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Government ‘will not back off’ from managing size and shape of onshore international enrolments, assistant minister warns

Six-month cut in amount of time people can stay post-study has been fiercely opposed by universities

UK bounces back in crucial month for enrolments, with policy uncertainty elsewhere helping fuel first rise in 12-month figures for nearly two years

Fifteen universities and two significant source countries move up the ladder, but China bucks the trend

Intervention by sector leader comes amid concern about growth in master’s by research degrees following dependants ban for other courses

Yvette Cooper launches mass messaging campaign warning 132,000 overseas students not to overstay visas or lodge weak asylum bids

Intervention after apparent sponsorship breaches heralds stricter thresholds that some fear will turn institutions into ‘proxy border control agents’