Policy analysis reveals decentralized student mobility toward regional hubs across global markets, suggesting profound strategic consequences for established Western universities.
International higher education is becoming less concentrated in a small group of traditional destinations. Immigration constraints in established markets are coinciding with the expansion of regional education hubs, transnational delivery and new national recruitment strategies. This article argues that the next phase of internationalisation will depend not only on where students move, but also on where programmes, faculty and institutional capacity move, with important implications for UK universities.
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