Indeed. No one would disagree with that. It is good news that the UK continues to be a highly attractive place in which international students can come to study. Numbers of international students are running at record highs, and we have more than 170,000 non-EU entrants to UK higher education institutions for the sixth year running. The latest Home Office visa data show that, since 2011, university-sponsored visa applications have risen by around 10%.
Higher Education and Research Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Johnson of Marylebone
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 April 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Higher Education and Research Bill.
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