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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sally Weale and Ben Quinn

English universities warned not to over-rely on fees of students from China

University College London
University College London (pictured) and Manchester University had the highest numbers of students from China in 2021/22. Photograph: peterspiro/Getty Images/iStockphoto

England’s higher education regulator has warned universities against over-reliance on tuition fees of students from China, as Rishi Sunak backtracked on his earlier pledge to close UK branches of the Beijing-sponsored Confucius Institute.

The Office for Students (OfS) wrote to 23 universities with high numbers of Chinese students on Thursday, asking to see their contingency planning in case of a sudden interruption to overseas recruitment.

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