New UKCISA grants to fund study experience
A new grant scheme has been launched by UKCISA to support its members in providing the highest quality international student experience.
A new grant scheme has been launched by UKCISA to support its members in providing the highest quality international student experience.
The Quality Assurance Agency has published a guide this month for UK higher education providers to support and enhance the experience of international students.
The UK’s Universities & Science Minister David Willetts has today announced in a written statement that £8m was paid in maintenance loans to potentially bogus EU students at Alternative Providers (APs) and is threatening legal action against private colleges found to be involved.
Financial results from HEFCE show a deceleration in international student numbers in UKHE but an increase in reliance on overseas fees income. The country's HE funding model has recently come under scrutiny; the HE Commission has launched an inquiry into financial sustainability.
Industry commentators have been quick to point out that recent HESA statistics for EU and non-EU intake in 2012/13 are the first statistical confirmation that current visa policy is eroding the UK's market share in international education.