Scottish universities 'hammered by Brexit' as EU student numbers drop 60 per cent

An anti-Brexit campaigner pictured demonstrating against leaving the EU in late 2019 (Image: Jack Taylor/ Getty Images)

BREXIT has “hammered” Scotland’s university sector, the SNP have said after figures showed a fall of more than 60% in the number of EU students.

There were 20,895 students from the European Union enrolled in Scottish universities in the academic year 2019-20, according to figures from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).