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In an effort to strengthen its workforce, <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/taiwan" style="">Taiwan</a> aims to retain 210,000 international students after they graduate.&nbsp;To achieve this goal, the education ministry plans to establish overseas offices in countries such as <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/vietnam">Vietnam</a>, <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/indonesia">Indonesia</a>, and the Philippines. Their target is to attract 320,000 international students by 2030, a significant increase from the approximately 19,000 students in Taiwan in 2022 (pre-pandemic figures were around 57,000).&nbsp;Taiwan faces demographic challenges, including an ageing population and declining birth rates, prompting the government to actively recruit international talent to address workforce gaps and enhance industrial competitiveness.&nbsp;The focus is on STEM students due to high demand from Taiwanese companies. The plan involves an investment of approximately $162 million, with eligible international students able to apply for government scholarships and stipends from sponsoring companies.&nbsp;Most students will pursue <a href="https://www.casita.com/blog/tips-on-how-to-manage-a-double-major">dual degrees</a>, spending two years in their home countries and two years in Taiwan. After graduation, they are expected to work in Taiwan for two additional years with their sponsoring companies or repay their scholarships. The government will simplify residency processes to facilitate this initiative, apart from its existing efforts to attract full-course undergraduate students to study in Taiwan.Earlier this year, government oversight bodies criticised the education and labour ministries for not adequately safeguarding international students against workplace exploitation. Yang Yu-hui, Director of the Department of Technological and Vocational Education, emphasised that the new scholarships will alleviate these concerns. He stated, "They should be able to focus on their two-year studies in Taiwan with the scholarships provided by the Taiwanese government, which include a one-way air ticket, visa application fees, and university tuition and fees." Additionally, Yang mentioned that corporations collaborating with universities will offer a monthly stipend of at least NT$10,000 (equivalent to USD $312) and provide job opportunities, which should adequately cover daily expenses.&nbsp;Taiwan initiated its New Southbound Policy in 2016, aimed at strengthening relations with Southeast Asian, South Asian, and Australasian countries, including enhancing educational connections through scholarships for students from these regions.&nbsp;Christopher Green, a researcher at the Department of Education at National Chiayi University, noted that international students in STEM fields often face challenges in securing graduate employment in Taiwan, partly due to language barriers. "Students come for the scholarship and knowledge opportunities but generally are stuck and do not move to business within the country as they perhaps assumed would be the case," he remarked.Taiwanese universities have witnessed a decline in enrollment, with a 20% decrease this year compared to 2012.Green emphasised, "International student recruitment is key to all universities, both private and public."&nbsp;He added, "The current policies of pressure on women to work and men to work harder has led to many not having children or emigrating to other countries for better pay. The level of pay is one-third that of Korea or Japan. Taiwanese can go abroad and get better pay and therefore take their families with them".

Taiwan Introduces Scholarships to Keep International Grads

In an effort to strengthen its workforce, Taiwan aims to retain 210,000 international students after they graduate.

