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“Misleading” headlines called out by UK sector

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International students are not “taking seats away” from domestic UK students, stakeholders have reiterated after various media outlets have led with stories suggesting otherwise. This is compared to a decline among domestic students across the UK nations from 280,465 in 2020/21 to 259,850 in the following year.

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UK uni closes Sep ’23 postgrad courses early

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A UK university has closed international applications to some of its courses beginning in September 2023 due to high demand. The University of Bradford, which had 1,815 international students in the 2020/21 academic year, said it had seen an increase in overseas interest in postgraduate taught courses since the pandemic.

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Keystone widens portfolio in Edunation and Asia Exchange acquisition

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The alliance with Edunation will see a big push on sending students to Finland and other Nordic countries, promoting the region as a high-quality study destination. “There is no higher density of high-level universities than in the Nordics.

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UK international numbers rose to 680,000 in 2021/22

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Chinese, Indian and Nigerian students continued to drive the international student population of the UK in the 2021/22 academic year, with the country hosting a total of 679,970 non-UK students. A total of 46,350 non-UK PGR students enrolled in 2021/22. Photo: HESA Overall UK universities enrolled 2,862,620 students in 2021/22.

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Global sector sees opportunities despite China’s population drop

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Ramirez pointed to research by New Zealand-based sociologist and Massey University emeritus professor, Paul Spoonley. With the demographic shifts in China, in addition to other countries, the sector can “expect that universities will reassess their engagement strategies with source countries”, Ramirez added.

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Keystone acquires studddy in Europe expansion

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Co-founder Joachim Feger agreed, saying that with Keystone’s worldwide network, studddy can “now introduce prospective students to even more study options”, whether that is in Germany and Austria, abroad or with a sports scholarship at an American university.

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China’s Covid rules and unemployment driving postgrad study abroad

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Students in China were at the forefront of a wave of protests against the government’s Covid-19 policies that broke out across the country’s universities and major cities in November. Columbia University protests. The post China’s Covid rules and unemployment driving postgrad study abroad appeared first on The PIE News.