UK ministers scrap foreign students target in shift to overseas hubs strategy
Government replaces recruitment goal with plan to increase ‘education exports’ to £40bn a year by 2030Ministers are scrapping target numbers for international students in the UK and will instead focus on encouraging universities to open hubs abroad, as part of a plan to bring British education...
<p>Government replaces recruitment goal with plan to increase ‘education exports’ to £40bn a year by 2030</p><p>Ministers are scrapping target numbers for international students in the UK and will instead focus on encouraging universities to open hubs abroad, as part of a plan to bring British education to people “on their own doorsteps”.</p><p>The government’s new international education strategy will set a target of increasing global “education exports” to £40bn a year by 2030, replacing the previous target – set in 2019 – of recruiting 600,000 international students a year to study in the UK.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/20/uk-ministers-scrap-international-students-target-overseas-hubs">Continue reading...</a>
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