With the exception of Suella Braverman, most government ministers agree that United Kingdom higher education is a global success story, and a key measure of this success is our attractiveness to international students.
In 2019, following years of stagnation driven by restrictive policy and hostile rhetoric, the government set out a new International Education Strategy which included an explicit ambition to grow international student numbers to more than 600,000 a year. Last year, ahead of schedule, this target was met – and we have continued to see interest in the UK as a study destination to grow.
