EU applications for UK university places down 7%, MPs told

First decrease after almost a decade of unbroken growth blamed on vote for Brexit at Commons committee hearingApplications from EU students for places at UK universities have dropped by more than 7% according to latest figures, a committee of MPs investigating the impact of Brexit on higher education has been told.It is the first decrease in applications from EU students to study in the UK after almost a decade of unbroken growth and will inevitably be blamed on last year’s vote to leave t