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12 Jan, 2013

It’s official: Indian students shunning Britain

LONDON: There has been a 24 per cent drop in the number of Indian students coming to Britain to study during the 2011-12 academic year, latest official figures show, reflecting concerns generated due to visa restrictions imposed on non-EU students by the David Cameron government.

According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), the number of Chinese domicile students at British Higher Education institutions continued to grow during the academic year, but “the number of Indian andPakistan domicile students fell for the first time” in recent years.

Read the rest: It’s official: Indian students shunning Britain – The Times of India.