In <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/australia" style="">Australia</a>’s first strategy focused on the Southeast Asian region, the priority was to strengthen the education links with said region.This new plan was launched at the ASEAN Indo-Pacific Forum in <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/indonesia" style="">Indonesia</a> by Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. The new plan highlights how Australia sets to deepen its connections with its neighbours in the North as many Southeast Asian countries are currently experiencing strong economic growth.Due to the stagnant movement of foreign investment over the past decade, it has been warned through this strategy that overall Australian to-date investment has been “underweight”.Albanese described the change the government is looking to enact in the matter as “the most significant upgrade of Australia’s economic engagement with ASEAN for a generation”.Albanese called this change: “an overdue strengthening of our engagement”, noting how the region is “where Australia’s economic destiny lies”.&nbsp;It has been previously spoken about by Australian officials how they need to become less reliant on China as a major trading partner, especially amid current tensions and China’s overall economic downturn.This strategy presents several recommendations, including increasing the investment in promoting Australia’s education system to students in the region. An additional recommendation is to increase the cooperation between education providers and the government to enhance the overall qualification recognition.The strategy also goes on to describe Australia’s education system as a “national asset” in the overall engagement with Southeast Asia, highlighting that the sector has been “integral to building enduring relationships and economic prosperity with the region”.It describes Australia’s education system as a “national asset” in engagement with Southeast Asia, adding that the sector has been “integral to building enduring relationships and economic prosperity with the region”.Over the past 20 years, more than half a million students from Southeast Asia have pursued their education in Australia.This strategy was developed by the special envoy to Southeast Asia, Nicholas Moore, and predicts a strong demand for education services from Southeast Asia, driven by a growing middle class and a large youth population, until 2040.The report also notes that in order to harness this demand, Australian education providers will need to be “responsive to evolving student preferences and industry needs”.The report predicts the following: “As the region grows and needs an increasingly skilled workforce to meet the demands of technological advances and the clean energy transition, more young people will be looking to tertiary education,”.Universities as well as vocational education providers are also encouraged by the government to offer work-integrated learning opportunities as part of their course offerings to Southeast Asian students. Additionally, they are also encouraged to coordinate a nationwide initiative to engage alumni and connect them with potential businesses in both regions: Australia and Southeast Asia.The CEO at the Vietnam-based talent platform, Cturtle, Shane Dillion, said that he was pleased by seeing the inclusion of the alumni networks, as ASEAN graduates with Australian qualifications are a “sizeable group… wanting to be engaged”.Dillion was also involved in the consultations for the strategy and said the following: “The strategy mentions ‘alumni’ 36 times showing the critical role they could play in building capacity and awareness in Australia and Southeast Asia of each other’s markets”.The cabinet also received advice from Moore to develop a nationwide plan with the aim of strengthening Southeast Asia literacy among businesses, government, and the education system.&nbsp;The importance of this point was emphasised by Ly Tran, a professor at <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/australia/melbourne/deakin-university-burwood-campus">Deakin University</a>’s School of Education, who argued that increasing student mobility does not go far enough.&nbsp;She went on to say: “It is critical to develop a whole-institution approach and better coordination across different stakeholders, to facilitate a comprehensive approach to internationalising the student experiences and building sustainable capacity for Australian-ASEAN relations, rather than mainly depending on mobility or student exchange,”“It is important to leverage Southeast Asia experiences, skills, knowledge, languages and networks that international students from ASEAN bring to Australian institutions and Australian communities. This is a potentially huge resource to build Southeast Asian capacity for Australian young people and the broader community that we have not yet effectively tapped on.”&nbsp;Australia’s commitment to Asian language education and Asian cultural literacy should be at the centre of the government’s strategy to enhance the overall experience of incoming international students from the region, according to Tran.

Australian Plan: Boost Education Links with Southeast Asia

In Australia’s first strategy focused on the Southeast Asian region, the priority was to strengthen the education links with said region.

