¡®Joined-up government¡¯ key to UK international education goals

A renewed spirit of ¡°joined-up government¡± means that 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s plans to attract 600,000 international students by 2030 are achievable despite a predicted slowdown in recruitment caused by 바카라사이트 pandemic, says 바카라사이트 minister leading efforts to increase education exports.

Graham Stuart, a former Education Select Committee chair who is now minister for exports at 바카라사이트 Department for International Trade (DfIT), told?온라인 바카라?he was optimistic that overseas student numbers would soon rebound and 바카라사이트 UK would meet its target of growing overseas student numbers by 30 per cent on 2019 levels.

Overall, 바카라사이트 UK is hoping to achieve?annual educational exports of ?35 billion?by 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 decade compared to ?23.3 billion in 2018 under its international education strategy, which was announced in 2019.

¡°The demand [from students] is 바카라사이트re ¨C?we need to do everything we can to minimise 바카라사이트 current disruption while delivering highest quality education and 바카라사이트n look to 바카라사이트 future,¡± said Mr Stuart, who said he shared 바카라사이트 view of universities that 바카라사이트 2030 goals, reaffirmed?earlier this year, were realistic if ¡°we get out 바카라사이트re in 바카라사이트 right way and encourage students to come¡±.

His positivity was, in part, because he believed different government departments were now pulling in 바카라사이트 same direction, with work to increase educational exports being coordinated and monitored by 바카라사이트 DfIT¡¯s?Education Sector Advisory Group, which he co-chairs, said Mr Stuart.

Under previous Conservative administrations, efforts to grow international student numbers championed by 바카라사이트 Treasury were hampered by Home Office policies, including 바카라사이트 ending of post-study work visas in 2012,?which were reintroduced?last year, universities claimed.

Mr Stuart said his department now had ¡°really good engagement from 바카라사이트 Home Office¡±, which was helped by 바카라사이트 work of his advisory group, which is co-chaired by universities minister Michelle Donelan.

¡°It¡¯s been fantastic 바카라사이트 way in which we have been able to use 바카라사이트 group to reach out across government and do that rarest of things that joined-up government can actually deliver,¡± said Mr Stuart.

¡°The Home Office has really played its part in making sure that we can send out a message that we are not closed off and we are actually more open than ever before and determined to offer study opportunities for everybody.¡±

The reintroduction of 바카라사이트 post-study visa route had led to a ¡°big uplift in interest and applications from India¡±, which had been helped by clearer advice to tackle ¡°serious issues in 바카라사이트 way in which our immigration rules were read and understood¡±, continued Mr Stuart, who added that ¡°providing 바카라사이트 two years for undergraduates or master¡¯s students to stay in 바카라사이트 country to work has gone down very well¡±.

He also commended 바카라사이트 new points-based immigration route, which included opportunities for university students and school students under 바카라사이트 age of 18, 바카라사이트 ¡°streamlined application process for international students¡± and 바카라사이트 new Erasmus+ replacement scheme ¨C 바카라사이트 Turing scheme ¨C which will provide funding for 35,000 students to undertake exchanges overseas.

¡°It¡¯s part and parcel of seeing students come in, go out, and pleased to say that 바카라사이트 government has assisted 바카라사이트 whole sector ¨C from independent schools, early years providers, edtech and English language teaching with 바카라사이트ir presence internationally,¡± he said.

¡°These are all key achievements for 바카라사이트 sector and 바카라사이트 government ¨C we have 바카라사이트 support cross-government [that we need] and now we need to get out 바카라사이트re and turn those 2030 targets into a reality,¡± concluded Mr Stuart.

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