The Latest Breaking News from International Students

Our universities desperately need their money, yet it almost seems the government is trying to put them off coming, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

WESTMINSTER moves to ban the families of many international students have been condemned as “self-destructive” in the light of figures that show…

Regardless of how the figures are cut, the level of net migration is far higher than the 'tens of thousands' promised by David Cameron

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has described the UK’s new immigration figures, showing over 600,000 net migration for the year ending December 2022, as “too high”. While revised estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show this rate is actually the same as it was for the year ending June…

The universities have offered some reassurance

Official figures show that net migration to Britain hit a record high of 606,000 in 2022. This was largely driven by non-EU workers, international students and schemes for Ukrainians and Hong Kongers.

Suella Braverman has announced new limits for international students to bring dependents with them when studying in the UK

The tensions are a test of the nation's tolerance of increasing diversity, when South Korea is looking to immigration to bolster its aging and shrinking workforce.

It comes after the Government announced on Tuesday international students will no longer be able to bring dependents.

London Higher, which represents almost 50 universities and colleges in the capital, brand proposals ‘an own goal for the Government if it is striving for growth’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told his Cabinet that roughly 136,000 visas were granted to dependents in 2022