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London, June 4
Indian students remain positive about taking up their courses at UK universities this year despite the coronavirus lockdown and travel constraints, official data indicates.
According to UK Home Office statistics released last week, the number of study visa grants to Indian nationals in the year ending March 2021 increased by 6,391, marking a 13 per cent hike over the previous year.
It indicates that most students are keen to take up their courses as they are able to return to university since lockdown eased further from May 17. Welcoming our students back in person is an important milestone in the UK s Covid-19 recovery, and a positive sign for Indian students holding offers to study in the UK next academic year, said Vivienne Stern, Director of Universities UK International (UUKi), an organisation representing 146 UK universities.
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India’s Covid-19 crisis has jeopardised the plans of thousands of students to study abroad
Across North America and Europe, most universities are asking aspirants to be fully vaccinated before attending class. Keira Burton/Pexels
Aman Trivedi was all set to pursue a master’s degree in international affairs from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin come August. When the Delhi University graduate started applying to schools abroad in September 2020, he never could have imagined that India’s Covid-19 crisis would spiral the way that it did.
“I absolutely did not foresee the second wave of the pandemic mainly because there was a sharp decline in the number of cases towards the later months of 2020,” the 20-year-old told
May 17, 2021
Aman Trivedi was all set to pursue a master’s degree in international affairs from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin come August. When the Delhi University graduate started applying to schools abroad in September 2020, he never could’ve imagined that India’s Covid-19 crisis would spiral the way that it did.
“I absolutely did not foresee the second wave of the pandemic mainly because there was a sharp decline in the number of cases towards the later months of 2020,” the 20-year-old told Quartz. “I did not make any contingency plan and the second wave of the pandemic completely changed my plans.” Trivedi has now deferred his admission by a year, and he is certainly not alone.