The <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/london/university-of-the-arts-london">University of the Arts London</a> combines some of the most famous and well-known art schools in the world in a creative champion that is rising in ranking and popularity.&nbsp;Specialising in the creative arts, the university is recruiting its students, mostly from overseas, despite this being seemingly annoying to the science-based government ministers whose main focus is not international students.&nbsp;However, the vice-chancellor of the University of the Arts London, James Purnell, thinks that the solution is to make use of the university’s powers to stay away from political issues.&nbsp;He states, “We need to have our destiny in our own hands. Obviously, we think about government policy, but in the university sector, if you’re able to have a strong reputation and recruit strongly, then what the government does is important, but it doesn’t stop you from getting on with your mission,”Some of these colleges include Central Saint Martins, <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/london/chelsea-college-of-arts-university-of-the-arts-london-ual">Chelsea College of Arts</a>, the London College of Fashion, <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/london/camberwell-college-of-arts">Camberwell College of Arts</a>, <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/london/london-college-of-communication">London College of Communication</a>, and <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/london/wimbledon-college-of-arts">Wimbledon College of Arts</a>. These colleges were chosen by a former Labour MP and culture secretary in Gordon Brown’s cabinet. These colleges lead the most creative art sectors.&nbsp;UAL has thrived, and it has grown to more than 21,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from 130 countries across its six colleges. This has happened while other creative and visual arts institutions had problems in a political manner, which has, in turn, cut specialist funding and prioritised STEM subjects and graduate employment.&nbsp;At the same time, the university’s name and rank have risen in the Guardian University Guide, where it went from being in 45th place four years ago to being in 15th place, which is the highest position the university has ever reached. It has now risen above the <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/bristol/university-of-bristol">University of Bristol</a>, the <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/southampton/university-of-southampton">University of Southampton</a>, and <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/london/kings-college-london--strand-campus">King’s College London</a>, despite being Russell Group lead.&nbsp;The director of Intelligent Metrix, Matt Hiely-Rayner, states that the university’s ranking has been helped due to several reasons, one of which being the increase in student entry grades as well as lower drop-out rates than in previous years.The university’s focus on creativity has been rewarded with top rankings in both interior design and animation and games design; this is in addition to exceptional performances in fine arts, textiles, and design, followed by graphic design and product design, with its marketing and public relations course.&nbsp;Because of the new campus in Stratford, east London, for the London College of Fashion, questions are raised about how the university can afford all of that, as the domestic tuition fees have been frozen since 2016.Purnell remarks that there are two factors, saying, “We created a financial formula which basically hypothecated money to teaching and learning, so we’ve increased that as a proportion of our income every year. It’s been partly about tough discipline and where we focus our money.”“The other factor is because we have significant international recruitment, we have a higher unit of resource. International students pay more than home students, so on average, we have also been able to have more money in absolute terms and put more of that money into teaching and learning.”On the subject of politicians talking about international students taking UK students’ places from them, Purnell comments, “I find it very frustrating because exactly the opposite is true. International students are actually making the current system possible.”“At UAL, the cost of delivery for a course is about £12,000, so we make a financial loss of £3000 on every UK student, and we’re able to offer the education that we do because international students pay more. They’re making it possible for far more people to get to go to university.”“Essentially, international students are paying for quite a lot of the cost of our university system, which would cost British taxpayers more and British graduates more if they weren’t there.”Prof Roni Brown, the university’s deputy vice-chancellor for education, adds, “The university has used its position to support as many students as possible through the cost of living crisis, through increased hardship funds and bursaries and tackling the high cost of materials for art students.”&nbsp;“We have a very competitive intake; we now have 60,000 applications for just over 9,000 places, so that competition is increasing alongside the hard work we are doing to improve student experience, opportunities and success,”&nbsp;“We offer a unique model of education at UAL through our curriculum. We believe it supports creativity that leads to innovation and a better world. There is good growth and good opportunities here for our students; that’s what we want to emphasise.”

University of the Arts London Climbing the League Table with Art Schools

UAL has thrived, and it has grown to more than 21,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from 130 countries across its six colleges.

