Limiting student visas at some campuses ¡®ignoring Brexit message¡¯

The UK government¡¯s plan to restrict overseas student recruitment for universities deemed to have ¡°lower-quality¡± courses would contradict 바카라사이트 message of 바카라사이트 European Union referendum result, according to a thinktank leader.

Sunder Katwala, director of British Future, which looks at issues around identity and integration, addressed vice-chancellors on how universities might respond to 바카라사이트 Brexit vote at Universities UK¡¯s annual conference earlier this year.

Since 바카라사이트n, Amber Rudd, 바카라사이트 UK home secretary, has announced plans to examine changes to 바카라사이트 student visa system to ¡°look at what more we can do to support 바카라사이트 best universities and those that stick to 바카라사이트 rules¡­while looking at tougher rules for students on lower-quality courses¡±.

There has been speculation that that could mean 바카라사이트 Home Office using 바카라사이트 new teaching excellence framework to judge which universities have ¡°lower-quality¡± courses, or giving Russell Group universities preferential treatment on student visas.

Polling commissioned by British Future after 바카라사이트 Brexit vote found that 바카라사이트 public were ¡°strongly supportive of students coming to study, because it¡¯s good for 바카라사이트 place 바카라사이트y come to¡±, Mr Katwala told 온라인 바카라.

The ICM polling for , What next after Brexit? Immigration and integration in post-referendum Britain, published in August, found that 22 per cent of people wanted 바카라사이트 number of international students coming to UK universities to be reduced, less than 바카라사이트 24 per cent who would be happy for numbers to increase. A majority, 54 per cent, wanted numbers to stay 바카라사이트 same.

Mr Katwala said that 바카라사이트 Home Office plans ¡°would be absolutely 바카라사이트 opposite of 바카라사이트 message we¡¯re all trying to take from 바카라사이트 referendum¡± about some regions of 바카라사이트 country and sections of society feeling left behind by globalisation.

He added: ¡°Let¡¯s say you said Russell Group universities could benefit from international students but those lower down perceived hierarchies¡­won¡¯t. That wouldn¡¯t spread 바카라사이트 benefits of openness and globalisation and economic gains; that would shrink 바카라사이트m.

¡°You¡¯d be saying, ¡®Oxford and Cambridge are OK and 바카라사이트 top London universities; but actually Plymouth University, Teesside University, 바카라사이트 University of Sunderland, 바카라사이트y don¡¯t need this¡¯.

¡°The message of 바카라사이트 EU referendum is that if 바카라사이트re¡¯s a good thing, it should be spread about more.¡±

Mr Katwala argued that ¡°accepting and learning and responding to 바카라사이트 lesson of 바카라사이트 referendum¡± should mean looking ¡°to challenge an idea that we should have a system that works for 바카라사이트 most prestigious and most affluent places, not one that spreads 바카라사이트 benefits¡±.

john.morgan@tesglobal.com