{
  "id": 13773206,
  "title": "UK universities withdraw offers to Nigerian students as visa refusals rise",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/uk-universities-withdraw-offers-to-nigerian-students-as-visa-refusals",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T18:19:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nairametrics",
    "slug": "nairametrics",
    "url": "https://nairametrics.com/2026/10/11/uk-universities-withdraw-offers-to-nigerian-students-as-visa-refusals-rise/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "UK universities are withdrawing admission offers to Nigerian students as a sharp rise in study visa refusals puts institutions at risk of losing the right to recruit international students. According to a report by the Financial Times, the proportion of UK study visa applications from Nigeria withdrawn in the first half of 2026 increased to 22.7%, up from 4.5% in the same period of 2025. The increase in withdrawn applications has been driven by a doubling in study visa refusals by the Home Office in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}