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Cross-sector Initiatives Begin in Opposition to Student Visa Cuts

English UK and Study UK this week joined other leading international education groups opposed to the Government’s proposals on student visas in a national press conference.


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Directors of Top UK Universities Condemn Planned Student Visa Cuts

Directors of Top UK Universities Condemn Planned Student Visa Cuts

Universities UK who represent UK tertiary education institutions, says Britain’s place as 2nd in the global education market is at serious risk should the Coalition government make good its threat to slash student migrant numbers.


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Student Visa Clampdown to Protect British Graduates

The rights of student migrants to stay in the UK will be severely limited in order to protect jobs for British graduates, Damian Green said today.


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Tier 4 Student Visa Consultation Closes

Immigration Minister Damian Green has reiterated the Government’s plans to review student visas in a speech to the think tank Reform.


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Full Speech Given by Damian Green: Reforming the Immigration System – Part 2

Entitlement to work

I have other concerns and other proposals to tell you about. Because we not only need to be admitting the right students, we need to know that they are behaving properly when they are here.  For example let me turn to students’ entitlement to work and to sponsor their dependants to join them.


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Full Speech Given by Damian Green: Reforming the Immigration System – Part 1

Immigration minister Damian Green gave this speech to the Reform Think Thank on Tuesday 1 February.

‘Reforming the immigration system and reducing the level of immigration to a sustainable number is one of the big tasks of this Government.


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Immigration Minister Defends Student Clampdown

There are too many bogus students and abuse of the system must stop, Damian Green said when defending plans to clampdown on the student visa system.


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From Damian Green: Will the Changes Effect You?

Changes are coming to the student visa system- but will they have any effect on you? Even if you are not a foreign born student, these changes will matter to everyone.


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Bogus Bangladeshi Student Stopped at Airport, others Jailed

A Bangladeshi national was stopped at Birmingham airport with fake student documents, seeking entry to the UK to work rather than study.


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