Student property investment totaled £4 billion ($5.6 billion) in 2017, up 25 percent on the previous year, according to Knight Frank. This strong performance looks set to continue in 2018, despite the current uncertainty surrounding Brexit. The enduring strength and quality of the U.K.’s higher education sector remains the key driver.
January deadline data from UCAS reinforces this view. Despite a slight drop in total applicant numbers, down 0.9 percent compared with 2017–2018, which reflects the smaller cohort of those turning 18 over the past year, a record 36 percent of A-level students across the United Kingdom applied for higher education courses in 2018.
Applications from international students also increased, bucking the downward trend seen in 2017 when uncertainty surrounding the United Kingdom’s future relationship with Europe contributed to a decline in applications from within the EU, although the numbers coming to U.K. universities remained high due