Unite has announced the exciting news of its collaboration with <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/durham/durham-university" style="">Durham University</a> to expand the old <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/690-rushford-court-unite-durham-uk" style="">Rushord Court PBSA</a>, which is expected to be complete by Autumn 2024. This PBSA was first repurposed by Unite back in 2018 after being repurposed from an 1853-established County Hospital to a PBSA after its closure in 2010.This new expansion is set to add an additional 358 new Durham student accommodation rooms while also including a two-storey building for amenities. The amenity building will come with great facilities, such as a cafe, common room, study spaces, and not to mention, while repurposing the reception into a yoga and gym facility.This project will also be sustainable and was endorsed by the Durham County Council’s planning committee, which approved the project for being environmentally friendly as it focused on biodiversity and low carbon emissions.The previous PBSA served as a temporary residence for students attending Durham University’s John Snow College during their 2019/2020 term. Besides the expansion work being done, the Harding building will accommodate offices for the college’s staff and study spaces while working on the building’s historic entrance. This new expansion will also accommodate Durham University’s newest college, the College of St. Bede, as of September 2024 and will strengthen Unite’s relationship with the university.&nbsp;Rushford Court’s use as a temporary residence of students at the College of St.Bede is a result of Durham University’s Leazes Road site’s development. In the university’s long-term plan, however, Rushford Court will be used as the university’s newest college, which will be its 18th college.Many within Unite and Durham University are very excited about this new step. The Chief Executive of Unite Students, Richard Smith, stated: “We're delighted to start work to upgrade Rushford Court, delivering new facilities on site to enable the property to become Durham University's newest college. This is an exciting step forward as it allows us to strengthen our ongoing partnership with Durham University.” He also stated, "I look forward to seeing the scheme progress over the next year and ultimately students and college staff enjoying the use of the building for many years to come."Jeremy Cook, Durham’s pro-vice chancellor of colleges and student experience, released the following statement: “This exciting development will enable the university to provide a home to our much-loved Hild Bede College, while we redevelop their historic home!”. He later added: "Following this, it is intended for Rushford Court to become our newest college, creating a thriving community of students at all levels of study from all subject areas."

Unite to Work on Expanding Old Durham PBSA

Unite has announced the exciting news of its collaboration with Durham University to expand Rushord Court PBSA, expected to be complete by 2024.

New visa changes are set to prevent dependants from joining <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk" style="">UK</a> universities starting January 2024. This is why a small number of UK universities are currently offering an early winter intake that aims to help international students avoid the impact of visa changes.While the November intake has been a running thing in some universities for a number of years, other universities have just created a new intake specifically for 2023.As tradition goes, a second postgraduate intake in the month of January is opened in the United Kingdom to help create additional places for applicants in some of the country’s most popular courses, including business, management, and computer science degree programmes.Students coming from the Southern Hemisphere or those who failed to secure a visa in time for an autumn start are the ones benefiting the most from this off-track intake, which has been a powerful enabler of growth in international recruitment in the UK.The UK government’s ruling to prevent applicants from bringing their family members along as dependants, however, will affect the January 2024 intake and beyond.Some postgraduate courses starting in 2023 at the University of Law now have a newly introduced December intake.In order to bridge the gap between the January intake and the course-specific content, students will now be required to take an additional generic module on academic study skills.As stated on the University of Law’s website: “Students can join this course in December 2023 to benefit from an extra module on academic and professional practice to help prepare you for postgraduate study and enhance professional skills”.Another university offering widespread November course intakes is <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/london/ravensbourne-university-london">Ravensbourne University London</a>. This university specialises in digital media and design and has recently outsourced its international admissions processing to Oxford International Education Group.The university noted that their dates have not been set to allow international students to bring their dependents along with them. The university also highlighted that it is offering January starts as well - like it did the previous year.The university also said that the newly introduced November date is part of a larger strategy for growing international student numbers sustainably through staggered starts. Additionally, the intakes are open to both UG and PG students alike, the former of which have never originally had the right to bring dependants.Another university offering a limited number of courses starting in November is <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/middlesbrough/teesside-university">Teesside University</a>, specifically its London campus which is based in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford. These courses are offered, however, the university’s website chatbot informs potential international students that they will “need to apply using an agent in your country”.A university that has been offering November intakes since 2016 is the <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/bedford/university-of-bedfordshire-bedford-campus">University of Bedfordshire</a>. A website course finder returns 45 postgraduate courses with a November start, including Master's Degrees in Law, Business, Computing, Engineering, Economics, and Tourism.As reported by the University of Bedfordshire, there has been no major change in the behaviour of applicants when it comes to the November demand.Back in July, there were reports concerning Nigerian students and how they were rushing to secure places before the dependants ban. At the time, Jamie Hastings, the director of My International Office, described students as ‘scrambling’ to secure places in September.What remains to be seen, is how the demand will shift now that there is a smaller number of November and December start dates being offered in the market.Modern institutions are starting to increasingly adopt flexibility on course start dates. This is due to the fact that this is seen as an attractive proposition for international students.Students are allowed to join every few months at private universities such as BPP and UA92 as they operate a rolling admissions system.In markets associated with a higher number of dependants connected to student visas, BPP features as the third most prominent recruiter, according to HESA data. The university recruited 5,400 students from across countries like Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka in 2021 - 2022.Back in the summer of 2020, <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/coventry/coventry-university">Coventry University</a> famously created a July intake whose aim was to allow students from the European Union to enrol ahead of the drastic changes to their fee status. This was due to the impact of Brexit that led students to transition from Home fees status to full international fees status in September that followed.The significant surge in price was avoided by students who were able to enrol at Coventry two months ahead of time. These students, however, were required to take an online module that bridged the gap until they were due on campus in the upcoming autumn.While the move was widely seen as a success, in some cases, certain EU nationalities did not receive their high school examination results or leaving certificates in time to proceed with their enrollment early in the summer.During that time, some stakeholders questioned whether this move was legal, however, it is unclear if the Office for Students was required to sanction new intakes.At this late stage, the possibility of similar questions being raised with any university introducing a new winter intake is an option.It is generally understood that several institutions have been considering introducing a November 2023 intake while monitoring applications to see if there is a shortfall related to dependant visa changes.&nbsp;While it still remains to be seen whether or not students are completely aware of the rule changes in the ground in key source markets, buoyant numbers for the January intake, however, have dissuaded many from this course of action.A spokesperson for Teesside University, specifically their campus in London, said the following: “Teesside University London has implemented an innovative new delivery model and we will have three intakes of students, both undergraduate and postgraduate, from September, November and January. This is part of our long-term strategy and reinforces our drive to provide as much choice and flexibility as possible for all of our students across a diverse range of programs.”

