Universities Scotland has trumpeted the wider social value of international students beyond their economic contributions, arguing for visa policies that will help grow their numbers.
A London-based private provider is to offer pathway programmes with a consortium of Northern universities, enabling international students to get on to degree courses
The UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) has raised the prospect that universities could “bulk buy” annual £200 health levies for international students.
David Cameron has told David Willetts to build the UK’s offer to overseas students into a more persuasive “package” and urged him to attract more foreign universities to Britain.
International students coming to the UK could have to pay at least £200 a year to use the National Health Service under plans unveiled by the government.
A deal to bring together early-career researchers from the UK and Kazakhstan to explore potential joint projects has been struck as part of the prime minister’s visit to the central Asian state.
The US Senate has approved an immigration reform bill that could grant students and graduates who were brought into the country illegally as children the right to citizenship.
The coalition’s aim to reduce net migration to the “tens of thousands” by 2015 makes more than half of international students in the UK feel less welcome, according to a new survey.