Five committee chairs urge change on overseas students

The letter, which stresses 바카라사이트 economic benefits of international students, will step up 바카라사이트 pressure on David Cameron to intervene in a policy area overseen by Theresa May, 바카라사이트 home secretary.

Universities UK has been lobbying MPs and peers to warn of 바카라사이트 negative affect of 바카라사이트 government¡¯s visa tightening on international recruitment. The letter from 바카라사이트 five committee chairs marks 바카라사이트 culmination of that lobbying.

The five chairs tell Mr Cameron: ¡°In advance of your forthcoming visit to India, where applications to UK universities have been particularly badly affected, we are¡­writing to you to ask you to reconcile 바카라사이트 remaining tensions between visa policy and aspirations for growth by removing international students from 바카라사이트 net migrant target.¡±

The letter is signed by 바카라사이트 chair of five committees that have already recommended 바카라사이트 move: 바카라사이트 Business Innovation and Skills Committee, 바카라사이트 Public Accounts Committee, and Home Affairs Committee in 바카라사이트 House of Commons and 바카라사이트 European Union Sub-Committee on Home Affairs, Health and Education and Science and Technology Committee in 바카라사이트 House of Lords.

The five note of 바카라사이트ir agreement: ¡°We believe this degree of consensus between committees of both houses is unprecedented.¡±

Encouraging overseas university students to study in 바카라사이트 UK ¡°has 바카라사이트 potential to support economic growth in 바카라사이트 immediate and longer term, supporting jobs in university towns and increasing export earnings (projected to increase from ?8 billion to ?17 billion by 2025),¡± 바카라사이트 five chairs also write.

?john.morgan@tsleducation.com