While study abroad students evacuate the country, international students on full courses face a difficult decision as sanctions hit and departing flights grow increasingly expensive.

UK higher education providers hosted 605,130 international students in the 2020/21 academic year, hitting its 600,000 target a decade earlier than hoped, Higher Education Statistics Agency figures have indicated.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi and University College London have entered into a new partnership that will increase academic and student exchange between the institutions.

UCL has renewed its dual science masters degree with French institutions Université Sorbonne and the École Normale Superieure.

UG applications to UK universities from outside the EU have risen 8.5% since this time last year, despite continuing fears that student visa policies are dampening demand for the UK. Meanwhile, applications from the UK and elsewhere within the EU have fallen 8.9% and 12.9% respectively; and Scotland has seen a boost in its appeal.