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Overseas Students

Asked by Adam JogeeLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 9 June 2025UIN 55702

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the link between trends in the number of international students and the number of courses at universities.

Answered by Janet Daby

This government’s position on international students is clear. We are committed to a United Kingdom that is outward looking and welcomes international students who make a positive impact on the UK’s higher education (HE) sector, our economy and society as a whole.

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on student enrolments across UK HE providers.

Counts of student enrolments in UK HE providers by permanent address are published in Table 1 of HESA’s Student Data and can be accessed here: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-1.

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