Overseas students ‘worth 10 times the cost’ to UK, says report
New in-depth look at the price of hosting EU and non-EU students shows benefits far outweigh cost to taxpayer

New in-depth look at the price of hosting EU and non-EU students shows benefits far outweigh cost to taxpayer

A precise breakdown of foreign learners’ contributions to all areas and sectors of British life could help finally move the group out of the net migration count

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The Office for Students came into being on 1 January with a mere press release, without even a website. Does this bode well for its organisational performance? Sir Michael Barber, its chairman,...
The feature “All present and correct?” (30 November 2017), about who deserves authorship credit, seems very one-sided; it does not consider how senior scholars might not be recognised (although I...
If it were not so sad, it would be amusing to learn that one of the principal designers of the current market regime for English universities appears to be surprised at the report that there is an...
Alex Holcombe and Björn Brembs argue that if German institutions win their open-access battle with Elsevier, they will have lost the larger war (“Open access in Germany: the best DEAL is no deal”,...

Sam Gyimah and Damian Hinds will remove obstacles to major review and keep universities in the media spotlight, say experts

Sir Anthony Seldon explains why he was pleased to see Toby Young resign from the Office for Students, despite initially applauding the appointment