Final Winter Intake Before UK Visa Changes

New visa changes are set to prevent dependants from joining UK universities starting January 2024. Learn more now!

The <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/usa/columbia/university-of-south-carolina" style="">University of South Carolina</a> is pleased to welcome its students to its biggest construction project since its founding 222 years ago. This project is the university’s new Campus Village student housing complex, which includes four buildings set to accommodate 1,800 students. This new construction project will provide undergraduate students with more student housing options to alleviate the housing shortage, and this also aligns with the university’s vision of growth.<h2 dir="ltr" style="">About The Project</h2>USC Campus Village has been under development since 2019 with a budget of $240 million in a collaboration between the famous developer Greystar and USC, which will also assist in managing the properties. The property’s architectural design, which features a unique red-brick style, and planning were overseen by Boudreaux, with construction being assigned to Contract Construction and Juneau Construction.<h2 dir="ltr" style="">USC Campus Village Building Features</h2>This new University of South Carolina student housing complex features six-storey buildings. It will feature various green areas, study spaces for a focused study session, classroom spaces, pod-styled bedrooms, and large shared kitchens. This new student housing complex will also have various features, including dining facilities, living and learning communities, and nearby transportation spots.USC’s Campus Village is home to a 14,000-square-foot dining hall called “The Pavillion,” which supports up to 650 students and is the perfect dining spot, serving various meals to meet your taste and dietary needs. The food at The Pavilion ranges from Pizza to Asian Cuisine to Vegan food options and allergen-free options, among many others.You will also have access to great retail spaces, which include famous brands such as Starbucks Coffee, Jimmy John’s sandwich shop, and the Gamecock General store. 13 Living and Learning communities will also be part of the student complex, which includes Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Engineering and Computing; Information, Design, and Computing; and other communities. These Living and Learning communities will give students a unique co-curricular and academic experience.&nbsp;Campus Village will also have shuttles to take students to and from the university campus to USC Campus Village, which will also feature parking spots for students.

University of South Carolina Opens New Student Housing

This new construction project will provide undergraduate students with more student housing options to alleviate the housing shortage.

