Tag Archives: foreign students

Monday June 24 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

Foreign students ‘feeling less welcome in UK

More than half of overseas students in the UK say they have felt “less welcome” because of policies on migration, a survey suggests. A survey of more than 500 overseas students across 105 institutions showed 52% had a negative perception of the attempts to cut migration numbers. Almost half of...

Thursday January 10 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

The UK should be open for business to foreign students

The latest trade figures are dismal: the UK continues to run a large current account deficit. But one bright spot is exports of “services”, now running at almost £200bn a year. So what are “service” exports? They are products like insurance, business services, the creative industries – and education. The...

Wednesday January 09 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

Immigration crackdown deterring foreign students, says universities chief

The government’s increasingly tough rhetoric around immigration is threatening to deter thousands of the best international students from studying at UK universities and undermine the multibillion-pound market in foreign students, according to the head of the group that represents British universities. Nicola Dandridge, chief executive of Universities UK, said the...

Saturday September 22 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

London Metropolitan University wins reprieve in student visa row

A high court judge has ordered that more than 1,000 international students at London Metropolitan University should be allowed to start their courses on Monday pending the outcome of a legal battle over their future. But Mr Justice Irwin refused to quash the home secretary’s decision to suspend the university’s...

Friday September 14 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

Foreign students: losing a battle, perhaps winning a war

No British government ever wishes to be seen as soft on immigration. That’s particularly true of a government that is trailing consistently badly in the opinion polls and whose reputation on immigration is one of its few remaining strong suits with the voters – both of which are true of...

Sunday September 02 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

Foreign students: an idiotic decision

There are other questions that should be asked after this week’s withdrawal of London Met’s favoured status for sponsoring students from outside the EU, such as why the UK Border Agency took this drastic step on such limited evidence. And how far either Vince Cable or David Willetts was consulted,...

Thursday August 30 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

New Visa Rules Hurt Foreigners, Britons Alike

On behalf of foreign graduates in the UK: We come in peace. Those of us who have survived the British university system have no designs on torpedoing your economy or corrupting your culture. We are not here to sponge off your welfare system or claim asylum. Immigration Minister Damian Green...

Tuesday August 28 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

London Metropolitan University sets up hotline for worried non-EU students

London Metropolitan University has set up a hotline offering help and support for thousands of worried international students following reports that it is about to lose its right to provide courses to people from outside the EU. The university has been unable to accept any fees from present or potential...

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