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University of the West of England

BRISTOL · Higher Education Institution

Action plan

www.uwe.ac.uk

The register records this sponsor as Subject To Action Plan. That is a statement of what the register says, not a prediction about the licence.

An action plan is a corrective measure for a breach short of a serious breach. While one is in force UKVI may limit the sponsor’s CAS allocation, including to zero, and a sponsor is expected to tell its students how the plan affects them. What this means in practice →

51.500, -2.547

University in Bristol, England

Vice-Chancellor:
Sir Steven West
Founded:
1970
www.uwe.ac.uk

Background from Wikidata and Wikipedia, not part of the register record. Sources and corrections →

The Home Office does not publish this sponsor’s visa refusal rate, enrolment rate or course completion rate. Those go to the sponsor in a letter; only the resulting standing reaches the register, and nothing on this page is derived from them. What a sponsor has to hit →

Published evidence

At a glance

A reading aid, not a ranking. Each measure keeps its own source and population.

Student profile
24.8%
of students are international
9,030 of 36,380 students · HESA 2024/25
Recruitment mix
33%
from the top three countries
29 countries of origin represented
First degree outcomes
86.2%
complete their course
-2.1 points vs benchmark
First degree outcomes
75.8%
progress to professional work or study
UK-domiciled graduates · Office for Students
Student voice
87.3%
Teaching positivity
+0.7 points vs benchmark
TEF 2023
Silver
overall rating
Experience Gold · Outcomes Silver

These figures are not all from the same year, and no source publishes them together. students 2024/25, outcomes 2016–2019, survey 2026, TEF 2023. A card that looks worse than another may simply be older. Detailed cohorts, definitions, benchmarks and caveats appear in the sections below.

Home Office register record

Snapshot 7 Sept 2026
Sponsor name
University of the West of England
Status
Student Sponsor - Track Record
Routes
Student
Immigration compliance
Subject To Action Plan
Town / city
BRISTOL
Additional locations
Sponsor type
Higher Education Institution (HEI)

Read directly from the Register of Licensed Student Sponsors, snapshot of 7 Sept 2026. The Home Office does not publish per-sponsor visa refusal, enrolment or completion figures.

Office for Students record

UKPRN
10007164
Registration category
Approved (fee cap)
University title
Yes
Degree-awarding powers
ResearchAwarded 1993
Fee limit
Higher
TEF 2023
SilverStudent experience: Gold · Student outcomes: Silver
Specific conditions
None recorded
Monetary penalty
None recorded
Registration suspended
None recorded

Source: OfS Register, retrieved 3 Sept 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Standing over time

34 snapshots
26 Jan 2024 — 7 Sept 2026 · 34 snapshots

This provider’s standing at every register snapshot we hold, oldest to newest. Gaps mean the provider was not listed on that date.

Recorded register changes

1 recorded
3 Sept 2026Flag addedCompliance flag added: Subject To Action Plan(observed between 2 Sept 2026 and 3 Sept 2026)

Changes are derived by comparing register snapshots. Dates are observation dates — the change occurred at some point in the interval shown, not necessarily on the later date. Check this entry against the live Register of licensed sponsors: students, or against an archived copy in the UK Government Web Archive.