“Ireland’s streamlined work visa system is a strong factor in getting top scientists to locate here. Ireland has been operating a fast-track immigration scheme for non-EU researchers since 2007 …” (more)
[Conor O'Carroll, Irish Times, 25 April]
“The Home Office has reinstated permission for London Met University to recruit and teach foreign students. The university’s licence to sponsor non-EU students was controversially revoked in August last year, leaving hundreds of students without courses …” (more)
[Hannah Richardson, BBC News, 9 April]
“Labour will call for an end to student visitor visa loopholes that are allowing tens of thousands of people to enter the country as the party continues to reposition itself on immigration …” (more)
[Independent, 7 March]
“UK business schools have been joined by Members of Parliament in supporting changes to current migration laws that restrict the schools’ ability to compete in the international market for top students …” (more)
[Adam Palin, FT.com, 4 March]
“The government has refused to remove international students from its targets for cutting net migration, despite pressure from MPs and vice-chancellors …” (more)
[Hannah Richardson, BBC News, 26 February]
“The number of Indian students studying in the UK fell for the first time the last year, many say due to changes in visa rules …” (more, video)
[BBC News, 15 February]
“University principals have blamed immigration changes and the Westminster government’s ‘hard-line rhetoric’ after the number of foreign students coming to Scotland fell by up to 26% from some countries …” (more)
[Chris Marshall, Scotsman, 12 February]
“David Cameron has been urged to put an end to overseas students being included in migration targets in order to reconcile tensions and encourage internationals to study in the UK …” (more)
[Lucy Sherriff, Huffington Post, 31 January]
“Last week, it was announced that the number of immigrants moving to the UK in the year to March fell to the lowest level since 2004, dropping by 30,000 to 536,000. The coalition has committed itself to reducing net migration to the ‘tens of thousands’ by 2015 …” (more)
[Editorial, The Observer, 2 December]
“The coalition government, under the auspices of the UK Border Agency (UKBA), is transforming universities from places of discovery and learning into border checkpoints where the constant surveillance and monitoring of students – foreign and domestic alike – is a core part of every university’s mission …” (more)
[Kyle Grayson, Huffington Post, 19 October]
“Irish students in New York on the year-long J-1 graduate visa available to recent university graduates, or those still completing a course of study, have declared themselves unhappy with the services offered by issuing companies such as USIT and GO4LESS, according to a random survey taken by the Irish Voice last week …” (more)
[Sean Brosnan, IrishCentral, 21 October]
“Less than half of the international students eligible to stay on at London Metropolitan University have opted to do so, with more than 55% of students finding a place elsewhere or abandoning university study …” (more)
[Rebecca Ratcliffe, Guardian, 18 October]
“A Tory MP and a Labour colleague from a parliamentary committee have called for cross-party consensus on withdrawing overseas students from net migration figures so the government can make the policy shift without being accused by the opposition of ‘fiddling the figures’ …” (more)
[John Morgan, Times Higher Education, 11 October]
“Pressure is mounting on the Westminster Government to cave in over an immigration clampdown that threatens to damage UK universities …” (more)
[Andrew Denholm, Herald Scotland, 8 October]
“The row over student visas at the London Metropolitan university has done ‘huge damage to the image of British higher education’, according to the new head of the London School of Economics …” (more)
[Jeevan Vasagar, Guardian, 5 October]
“A private for-profit college has been prevented from taking on international students from London Metropolitan University because of concerns over quality …” (more)
[David Matthews, Times Higher Education, 27 September]
“I wasn’t in the Royal Courts of Justice on Friday for the preliminary hearing into London Metropolitan’s request for a judicial review into UK Border Agency’s decision to revoke London Met’s licence to act as visa sponsors for non-EU students …” (more)
[Critical Education, 24 September]
“Claims that UK universities are not attracting ‘the brightest and best’ are misleading, both about the diversity of provision and the motivations of students …” (more)
[James Pitman, Guardian Professional, 24 September]
“Genuine overseas students at the troubled London Metropolitan University have won a reprieve from the threat of deportation …” (more)
[Richard Garner, Independent, 22 September]
“A High Court ruling means London Metropolitan University’s overseas students will be allowed to complete their studies, while the university has been granted permission to apply for judicial review against the UK Border Agency’s decision to revoke its visa licence …” (more)
[John Morgan, Times Higher Education, 21 September]
