Given everything happening in UK HE, and the increasingly competitive nature of the online education market, the international TNE online market is only going to become more important.

Overall, this data highlights a positive trendline for online enrolments and flexible study, but it doesn’t support the hyperbolic headlines that sometimes accompany rises or falls in online numbers. It’s a case of steady progress rather than a surge.

This recent data release underscores once again that the domestic market for online education is still the largest and has experienced the most significant growth in recent years.

In many ways, this dataset continues a general trend in respect to online students at UK universities, which is steadily increasing numbers. While that is the picture as a whole, since 2019/20 some UK universities have grown international online student numbers significantly, highlighting growth potential.