Internationalisation

Mauritius wants foreign students; Aberystwyth will help to provide them

The former British High Commissioner to South Africa is to join University College London to steer its international strategy.

Northumbria University is to become the latest UK institution to open a campus in London as it tries to increase international student numbers.

‘Savage reduction’ in overseas recruitment feared after new minister’s speech

150 universities pledge to join Institute of International Education initiative

Analytical, not visionary, mindset may be best protection against a branch campus blunder

The government’s new immigration minister has threatened to make it tougher for education institutions to keep their student visa licences.

UUK lobbies Parliament over immigration bill concerns

Solutions to demographic, quality and employability issues needed for a sector slow to adapt to globalisation

Several UK universities have seen the number of Indian students plummet by more than 50 per cent in recent years.

Aberystwyth University is to set up a branch campus in Mauritius and start offering degrees from September this year.

Academics vent anger over treatment of international students

But overall net migration still shoots up following influx from EU

University boosts collaboration with ‘neglected’ South America

The UK has to strengthen ties with Asia if it is to reverse the decline in international students, says Liam Byrne

Meeting at Treasury hints at moves to repair visa policy’s harm to universities

Chinese students in the UK are keen to get work experience, and it would help them to integrate, says Bin Wu

Move follows referendum decision to restrict immigration

The National Union of Students has called on universities to fix their fees for international students and stop “unfair” prices rises during courses

George Osborne has announced a programme of collaboration between leading universities in China and the UK’s Russell Group institutions.

But more than 40 per cent are registered with Oxford Brookes, says Hesa

British Council urges universities to press ahead with learning partnerships on the sub-continent

Educating the global elite, including many central bankers, gives Britain a powerful presence, report finds

Overseas recruits on LSBF-taught course seek damages over treatment by university sponsor

Uclan group chief executive officer discusses how the university’s planned campus in Sri Lanka can be a force for good

Nottingham is one of a growing number of universities with a presence in or around Shanghai

The Home Office has suspended an organisation’s English language tests for immigration purposes after cheating was allegedly uncovered on some exams.

‘Future teaching’ to take place at Welsh university’s London campus

An exhibition reveals the impact of refugee scholars on the University of California flagship

University has ‘risked assets’ built up with public money, union claims in report

Overseas student numbers dropping overall in science due to Indian demand

University scholarships make up quarter of money donated

Commissioner tells academics to ‘get cracking’ on proposals

Queen’s Hill project cancelled after change in attitude towards overseas university branches

The number of Americans taking full undergraduate degrees in the UK has risen by almost 30 per cent in the last four years, new figures show

UEA head blames home secretary for UK’s first fall in international students

Peers to look at whether damage is being done to universities

The number of non-EU students at UK universities fell by 1 per cent last year, the first such decline ever recorded.

The University of East Anglia is to cease offering degree courses at its London campus from September this year, it has been confirmed

The UK High Commissioner in India has tried to convince Indians to study in Britain amid fears they are being deterred by red tape and exchange rates

Tertiary education’s impact on national development is greater than previously thought, study finds

Thailand, Cyprus and Sri Lanka initiatives bring fiscal losses and criticism

Scientific share options flourish despite calls for boycott

Academics describe the complex, arbitrary bureaucracy, emotional turmoil and career limbo wrought by Britain’s policies

International students could be hit by new healthcare charges for migrants in the UK.

An Indian private university has been given official backing by the Indian government for its off-shore campus in London.

Newcastle v-c gives international students the full flavour of a British Christmas

Global competition prompts easing of curbs on commissions to student recruiters

As long as applicants fulfil language, qualifications and maintenance criteria, ‘they are welcome’, says BIS spokeswoman

Poll of more than 10,000 students shows visa crackdown is not the biggest hurdle

As Times Higher Education launches the BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2014, Jim O’Neill says the UK can help the world and itself by going global

The British Council has launched an online list of student recruitment agents that have signed up to certain principles.

The European Union’s flagship schemes to support higher education, Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+, have received substantial increases in their budgets.

Rich and poor states have resources other side needs, says sultan

University accounts will show write-down of £3.2 million

Government speeds visas and extends post-study work opportunities

Film shows how Indian students successfully navigated the process

Private universities will keep US system ahead of Asia for decades yet, conference hears

Examining collaborative provision in an Asian partnership left John Buglear doubting the fitness of such ventures

Vocational courses are the latest focus of government investment