Fees, tough visa rules blamed for foreign students dip

By David Jobbins. A dip in international student recruitment - the first fall for 29 years - is raising questions for English universities and the United Kingdom government. A study by the funding body for English universities demonstrates that growth in entrants to postgraduate taught courses in England fell by 1% (1,000 students) between 2010-11 and 2012-13. Universities elsewhere in the UK were not included. Read more...