It is time to break the Home Office’s hold on student immigration policy

The department’s threat to ban international students from all but the top UK universities is totally counterproductive, says Nick Hillman

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November 25, 2022

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November 28, 2022

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Reader's comments (1)

#1 Submitted by mburgh@... on November 26, 2022 - 2:28pm

First they banned international students, but I was not an international student. Next they banned international staff but I was not...

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