New teaching schedules for college students are believed to help them find jobs while studying.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk">UK</a> universities are decreasing the number of on-campus days when students have to go to college and are required to attend classes. This is to help students <a href="https://www.casita.com/blog/top-online-parttime-jobs-for-students">work part-time</a> and support themselves financially while studying.&nbsp;Timetables for teaching have changed, and lectures and seminars are now scheduled over two or three days. These lectures used to be scattered around during the week, not allowing students to have adequate time off for themselves. This facilitates students’ lives, especially international ones, as they will be able to find <a href="https://www.casita.com/blog/parttime-jobs-for-international-students-in-the-uk">part-time jobs</a>. Almost half of students now work while studying, a percentage that increased from 34% in 2021 to 45% in 2022.&nbsp;Because of the small maintenance loans that do not cover a lot of things, like accommodation costs and basic human needs, students who start their degrees nowadays are financially unstable, which makes them more anxious and not able to concentrate on their studies. Around two-thirds of students in their first year get part-time jobs to support themselves, according to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). Students have discussed how this affects them and that they sometimes have to skip meals, work extra shifts, and rely on credit cards to help themselves.&nbsp;A university in <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/leicester">Leicester</a>, <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/leicester/de-montfort-university">De Montfort University</a>, already tested smaller timetables last year in half of its courses and has announced that they were a success. The university will be introducing these compressed timetables this autumn for students. The university suggests that instead of studying four modules for around four hours at a time, students study only one module for a week.&nbsp;Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Katie Normington, said, “The change allows for more compact timetables, and this sits around students’ lives better; a lot of students are working and have other responsibilities, and it makes organisation of that easier. We had great feedback last year from students. Internal surveys show that those on the block-teaching timetable were about 10% happier than those not doing it.”&nbsp;This policy is also important for students who commute; they usually live at home because they cannot afford to move away because of the living conditions. “Students with a Leicester or Leicestershire postcode rose from 42 to 47% last year,” said Prof. Normington. “If they are travelling into campus, it is easier and cheaper to do that a couple of times a week rather than four or five times for an hour here and there.”<a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/sunderland">Sunderland</a>, <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/london/anglia-ruskin-university-london">Anglia Ruskin University London</a>’s campuses, and the University of Law, with 16 campuses around England, all follow this new schedule. In addition, at <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/coventry/coventry-university">Coventry University</a>’s campuses in Dagenham and <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/greenwich">Greenwich</a>, students only go to college two and a-half days a week.&nbsp;“The model is entirely down to the cost of living issue,” said John Dishman, pro-vice chancellor and CEO of CU Group. “Barking and Dagenham is the poorest borough of London. People rely on having part-time work, and their income is basically maintenance loans and part-time work. We have seen it more and more over the last two years or so. People will not have access to courses unless they are built into their ability to work. Some people are working nearly five days a week and studying with us the rest of the time. It’s not so much a part-time job as a full-time one. Their dedication is amazing. We have our graduation ceremony every year at the O2, and it’s just phenomenal the amount of work people put in to get there.”At the Coventry and Scarborough campuses, lectures are similarly held either in the early morning or in the afternoon. This is part of the commitment to “life-shaped learning”. Roehampton University also has a new schedule that helps students plan ahead, which makes it easier for them to find work. Starting this autumn, first-year students will have most of their courses no more than three days a week to help students “combine study with work, caring, and other commitments”.A survey was made for this year’s students that showed “cost of living worries” ranked number one as a top concern. This survey was conducted by Advance HE and the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI).Almost three-quarters of the 10,000 respondents stated that the cost of living worries had affected their studies and concentration, and most of them considered dropping out.&nbsp;“The increase in the proportion of students who feel compelled to do so many hours of paid employment that their studies may suffer is a particularly acute challenge,” said Nick Hillman, HEPI director. “Those in power should urgently look afresh at the maintenance support on offer to undergraduates. The universities minister said recently that a fee rise was ‘just not going to happen’ because families were already facing cost pressures. But it is not the fees that are the problem for students in relation to the cost of living. What affects them is rising rent and the prices in the supermarket, and if ministers really cared about that, they’d be raising maintenance loans.”Students also stated that there were times when they couldn’t go to their universities because they had no money and that they had to go through “carefully calculating rent, bills, and food”.

