UK: growth in int’l student numbers, jump in new enrolments from India
There is good news for the UK sector with HESA’s first release of data for the 2018/19 academic year: international student numbers are up by 5.9% on the previous period – with a notable 42% hike in new student enrolments from India.
According to HESA statistics, a total of 485,645 international students were studying in at higher education institutions in the UK in 2018/19, up from 458,490 in 2017/18.
And while China sent more students to the UK than any other country, it was Indian students which made the most significant change to the statistics concerning new starts …