-turn on grading, sector stakeholders have said.

Non-EU international student numbers accepted to study at UK institutions have risen 2% in 2020, but EU numbers fell 13.2% to 22,940, UCAS statistics show.

Applications from non-UK students for HE courses in the UK increased by 5.2% to reach a record 140,955, according to the latest UCAS report.

UCAS has partnered with edtech startup Unibuddy to digitally connect undergraduate applicants to current students at universities and colleges across the UK.

A new record of 33,630 international students from outside the EU have been accepted onto degree courses in the UK driven by a 32% rise in accepted applicants from China.

New data from UCAS has found that the number of UK university applicants from China increased by 30% for the 2019/2020 academic year.