A Three-Day Week Offered for Students to Find Part-Time Work

New teaching schedules for college students are believed to help them find jobs while studying. UK universities are decreasing number of on-campus days.

The United States is still leading the "Soft-Power Index," which counts the number of world leaders it has trained; however, for the first time, the <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk" target="_blank">UK</a> has closed this gap considerably.Since 2017, the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) has released an annual ranking that measures the number of contemporary world leaders—including presidents, prime ministers, and monarchs—who completed their higher education in nations other than their own.While the UK initially held the top rank in its first year, the US surpassed it in 2018 and has maintained a growing advantage ever since.But in the last year, the number of world leaders who received their education in the US dropped from 67 to 65, while the number who received their education in the UK increased from 56 to 58.Hepi noted that both countries have educated leaders from around a quarter of all countries in the world because of their strong university systems, global ties, and English language dominance.Following these two countries are France (30), Russia (10), Switzerland (7), <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/australia" target="_blank">Australia </a>(6), Italy (6), and <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/spain" target="_blank">Spain </a>(6).Noteworthy leaders who received education in the UK include Belgium's King Philippe, Hungary's Viktor Orbán, and Japan's Emperor Naruhito.New additions this year encompass Czechia's Petr Pavel, Fiji's Sitiveni Rabuka, Montenegro's Jakov Milatović, and Slovenia's Nataša Pirc Musar. In 2023, Nigeria and Nepal, which previously had leaders educated in the UK, elected new presidents without ties to UK universities.The US proudly includes Spain's King Felipe VI among its alumni. This year's figures were augmented by the inclusion of the UK's own Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, who pursued an MBA at Stanford University as a Fulbright Scholar.Hepi's Director, Nick Hillman, remarked, "The count of world leaders educated in foreign nations mirrors the status of different educational systems and is a reliable gauge of the soft power wielded by various countries. It's a remarkable accomplishment that over a quarter of the world's countries have a highly esteemed leader—either a head of state or a prime minister—educated in the UK."Hillman cautioned that recent policy shifts in the UK have led to a less favourable climate for international students seeking to study at its universities. He added, "The recent rhetoric from the Home Office and the upcoming stricter regulations on student dependents imply that numerous UK institutions will need to put in more effort to maintain their appeal to individuals outside the country."Since there is usually a significant lag between an individual's formal education and their rise to a prominent position within their native country, the index only counts leaders who received their education abroad and only partially reflects historical patterns.

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The number of world leaders who received their education in the US dropped, while the number who received their education in the UK increased.

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Historically, no European institutions occupied the first two top spots in THE rankings. However, the University of <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/cambridge" target="_blank">Cambridge&nbsp;</a>leapt right behind the University of Oxford this year.In the meantime, universities in Asia are outranking other European institutions on the list. For five consecutive years, Caltech used to top the league table before the University of Oxford. Although the <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/usa" target="_blank">US </a>took 7 places in the top 10 ranks, Asian institutions are competing with European ones in the league table.Asian institutions' numbers in the top 30 have remarkably increased, while Europe, which used to have 10 institutions, now has only 7.It is noteworthy to mention that THE observer asserts that the <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk" target="_blank">UK's </a>stance is still strong this year, in spite of the future posed threats. Some are worried about the post-Brexit situation that the UK will have to prosper through to establish itself anew.World University Rankings 2018 – Top 101. <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/oxford/university-of-oxford" target="_blank">University of Oxford</a>2. <a href="https://www.casita.com/student-accommodation/uk/cambridge/university-of-cambridge" target="_blank">University of Cambridge</a>3= California Institute of Technology3= Stanford University5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology6. Harvard University7. Princeton University8. Imperial College London9. University of Chicago10= ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich10= University of Pennsylvania

Historically speaking, no European institutions occupied the first two top spots in THE rankings. Let's see the UK's new leap in the rankings.

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