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The pandemic has prompted dire predictions about international student enrolment at anglophone universities. But will those fears come to pass? Is there an alternative to standard international education? And how much do universities really spend on recruitment agents? Ellie Bothwell reports

Plan for unsponsored, points-based route features in budget, alongside freeze in fees for 2022-23

Survey finds that country has become more attractive to prospective overseas students since presidential election

A global recession will accelerate the latest shift away from high-cost study destinations, say Janet Ilieva and David Pilsbury

Despite new encouragement, campuses that quit under Trump not considering reversals

Scholar proposes annual forums among US and Chinese university presidents, virtual international classrooms and end to Cold War comparison to improve relationship

Chinese ministry sanctions ߣߣÊÓƵ’s joint programmes even though analyses highlight endemic problems in foreign teaching collaborations

No institution will be able to make it alone amid the pandemic-induced tumult, so let’s make shared values the antidote to the crisis, says Ferruccio Resta

Experts voice caution on prospect of quick bounceback in UK overseas recruitment post-Covid, highlighting issues around affordability and changing competitive landscape

Industry operatives’ worst fears could cost universities thousands of staff and country tens of billions of dollars

Concern tempered by applications and deferrals suggesting post-Covid recovery

Foreign investment or buyout touted as potential route out of financial woe for institutions, while others see ‘multi-university groups’ as more viable

Despite drop in interest from European Union, overall applications to UK universities by January deadline rose this year

Forthcoming restrictions on Sino-British research are short-sighted, driven by ‘ideology’ and mark a rapid policy U-turn, say education experts

The most successful scholars are those who reach out ‘globally’ by publishing in English. But this narrow ‘internationalisation’ should be challenged, says Hanne Tange

Deportation of University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia is latest crisis to afflict a Western administrator in region

Warnings that some universities could become master’s-free zones overlook progress during the pandemic, vice-chancellors say

In Thailand, even school leavers with UK connections are starting to look elsewhere, says sixth-form head Sadie Hollins

End of Trump and Covid not enough to revive foreign interest, main university group says

Hefty cuts to the fund supporting two flagship international research schemes do not square with UK’s science spending ambitions, warn leaders

Global university networks, enhanced by technology, will offer students more flexibility over where to study, says Youmin Xi

Success of India’s education reforms ‘matter tremendously to the world’ but foreign institutions will not solve country’s problems, says former UK universities minister

First student number survey for 2020-21 from Office for Students suggests other universities may increase recruitment   

Government finally publishes modelling that estimates loss of £63 million for UK universities from drop in enrolment of new EU students

Update to government’s international education strategy names five target countries and provides more detail on Turing scheme

New US president aims to reverse Trump-era limits on public benefits to foreigners

Professor says country will lose its lead on overseas recruitment and predicts ‘major forking of the way’ between ߣߣÊÓƵ and UK

University leaders harnessed an ephemeral income stream to realise ‘ambitious’ institutional strategies

THE survey finds that availability of funding trumps health, student experience and quality of online learning as main worry

Policy expert says agreement between EU and UK is ‘not at all geared to separate treatment for regions’

International student flows kept on drip feed as politics, fear and logistics trump large-scale influxes

Devolved nations say they should be given any replacement funding for scheme from UK government ‘in the first instance’

LSE research head says academia should work with other service sectors to enable free movement for a fixed period of time

The Turing mobility scheme is a poor substitute for Erasmus+ but UK universities must learn to love it or it will soon crumble, says Marcus Dowse

Concerns raised over potential lack of opt-out and charging regime

New director acknowledges social justice agenda must go hand in hand with financial sustainability of troubled institution

Gang Chen gets backing as US reported to be considering retreating from such cases

Railing against ‘anti-Russian forces’, lawmakers are proposing state control over ‘educational activities’

When students can’t or won’t cross borders, universities can do it instead, says Wing Lam

More ‘coherent’ mechanism is needed to develop regional ties, expert says

Biden must unravel the whole sordid mass of restrictive laws and venomous vitriol that drove down overseas enrolments, says Aditya Sharma

Initial estimates indicate jump in applications for coming year in excess of 10 per cent

British Council expert says universities should be prepared for more deferrals, cancellations and late decision-making over the next 12 months

Russia may still have no universities in the world’s top 100, but its 5-100 Project has made progress, says Philip Altbach

While arresting scientists, US slides on funding and misses commitment on rules consistency

Expert sees opportunities for ‘soft power’ in Global South

Covid-19 and Brexit have created perfect storm, with confusion over paperwork and whether study abroad is deemed essential travel

Gang Chen, respected nanoengineering professor, faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted

Low case rates will allow the phased return from April, says education minister

Institutions with overseas links seen to be acting ‘on behalf of’ foreign interests

The European programme’s globe-spanning successor, the Turing scheme, is more suited to meeting today’s challenges, says Louise Nicol

The Turing scheme’s focus on outbound mobility will take the UK off the map for most European exchange students, laments Barbara Lorber

EduCity initiative could let students stay closer to home until Covid eases

Universities may think they have more pressing priorities than the UN’s SDGs. But they don’t, say Martha McPherson and Kate Roll

The proposed Turing scheme will be hard to set up â€“ especially given its lack of reciprocity, says Martin Paul

Defence controls, research fields and New Colombo Plan in the frame, as bureaucracies flag foreign interference risks

Overseas students will only need to be in country by April to be eligible for post-study work visa if their course is finishing this academic year

Indian universities have seen numerous cases of discrimination against students from oppressed castes, sometimes even leading to suicide. With international student mobility only set to increase, this crucial diversity issue is unlikely to remain confined to the subcontinent, says Saikat Majumdar

The country’s universities have shot up global rankings on the back of huge investment and a ruthless focus on publication. But as the country gears up for its next five-year plan, Joyce Lau asks whether stratospheric ambitions for a ‘Chinese Harvard’ can be met

Some opt to keep EU fees at same or similar levels to home fees post-Brexit to avoid ‘killing market’, as others consider legal questions