Category: Universities

No evidence foreign students are abusing UK graduate visas, review finds

Migration Advisory Committee says the risks are low, despite Tory claims the route is being exploitedThere is no evidence of widespread abuse of the UK’s graduate visa route, the government’s immigration advisers...

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UK universities report drop in international students amid visa doubts

Creative UK and Universities UK urge government to reject plans to abolish or restrict graduate visa routeUniversities are reporting a steep drop in international students applying to come to the UK, amid warnings that further...

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‘Self-defeating’: senior Tories warn Sunak against clampdown on international students

Party members say visa restrictions will damage economy and lead to the closure of already-struggling universitiesUniversities will be plunged into greater financial distress and Britain’s economic recovery dented should...

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Rishi Sunak accused of scaremongering over UK students’ Gaza protest camps

Academics call for government to avoid inflaming situation but Jewish students say they want to feel safeAcademics have called on the government to avoid “inflaming” the situation on British campuses, as students...

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University leaders must take ‘personal’ care to protect Jewish students, Sunak says

Encampments at 15 institutions protesting Israel’s war in Gaza lead to concern for safety of Jewish studentsUniversity leaders should take “personal responsibility” for protecting Jewish students on campus,...

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Rishi Sunak backs police action if disorder breaks out on UK campuses

Jewish students warn about a ‘hostile and toxic’ atmosphere created by pro-Palestinian encampments at universitiesThe prime minister has backed a police crackdown on any outbreak of disorder on university campuses,...

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Sunak backs police action as Jewish students condemn ‘toxic’ protests

PM backs action in case of disorder on campuses after claims that pro-Palestinian protests create hostile atmosphereThe prime minister has backed a police crackdown on any outbreak of disorder on university campuses after Jewish...

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Tory immigration policies risk over-reliance on Chinese students, ex-universities minister warns

Exclusive: Chris Skidmore says restrictions on international students risk a funding crisisAnalysis: from boom to bust on international studentsThe Conservative party’s “scorched earth” immigration policies...

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Sadiq Khan pledges new Erasmus-style overseas study scheme for London youngsters

City’s mayor outlines ‘internationalist’ vision in manifesto as he bids for third term in MayLondon’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan is to offer young people studying in the capital a new version of the...

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Goldsmiths academics to strike over ‘incomprehensible’ redundancies

Union says cuts will make the creative powerhouse unrecognisable and risk unprecedented industrial unrestStaff at Goldsmiths, University of London have voted to strike over plans for an “almost incomprehensible”...

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Tory MP Robert Halfon quits as minister and James Heappey confirms resignation, paving way for mini reshuffle – as it happened

Robert Halfon quits as skills, apprenticeships and higher education minister as James Heappey confirms decision to step downIn interviews this morning Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, admitted that special educational...

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Tory MP Robert Halfon quits as minister and James Heappey confirms resignation, paving way for mini reshuffle – UK politics live

Robert Halfon quits as skills, apprenticeships and higher education minister as James Heappey confirms decision to step downIn interviews this morning Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, admitted that special educational...

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