VIRTUAL EVENT: A less attractive UK higher education to EU students?
This talk will look at the impact of Brexit on student demographics in the UK and the effects of that on our higher education (HE) system.

The impact of Brexit on student demographics in the UK is undeniable. EU student enrolment in UK higher education has declined post-Brexit to levels not seen in recent decades. UCAS data showed a 44 per cent drop in EU student applications, with a more recent publication revealing an even more severe fall of 56.4 per cent of EU students accepted in undergraduate study programmes.
This is a direct consequence of Brexit for UK higher education. Its effects are likely to run deep within the system, involving significant dimensions of student experience for home and international students, as well as impacting the sector’s national and international reputation.
In this presentation, Vassiliki Papatsiba (University of Sheffield) will draw from an ESRC funded study undertaken by Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), that included 127 participants from twelve universities in the four UK nations: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
These participants were predominantly institutional leaders: senior university executives, administrators, and academics – with some student and governing council representatives. Their high level and frontline experience of higher education and research captured in our data provides authentic insights into the complexities of the current situation, the subsequent overlapping and far-reaching consequences.
This event will be particularly useful for those interested in brexit, higher education and student demogrphics.
Speaker
- Vassiliki Papatsiba, University of Sheffield
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