13 UK universities won't survive Covid-19 lockdown without bailout: Report

According to the official UK government statistics, Indian student numbers have been on an upward swing in recent years and from 2015 to 2019

An estimated 13 UK universities, educating around 5 per cent of students in the country, would not be able to survive the coronavirus pandemic lockdown without a government bailout support, a new report claimed on Monday.

The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) estimates that long-term losses for the UK's higher education sector could come in anywhere between 3 billion pounds and 19 billion pounds, with the biggest losses stemming from a fall in international student enrolments including those from India who make up a large chunk of that segment.

In our central scenario, 13 universities educating around 5 per cent