The number of foreign students applying to British universities has hit a high, despite warnings about the impact of the Brexit vote on higher education.
More than 100,000 EU and overseas candidates have applied to take up places this autumn, the first official figures for the year show today. This will be welcomed by institutions, which are facing a 2.5 per cent drop in the number of 18-year-olds in Britain compared with last year, resulting in unprecedented numbers of unconditional offers to candidates of all abilities.
The figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) show that application rates reached a record high, increasing by 0.3 percentage points to 37.1 per cent of their peers. This is, however, a proportion of a smaller group.
