Category: International students

Ghanaian students at UK universities face deportion amid funding crisis

Group asks Keir Starmer for help to persuade Ghanaian government to pay backlog of tuition fees and living allowancesStudents from Ghana at UK universities say they are in danger of being deported after being stranded by their...

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UK rule change allows Palestinian scholars to bring families from Gaza

The university students had been barred from bringing children or dependents by previous visa policiesPalestinian students taking up scholarships at UK universities will be allowed to bring their families from Gaza with them...

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China-backed centres at UK universities under threat from new free speech laws

Exclusive: Confucius Institutes, partnerships between UK and Chinese universities, funded by the Chinese state, offer Mandarin classes and promote cultural eventsConfucius Institutes at universities across England are under...

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British Council could disappear within a decade, says chief executive

Exclusive: Scott McDonald is looking at budget cuts and axing the organisation’s presence in up to 40 countries• Why the financial crisis at the British Council matters as UK pushes soft powerThe British Council could...

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English universities offer to curb foreign students if they can raise tuition fees

Vice-chancellors to ask ministers to stabilise visa regime and allow them to address the sector’s financial crisis Universities will offer to curb the rise in overseas students in return for greater stability and the...

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Number applying to work or study in UK falls by more than a third

People seeking skilled worker, health and care, or study visas drops to 91,300 in July after curbs introduced by ToriesThe number of overseas workers and students applying to come to the UK has fallen after curbs on visas...

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UK universities valued more than institutions like parliament and BBC, finds survey

King’s College London poll finds people rank universities behind only the NHS, armed forces and royal familyThe British public values the UK’s universities more highly than the legal system or the BBC, according to a...

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UK universities face ‘irreversible decline’, global league table suggests

British institutions face possible closure as 52 out of 90 are given lower positions this year in Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) rankingsUK universities will have their international reputations dented and face possible closure...

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