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Net migration figures show 24.7% fall year-on-year for students

The PIE News

Net migration figures for study-related visas – both student and dependant visas – was an estimated 247,000 in the year ending December 2023 This is a fall of 24.7% from the estimate of 328,000 in YE December 2022 Total net migration across all visas was a provisional figure of 685,000 in YE December 2023, down 10.3%

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Will demand for the UK surge now?

The PIE News

The MAC review stated “the evidence suggests that the change in dependants policy has already substantially contributed to reduced international student recruitment”, highlighting a 63% reduction in the number of course deposits paid for the September 2024 intake as evidence. But have the government missed the point?

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UK higher education’s 2022 in review

Wonkhe

As we come to the end of a busy yet curiously unsatisfying year in higher education news, David Kernohan and Sunday Blake pick out the key themes from 2022. The post UK higher education’s 2022 in review appeared first on Wonkhe.

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UK study visa applications down 27% in two years

The PIE News

The numbers of individuals intending to enter the UK using a study visa has dropped to record lows since the pandemic, new data for the beginning of 2024 shows. Two years ago in 2022, some 46,900 applied for main applicant visas.

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Grad Route review timeline causes “deep concern”

The PIE News

Sector bodies have expressed “deep concern” about the timeline requested by the home secretary for the Migration Advisory Committee to report the findings of its review into the UK Graduate Route.

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UK to review Graduate Route, says home secretary

The PIE News

The UK will review the Graduate Route to “prevent abuse” and “protect the integrity and quality of the UK’s outstanding higher education sector”, the home secretary has announced. The rule, due to come into force in January 2024, is unlikely to have had an impact on numbers of students coming to the UK this year.

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NISAU UK launches Grad route campaign

The PIE News

The move by NISAU, one of the most prominent Indian student representative organisations in the UK, comes as home secretary James Cleverly announced plans recently to review the Graduate Route in the coming months. “We campaigned for seven years to bring it back last time and will fight to protect this essential pathway again. .