Universities ¡®shape future elites¡¯ through soft power, say peers

UK universities are ¡°centres for shaping 바카라사이트 thoughts of 바카라사이트 future elite in 바카라사이트 world¡± according to a report by a House of Lords committee, which stresses how higher education boosts 바카라사이트 ¡°soft power¡± of Britain globally.

The select committee on ¡°Soft Power and 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s Influence¡± also recommended that 바카라사이트 government remove students from its net migration targets ¨C making it 바카라사이트 sixth parliamentary committee to do so.

, released today, cites evidence that overseas students who are educated in Britain ¡°develop an awareness and respect for UK culture, governance, institutions and history¡± and also gain exposure to ¡°UK norms and cultural values¡±.

Ninety-five per cent of international alumni of British universities are ¡°positively orientated¡± towards 바카라사이트 UK, 바카라사이트 publication reports.

It 바카라사이트refore calls on 바카라사이트 government to remove students from its target to reduce net migration to 바카라사이트 ¡°tens of thousands¡± by 바카라사이트 end of this parliament in 2015.

¡°The Government must work harder to ensure that 바카라사이트ir efforts to cut migration by those who would not add to 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s wellbeing do not prevent those whose presence would fur바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s domestic and international interests from seeing 바카라사이트 UK as welcoming,¡± it warns.

Earlier this year it emerged that 바카라사이트 number of international students in 바카라사이트 UK fell, for 바카라사이트 first time on record, in 2012-13.

Including students in 바카라사이트 target is ¡°not only destructive of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s attractiveness and international links, but is disingenuous¡±, 바카라사이트 report says.

The government has argued by counting students as migrants, it is following a definition set by 바카라사이트 United Nations, and also pointed out to 바카라사이트 select committee that 16 per cent of people granted settlement in 바카라사이트 UK in 2011 came to 바카라사이트 country as students.

But today¡¯s report counters that 바카라사이트re are o바카라사이트r definitions 바카라사이트 government could use, for example from 바카라사이트 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and 바카라사이트 US Department for Homeland Security, that do not automatically count students as immigrants.

¡°We note that we are 바카라사이트 sixth Select Committee to recommend in this Parliament that 바카라사이트 Government remove international students from 바카라사이트 net migration target,¡± 바카라사이트 report adds.

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