Student Visas & Tier 4
of the Points-Based System

Adjournment Debate on Tier 4, 8 February 2011

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Press coverage

18.02.11

Universities question immigration cap (BBC Radio 4, Today, 18.02.11, 7.21am)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9401000/9401429.stm     

Student visa limits dire for universities, says report
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-12496610   

Student visa cuts 'to hit economy'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/student-visa-cuts-to-hit-economy-2218667.html#   

17.02.11

It ain't broke
http://www.economist.com/node/18184446?story_id=18184446&fsrc=rss   

09.02.11

Opening our doors to talent makes sense (The Independent, Viewspaper, 09.02.11, p4)
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/hamish-mcrae/hamish-mcrae-opening-our-doors-to-talent-makes-sense-2208416.html     

07.02.11

Cameron's crackdown under way as cash withheld from 'suspect groups (The Guardian, 07.02.11, p4)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/feb/06/david-cameron-islamic-extremism-radicalism   

Cameron's costly migration policy (Financial Times, 07.02.11, p10)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4f4a6a6-322a-11e0-a820-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1DGOSXuAi    

Universities attack immigration policy (Financial Times, 07.02.11, p2)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6254d18a-3224-11e0-a820-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1DGOSXuAi   

Universities 'at risk' over immigrant cap
http://business.scotsman.com/business/Universities-39at-risk39-over-immigrant.6712029.jp   

03.02.11

Cutting foreign student visas is the wrong move at the wrong time (THE, 03.02.11, p26-27)
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=415042     

02.02.11

Educational visas at risk of abuse (Financial Times, 01.02.11, p4) 
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d75d8e6-2d59-11e0-8f53-00144feab49a.html#axzz1ChKAoULD   

Academies plead for foreign students (Financial Times, 02.02.11, p2)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/29bbf7b2-2e3d-11e0-8733-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1Cmy35jAD  

Universities attack 'hostile' curbs on foreign students (The Guardian, 02.02.11, p10)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/feb/01/universities-foreign-student-immigration-rules  

Immigration Minister Damian Green explains student restrictions (01.02.11, BBC Daily Politics)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12336048  

Crackdown 'will help UK graduates'
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gKP7u6zVrE_hppAa6RCKXiI9yW2Q?docId=N0474541296528645211A  

Tougher rules for non-EU students
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tougher-rules-for-noneu-students-2201312.html   

Time limit for foreign students
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/226630/Time-limit-for-foreign-students-/  

31.01.11

90,000 foreign students free to vanish in Britain (Daily Mail, 31.01.11, p10)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1352012/More-90-000-foreign-students-free-vanish-Britain-apply-untrusted-colleges.html  

Immigration £500, toll of migrant students' part time work
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/226250/Immigration-500m-toll-of-migrant-students-part-time-work  

27.01.11

Universities fight student visa plan (The Financial Times, 27.01.11, p4)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e82b241e-2953-11e0-ab2f-00144feab49a.html#axzz1CE6idrGF  

Education leaders unite against student visa cuts plan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-12296161  

Student visa cuts will harm universities, ministers told
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/jan/27/visa-cuts-threaten-universities  

20.11.10

Migrant student cap 'extremely damaging' (BBC Radio 4, Today, 20.11.10, 7.15am)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9212000/9212376.stm  

12.10.10

Universities rely on international staff and students
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/oct/12/universities-rely-on-international-staff   

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