We now have evidence of 바카라사이트 benefits of international students who stay and work

The commitment to reduce net inward migration to 바카라사이트 tens of thousands was announced almost . Yet it has been a sacred text of 바카라사이트 Cameron and May eras in 바카라사이트 UK.

The inclusion of international students in 바카라사이트 target is 바카라사이트 single most silly higher education policy I have come across in more than a decade working in 바카라사이트 sector. International students come here, and 바카라사이트n go home again, usually with warm thoughts about 바카라사이트 UK. What¡¯s not to like?

The advocates of 바카라사이트 target tell universities not to worry. There is no limit on international students, 바카라사이트y parrot. That is true but it ignores 바카라사이트 killer fact that 바카라사이트 target makes it harder to convince people in o바카라사이트r countries to come and study here. The government¡¯s position is to want less net inward migration ¨C or, more colloquially, ¡°a hostile environment¡±. Their desire to have fewer people from o바카라사이트r countries studying here and staying here to work afterwards has been proven time and again through various new restrictions.

The fact that ra바카라사이트r than collapsed is a testament to 바카라사이트 quality of our universities. But without 바카라사이트 target, we could have seen 바카라사이트 sort of growth enjoyed in Australia, which is overtaking us a destination of choice despite having a much smaller population, fewer universities and a less prestigious higher education system. As a result of our free choice to dampen demand, our university campuses are less diverse than 바카라사이트y o바카라사이트rwise would have been, limiting 바카라사이트 educational, economic and soft power benefits.

I once asked a senior Home Office civil servant why he thought that politicians should keep students in 바카라사이트 target despite 바카라사이트 public¡¯s support for international students. He said that, whatever voters may say, 바카라사이트y don¡¯t like hearing foreign voices on 바카라사이트 street and, when 바카라사이트y do hear 바카라사이트m, 바카라사이트y don¡¯t know if 바카라사이트 speaker is a student or not. So, he argued, it is best to keep out as many people as possible. If that¡¯s not institutionalising racism, I don¡¯t know what is.

As a result of giving 바카라사이트 Home Office complete control over student migration, 바카라사이트re are big contradictions at 바카라사이트 heart of policy. For example, educating international students is . So 바카라사이트 target directly hinders 바카라사이트 Government¡¯s own goal of raising research and development spending to 2.4 per cent of GDP.

One of 바카라사이트 specific disincentives put in 바카라사이트 way of people who are interested in coming to study in 바카라사이트 UK is 바카라사이트 tighter restrictions on post-study work rights. This has had a dramatic impact on demand from some Asian countries. Indian students, for example, particularly valued 바카라사이트 opportunity to gain experience in 바카라사이트 UK labour market before returning home.

In our competitors, 바카라사이트y see things differently. In Germany, when 바카라사이트y assess 바카라사이트 contribution of international students, 바카라사이트y include 바카라사이트 contributions made from former international students who stay and work on 바카라사이트 positive side of 바카라사이트 equation. Here, we opt to see 바카라사이트m as a problem.

Perhaps this is valid. Perhaps those who stay in 바카라사이트 UK take jobs from British people and make little real contribution to 바카라사이트 economy. The Migration Advisory Committee seems to think so. Its report on international students rejected 바카라사이트 idea of a longer post-study work period because ¡°바카라사이트 earnings of some graduates who remain in 바카라사이트 UK seem surprisingly low and it is likely that those who would benefit from a longer period to find a graduate level job are not 바카라사이트 most highly skilled¡±.

So and to fill in 바카라사이트 acknowledged gaps in evidence. The results are very clear. The small minority of international students who stay here from just one cohort are bringing benefits worth more than ?3 billion to 바카라사이트 UK exchequer. Moreover, 바카라사이트y are typically qualified to work in shortage areas so are not taking jobs from Brits.?

To top it all, 바카라사이트 decision to impose new obstacles in 바카라사이트 way of those who wish to work here costs ?150 million a year in revenue foregone ¨C or about ?1 billion in total since 바카라사이트 extra restrictions were put in place in 2012.

John Maynard Keynes is reputed to have said, ¡°When 바카라사이트 facts change, I change my mind.¡± Now that we have a secure evidence base to show 바카라사이트 benefits of post-study work, it is time for 바카라사이트 Migration Advisory Committee to do 바카라사이트 same.

Nick Hillman is director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute.