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It's quite strange recently. Isn't it the unconditional and visa period now? Many schools have basically closed the application channel at this time, but except for a few schools, the others have not closed it and are still recruiting people, but they haven't filled up.

What's going on? Are British universities going to collapse? No students are coming to school before the start of the semester? Are students starting to stand up?

No.1 Many British universities are not fully enrolled

You said that the QS top 100 universities should be counted, they are not short of students, they have been spoiled by Chinese students in recent years. Logically speaking, they should be fully enrolled, and they are fully enrolled in the state of generating income, so they are not short of academics at all.

But in fact, it is not the case. Look at Nan'an, a school that has been a dark horse in recent years, the number of applications has increased by 2-3 times, but they still sent emails to agents saying that they have not enrolled enough students, and that they have not enrolled enough students in some popular majors, such as Fashion Marketing and advertising branding, as well as FE, eco and education majors, almost 13 of which are not full.

This school was very arrogant in the early stage and had to close the application period for Chinese students in December. But at the end, they found that students who had received conditional offers did not go, so they could not fill the enrollment quota. So they sent offers to students who had been rejected, and then reopened the application. Can you believe it?

It's not just Nan'an, UCL is also like this. UCL is still sending out offers in July. Some students who were rejected for certain majors have also been reconsidered, and then they were sent offers without saying anything. Some students even applied for offers for the third major, but they were only allowed to apply for two? In fact, they are targeting honest people. Is there any information gap?

It's the same with Manchester University. Didn't Manchester University require IELTS for the application? Now it has been cancelled. You can be given the conditions first, and then IELTS later. Of course, Manchester University has to do this. This school is not short of students, but many students are stuck in IELTS. Many students are always a little short of the 6.5 required by Manchester University for writing, which makes them feel very uncomfortable. At present, Manchester University is almost full except for social science majors. Manchester University is still Manchester University. It is indeed not short of students, but the threshold has been loosened.

In addition to these schools, older schools like Leeds, which have maintained their value, have not yet filled their quotas. For example, the popular School of Communication has a low acceptance rate and is issuing offers to students again. Courses like the CCE Media Industry are still issuing new offers to students.

This year's UK market is not like last year, when many domestic students rushed in to take over. This year's market suddenly turned bad. Especially in the second half, many students defected.

No.2 Britain is no longer so attractive

After a few years of peak growth, the UK has seen a clear decline in enrollment. It feels like everyone is heading in the opposite direction of the UK.

First of all, the number of EU students was cut in half after the EU was dragged down, and in recent years it has been reduced by another one-third. This is very uncomfortable. As the saying goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. The basic base of the UK is showing a crazy shrinking trend.

Secondly, Indian friends, as one of the biggest supporters of the UK, were directly angry about the visa restrictions. After all, the UK dislikes them for bringing families with them. One person goes abroad to study, and more than a dozen people fly to the UK, taking away the social welfare of local people and occupying public resources. Unlike Chinese, their children go abroad to study by themselves. After graduation, few want to stay, and they return directly to their country, with the main purpose of creating GDP for the UK. Indian friends are too smart, and then they were restricted. After being restricted, the three gates went to Australia.

In addition, Chinese students studying abroad are also struggling this year. Many families that were doing well last year are no longer able to afford it this year. Some students have even stopped paying. Some families suddenly feel that the starting cost of studying in the UK, which is 500,000 yuan, is not that necessary. It has entered a cold period for studying abroad, and they want to slow down and take some time off.

In addition to the decrease in the number of students, the UK has lost the appeal of its famous schools. If you look at the top 100 schools in the QS, there are 15 in the UK and 10 in Australia.

The gap is really getting smaller and smaller. Since the Australian QS ranking went wild, you can see how many Chinese students who originally wanted to go to the UK have been snatched away. Many students applied to both the UK and Australia, and then found that it was very difficult to apply to the UK. The better schools were basically sold out in seconds. It was different in Australia. Except for Melbourne, the offers were so many that they could not get them all. In the end, they found that the left hand was the top 50 schools in Australia's QS, and the right hand was the British universities that could not return to the top 100. Reason told them to choose famous schools, and emotion told them that they still had their hearts in the UK. So reason defeated emotion, and everyone went to Australia.

Therefore, Australia has become popular. The overseas study market itself is a stock market, and the rise and fall of one side is the other. The peak of the UK cannot be returned. Not only can it not be returned, but it is estimated that the recruitment of British universities in 2025 will be even more difficult. The current momentum is in Australia. After all, Australia at least has more sunshine.

To sum up: I really think that the UK is not doing well now, and it is not as good as before. Many students transferred to the UK before because they thought that the PSW visa was an opportunity. After all, the reopening of the 2-year visa was an opportunity, but many students have tried it and did not increase their chances of finding a job. The core of this visa is not to let everyone find a job, but to let those who can start a business start a business, to start a business project, and secondly, to give some people who are not ready an extra year to prepare for employment, or to find employment in a roundabout way. Overall, it is still suitable for a very small number of people, and most people still fail. The attractiveness has decreased again.

The tuition fees in the UK are now soaring, the exchange rate is rising, the cost of living is inflated, everything is rising, even visa fees and IHS are rising. The only thing is that the value of the graduation is falling. There are too many users, and the money returned from studying in the UK is not that valuable.