Exposed, the 'myth' of bright foreign students: Just five per cent attend university rated in the top ten

The vast majority of foreign students who come to the UK attend ‘lower level’ universities and colleges, a study has revealed. Just five per cent of the students who enter Britain each year go to a university rated in the top ten. Around one in eight goes to one of the top 24 Russell group universities. Think tank MigrationWatch, which carried out the study, said the figures exploded the myth that the non-EU students coming to the UK were the ‘brightest and the best’.Read more