Recruiting fairs are held in Asian countries to promote interest in UK universities - and campuses of UK universities have opened in countries such as China and Malaysia.
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Universities in the UK were given a record amount in philanthropic donations last year, research suggests.
Its website provides access to undergraduate courses offered at universities in the UK, as well as the entry requirements.
Abertay has 4, 250 students, making it one of the smallest universities in the UK and it is located close to Dundee University, which has more than 17, 000 students.
The decision to strip the university of its permission to recruit foreign students prompted an outcry from the higher education sector and concerns that foreign students would be put off applying for universities in the UK. It was the first time a UK university had lost its licence in this way.
The "seismic shifts" in population will have a "noticeable effect on day-to-day life in the city", but universities' influence cannot be "consistently predictable and positive", she told a conference run by Universities UK in London.
From next year, the universities involved in the UK project will begin to offer courses on the FutureLearn online platform.
Not so if you believe recent research on "pilgrim experiences" by academics and researchers from nine universities in India and UK. They carried out two surveys involving over 400 kalpavasis during the festivals in 2010 and 2011, an event which even the researchers called an "ordeal".
The current undergraduate finance model, where students borrow to study for three years in a UK institution, does not provide for a future in which students might want to take course units from a range of universities, both in the UK and abroad.
Imperial College London was ranked as the world leader in civil engineering, while 17 other UK universities were in the world top 20 for at least one subject.
Nicola Dandridge, chief executive of Universities UK, says that, in the UK, occupations requiring a degree will continue to grow over the next decade.
Mr O'Leary said teaching in English also gave UK universities a big advantage, particularly in attracting international students.
The RAE is an independent assessment of the quality of research in UK universities and is carried out on behalf of the higher education funding bodies.
Crimestoppers is running a campaign in universities across the UK to warn students not to be fooled into becoming involved, telling them: "Don't be a mule!"
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Roughly 6% of black British students got a first class honours degree at UK universities in 2011-12, compared with nearly 19% of white British students, data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa) shows.
John O'Leary, of the QS Global Academic Advisory Board, said the number of UK universities in the top 20 for at least one subject was "far in excess of the total achieved by any other country apart from the United States".
Jersey's education officials are currently in talks with UK universities over the fees island students will pay when they increase fees in 2012.
According to these tables, the UK is the best country to take a degree in geography, with UK universities dominating the global top 10 for this subject.
Some 110 UK universities appear in these subject rankings, which look at 30 disciplines.
Of these 65 UK universities are in the global top 200 for at least one subject.
Oxford and Cambridge take the top two places, with four other UK universities also in the global top ten: the London School of Economics (LSE), Durham, University College London (UCL) and Manchester.
Meanwhile Universities UK, the umbrella body for UK universities, said it regretted "the BBC's approach in this matter".
Mr Gray claimed that top of the list was one of the smallest UK universities, Abertay in Dundee.
It highlighted 277 events promoted in UK and Irish universities where segregation was alluded to, either directly or through policies stated elsewhere.
If UK universities do, in fact, see a drop in enrollments of international students, it could put some additional pressures on some of these institutions.
In some subjects, UK universities are world-beaters, ahead even of the most prestigious US universities.
Her major projects are being carried out in partnership with the UK Universities of Exeter and Cambridge.
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In December all other UK universities agreed to treat students from the Crown Dependencies, Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man, as UK students.
But Universities UK said that it was too early in the application cycle for an "accurate picture of final demand".
The pursuit of overseas students has become big business - with UK universities competing with higher education institutions in countries such as the United States and Australia.
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