It's very clear from poll after poll and every bit of data we have that peoples' concern about immigration primarily relates to asylum seekers not legal migration.

New - After Cameron warned of dangers of radical changes to grad visa route. George Osborne says it would be “absolutely ridiculous”. Sunak backing away from big changes

Can’t resist retweeting this - and reiterating the scale of this achievement just seven years into the journey. We’re all thrilled!

Let me count the ways in which "Brexit makes Britain poorer".... Less investment means lower productivity, lower wages, lower GDP, worse public services etc. Our capital stock is now 50% lower per workers than other economies. Tragic. Paul Johnson Tera Allas CBE | @teraallas.bsky.social

I’ve written today on Wonkhe to emphasise how important it is for an incoming govt to pause defunding BTECs and similar quals - and to do it quickly to avoid a disastrous impact on HE participation

Senior French official: “We are celebrating the Entente Cordiale in our own way. You offered us such a political shitshow for years that we owe you a bit back” 😅🇫🇷🇬🇧

Love this: ⁦Bridget Phillipson⁩ speech “Be in no doubt: international students are welcome in the UK. This new government values their contribution – to our universities, to our communities, to our country.” gov.uk/government/spe…

This is a great listen, but I don't think I've heard anything so maddeningly frustratingly depressing as the tale is how badly HS2 has been managed

“there would be a louder outcry about the abolition of a single A-level (Latin or photography, say) than the threat to thousands of vocational courses,” says ⁦Susanna Rustin⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Helpful (if depressing) analysis of demand changes following withdrawal of dependants' visas for international students from MB ApplyBoard - also with useful indicators of new markets and growing demand from eg Pakistan and Nepal Higher Education Policy Institute bit.ly/3Bje4QF

We'll be at the #ConservativePartyConference next Tuesday with Higher Education Policy Institute discussing the future of higher education with Nick Hillman, Jo Johnson, Lord David Willetts, Alex Stanley and Alison Wolf. ➡️Register interest: kcl.ac.uk/events/what-is…

Closing the day at Education Summit 2024 we have ALASTAIR CAMPBELL and Jo Johnson. Book your ticket now: eu1.hubs.ly/H0cGtlP0 #EdSummit24

At The Policy Institute and Higher Education Policy Institute event Jo Johnson responds that it's the Conservative party that's gone off-piste on HE, should be celebrating the widening access and opportunity achieved by system instead of attacking Mickey Mouse degrees

"The erosion of the real terms value of the [university] fee over the last six years has been irresponsible... to the detriment of students" Jo Johnson at our #ConservativePartyConference panel on the future of higher education yesterday. 📺Full event: youtube.com/watch?v=A_nQcX…

Good move. Indexation doesn’t need to be the drama it’s become - should just happen each year, ideally with a link to the TEF, so more funding flows to unis with excellent teaching and student outcomes.

Agreed. And overdue.

Exactly - i'm a big fan of the The Office for Students (OfS) but this is an exceptionally poor decision. We need to embrace high quality new providers like Dyson & New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering, not shut up shop & close door to innovation & choice.

Very good to see the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) will be “the core of the Office for Students’ new integrated approach to quality”. Draft strategy 2025 to 2030 - Office for Students. officeforstudents.org.uk/ofs-strategy-f…

Irony that same week Govt hails India-UK trade deal promising a £4.8bn boost to GDP by 2040, it trails plans to restrict the Graduate Route that would crater value of one of our largest exports to India and many other countries. International students bring £41bn to UK econ p.a.