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Is data infrastructure the missing backbone of UK international HE?

6 days ago | thepienews.com | Kim Martin

IHEC‘s report,Towards a Future UK International Higher Education Strategy: Resilience, Purpose and Precision, released in April 2025, describes accurate data and timely insights as “the lifeblood” of an effective international education strategy. The Commission is calling on the government develop a digital data portal for international student information, accessible to universities and relevant public bodies.
43% of England's universities face deficits

6 days ago | thepienews.com | Kim Martin

The latest report from the Office for Students (OfS) paints a stark picture of mounting financial pressures across the higher education sector. The analysis suggests that 43% of institutions now forecast a deficit for 2024/25, in contrast with optimistic projections made by institutions that had looked to an improvement in financial performance for the year. The key driver is lower-than-expected international student recruitment, according to Philippa Pickford, director of regulation at the OfS.
What's the gossip from the CIVICA Global Forum 2025?

6 days ago | thepienews.com | Polly Nash

Watch highlights from The PIE Live Europe 2025 - one of the hottest events on the calendar! Brian Bell, Eurovision, AMAs and expert communities - we packed the agenda full of leaders in global education. See you again next year!
Speculation rife that UK's Graduate Route may be tied to professional roles only

1 week ago | thepienews.com | Beth Kennedy

An expectation that the Graduate Route will be more closely linked to access to a professional role within the employment market is circulating within the industry, as speculation over the contents of the highly anticipated immigration white paper reach fever pitch ahead of its expected publication next week.
Inspired Learning Group buys "prestigious" Dorset K-12 school

1 week ago | thepienews.com | Beth Kennedy

The Inspired Learning Group (ILG) has acquired the 129-year-old Clayesmore boarding school for an undisclosed sum.
Campaign builds to save “decimation” of US study abroad

1 week ago | thepienews.com | Polly Nash

Over 7,000 letters have been sent to Congress in the past 36 hours urging it to save State Department exchange programs at risk of being eliminated under the President’s proposed 2026 budget.
Patrick Coates, e-Assessment Association

1 week ago | thepienews.com | Beth Kennedy

Introduce yourself in three words or phrases. Digital assessment evangelist. What do you like most about your job? The people I get to meet who are passionate about what they do and are doing it for the right reasons and not just self-promotion. Slightly eccentric individuals are even better, as long as they genuinely care about transforming education and assessment. Plus, being the CEO means I get front-row seats to the innovations shaking up the sector. Best work trip?
First US uni given green light to establish Indian campus

1 week ago | thepienews.com | Beth Kennedy

Illinois Tech has been given the go-ahead to open a campus in Mumbai – with the first intake of students set for fall 2026, it has announced.
Breaking: What does an India-UK trade deal mean for international students?

1 week ago | thepienews.com | Beth Kennedy

It is understood that student visas were off the table during negotiations – but the deal could bring other benefits to international students in an era of closer business tiesIndian nationals working temporarily in the UK will not have to pay national insurance contributions for three years – impacting students on the graduate route working post-graduationNew digital commitments will support electronic contracts and transactions.
Rumoured UK visa crackdown to target Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka

1 week ago | thepienews.com | Beth Kennedy

Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka among nationalities that could be targeted UK keen to squeeze students from countries most likely to claim asylum once arrived Further tightening of access within graduate route to jobs that have career progression is mooted First reported in The Times yesterday, the expected measures – thought to form part of the anticipated UK immigration white paper – are set to target people from countries such as Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka, who are judged more likely...