Posted : 2021-02-18 13:10
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The number of students from Hong Kong and mainland China applying for British universities rose to its highest in more than a decade, after rising by about 10 and 20 per cent year on year respectively, according to official statistics.
Analysts believe a spike of Hong Kong applicants was mainly because of a new visa for residents holding British National (Overseas) passports which started last month, while more people from the mainland could be applying because of tense US-China relations and the coronavirus pandemic.
Latest figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) showed that of the 85,610 applications received from outside Europe, about 6,400 were from Hong Kong, up more than 9 per cent compared to 5,870 last year.