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Foreign students 'should not be classed as immigrants'
published on : 08-25-2014
Category : Higher Education
Foreign students should no longer be labelled as “immigrants” because restrictions on studying in the UK are damaging universities and the economy, ministers have been told. Leading vice-chancellors called on the government to dramatically overhaul its policies towards overseas students amid claims existing rules are driving them towards countries such as the United States and Australia. A report – endorsed by senior Conservatives such as Lord Heseltine – warned that the “one-size-fits-all approach” to immigration in which all foreign arrivals to the UK are treated in the same way should be scrapped. It was claimed that foreign students should no longer be included in the government’s target to cut net migration to below 100,000 – less than half the existing number. The study, by Universities UK and the think-tank British Future, also called for an easing of restrictions on graduates working in the UK after finishing their course and the introduction of an overarching “international student growth strategy” to boost numbers beyond the 300,000 currently studying in the country each year.
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