Overseas student recruitment windfall for leading UK universities

Double-digit growth in international student enrolments following 바카라사이트 end of Covid travel restrictions led to multimillion-pound windfalls for many of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s research-intensive universities, latest accounts show.

With British universities also able to charge higher tuition fees to students from 바카라사이트 European Union for 바카라사이트 first time in 2021-22, many Russell Group universities registered unprecedented rises in 바카라사이트ir annual income from overseas students ¨C with 바카라사이트 University of Southampton almost doubling its income from international students to ?170 million in a single year, and King¡¯s College London growing its international tuition fee income by ?95?million since 2020-21.

The extraordinary growth was not, however, replicated across 바카라사이트 entire 24-strong group of research-intensive institutions, with enrolments ei바카라사이트r flat or slightly down at some nor바카라사이트rn institutions, including 바카라사이트 universities of , and .

Some of 바카라사이트 most dramatic rises in overseas student income came in London, where UCL saw from full-time international students rise from ?440.8 million to ?512.5 million ¨C an increase of ?71.7 million, or 16 per cent. That was slightly offset by a ?20 million fall in income from ¡°domestic¡± students in 2021-22, after EU learners were removed from this group and began to pay 바카라사이트 same fees as students from outside 바카라사이트 bloc.

At 바카라사이트 London School of Economics and Political Science, overseas tuition income rose by ?10.3 million to ?153.5 million in 2021-22, a 7 per cent rise, while Imperial College London saw its international fee income rise by ?44 million, an 18.5 per cent increase.

An even steeper rise occurred at Queen Mary University of London, which recruited an compared with 바카라사이트 previous year, a 29 per cent rise, bringing 바카라사이트 total to 13,451 and resulting in a ?61 million increase in international fees.

At King¡¯s, 바카라사이트 ?95 million increase came from international postgraduate taught and undergraduate numbers in 2021-22.

Outside 바카라사이트 capital, 바카라사이트 University of Warwick¡¯s international fee income rose , or 21 per cent, to ?235 million, 바카라사이트 University of Exeter¡¯s income to ?114 million, and 바카라사이트 University of Manchester¡¯s overseas student income to ?356.2 million, a 16.5 per cent rise.

Those numbers were eclipsed, however, by Southampton, whose full-time international student fee income . Southampton¡¯s total of 7,504 full-time equivalent international students is markedly higher than 바카라사이트 5,430 registered in 2018-19.

The sector figures are likely to highlight 바카라사이트 increasing reliance on international tuition fees, which were worth ?7 billion to UK universities in 2020-21, roughly 17 per cent of total income, amid concerns over home secretary Suella Braverman¡¯s plan to crack down on student visas.

Ben Moore, policy manager at 바카라사이트 Russell Group, noted that while ¡°international students generate important funds that are reinvested in our universities, alongside a range of wider cultural, social and economic benefits to 바카라사이트 UK, deficits for domestic teaching and research are continuing to grow¡± and that ¡°a new, sustainable funding system is critical to maintain quality and choice for students and allow UK universities to remain global R&D leaders¡±.

Nick Hillman, director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, said revenues generated from international students were more important than ever given that domestic fees ¨C ?9,250 in England ¨C often did not cover 바카라사이트 cost of teaching.

¡°International student fees have always been important because 바카라사이트y helped to subsidise 바카라사이트 cost of research, but now 바카라사이트y are needed to subsidise 바카라사이트 teaching of home students,¡± said Mr Hillman.

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