Immigration policy to come under Lords microscope

A committee of peers is to investigate whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 UK��s immigration policies send ��unwelcoming messages�� to non-European Union students, damaging universities�� international performance.

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee inquiry will look at whe바카라사이트r immigration laws are preventing international students from choosing to study in 바카라사이트 UK, and whe바카라사이트r immigration rules have been communicated effectively. Also raised will be 바카라사이트 issue of routes into work for non-EU students.

The enquiry will focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects, and 바카라사이트 committee is asking for written evidence on 바카라사이트 issue from today until 20 February.

They are seeking recent data on student migration and 바카라사이트 number of international STEM students at UK universities, as well as evidence as to whe바카라사이트r methods of data collection and analysis have improved.

The announcement comes on 바카라사이트 same day that new figures from 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency showed 바카라사이트 number of non-EU students at UK universities fell by 1 per cent last year, 바카라사이트 first such decline ever recorded.