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English cannot be the only acceptable language of scholarship, says Toby Miller. It’s arrogant, impractical and anti-intellectual
Tories may ban overseas students from using NHS
Death of Hugo Chavez unlikely to lead to changes within Venezuela’s ‘isolationist’ university system, says expert
International students add £120.3 million to the Sheffield economy each year, an in-depth analysis has concluded.
The United Arab Emirates is now “deeply inimical” to university values, according to a lecturer from the London School of Economics and Political Science who was barred from entering the country.
The number of visas issued to overseas students has fallen by a fifth although applications for university student visas have increased by 3 per cent, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics.
Confused political rhetoric on student visas threatens one of the UK’s greatest global assets, says Martin Davidson
State cuts lead sector to impose ‘arbitrary’ student targets. Phil Baty reports from New Orleans
Report identifies ideal environments for UK. Jack Grove reports
Institutions need not subject international students to biometric attendance monitoring, agency reveals
But it continues with court case seeking to overturn home secretary’s decision to revoke Highly Trusted Sponsor status last year
Emirate’s flagship aims to integrate partners in postgraduate programmes as part of ‘2030’ plan
Regent’s College is to take over the American InterContinental University London in what is thought to be the first UK acquisition of a for-profit by a not-for-profit higher education provider.
The government has rejected universities’ calls for overseas students to be withdrawn from the net migrant count, a move that may kill off hopes of securing the change in the current Parliament.
The idea of “education diplomacy” has “really arrived” at the highest levels of American foreign policy, a US State Department official has told an international higher education conference
The University of Gloucestershire has agreed to validate a range of pre-degree courses for international students as part of a new tie-up with private firm INTO University Partnerships.
Ambassador discusses efforts to combat perceptions of hostile sector
Jack Grove on a European institution’s mission to foster cross-border scholarship
New UK-validated for-profit college to sell itself on sun, sea and low fees
‘Change of tone’ will not arrest falling student numbers, critics argue. David Matthew reports
The visa process can trap students in a costly Kafkaesque limbo. To improve life for foreign scholars, the sector should halt its failed lobbying over policy and focus on publicising the misery caused by Byzantine bureaucracy, argues Simeon Underwood
UK universities have announced a series of research partnerships and scholarships to coincide with the prime minister’s visit to India to bolster trade and education links.
Institution aims to make job adverts globally understandable
University’s provision in collaboration with overseas partners ‘requires improvement’, report states
British Academy issues warning over future of language study in UK
Degree programme aims to give graduates edge in job market
The next European Union research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, has been allocated a budget of almost €71 billion (£60.4 billion) in an agreement reached on 8 February.
Leaders of the Russell Group of research intensive universities have added their voices to the clamour calling for the European Union’s research and innovation funding to be protected.
The chairs of five parliamentary committees have written to the prime minister urging him to remove overseas university students from the net migrant target, highlighting “unprecedented” consensus between MPs and peers on the move.
The government’s immigration policy harms student traffic from abroad and the economy, claims Shabana Mahmood
Uclan’s Cyprus outpost of ‘particular concern’ to UN secretary general. John Morgan reports
Commissioner warns of heavy R&D cost should UK quit the European Union. Elizabeth Gibney reports
The government is being urged not to implement immigration proposals that it is claimed could have a damaging effect on UK science, engineering and wider academia.
Projects focussing on graphene and research into the human brain have won what the European Commission has called “the largest research excellence award in history”.
Loss of international student licence exacts heavy toll on London Met. David Matthews reports
Government rhetoric over visas is to blame for a perception that the UK is not a good place for international students to set up a business, according to a recent survey
Loss of international student licence exacts heavy toll on London Met. David Matthews reports
Research Councils UK plans strategy to benefit from global collaboration. Elizabeth Gibney writes
Post-study employment changes and a shrinking ‘expat premium’ prompt second thoughts about value of overseas study. Joanna Sugden reports from New Delhi
Scholarship has long been international but the current vision of a ‘worldwide’ academy of rootless student-consumers and national economic competition is as contradictory as it is immoral, argues Thomas Docherty
Mark Harper shares with John Morgan some good and bad news for the sector on immigration policy
Mark Harper shares with John Morgan some good and bad news for the sector on immigration policy
Mainland recognition of foreign degrees taught in Hong Kong is key for UK, writes David Matthews
The UK higher education sector has concluded that an insurance scheme to guarantee international students a fees refund or alternative places should their course or university close down is “essential”.
Theresa May, the home secretary, has been accused by a vice-chancellor of acting “like a Dalek” and of “casting a dark cloud over British higher education” in her refusal to change course on student visas.
Internationally diverse departments outperform others, study finds. David Matthews writes
David Matthews on growing signs of cross-party accord as BIS recasts education as an export
Report draws US notice but experts say journals will not ‘play RCUK game’. Paul Jump reports
Jack Grove speaks to the former president of Ireland who will lead an EU inquiry into higher education
Ghana tunes in for British Council’s Apprentice-style reality TV show. David Matthews reports
The sector is considering protecting its reputation among international students by creating an insurance scheme that would provide compensation or transfer to other courses for those affected if their universities fail or can no longer teach them.
