“By bringing together different views from across the world, we can enhance knowledge, broaden understanding and transform lives.” Thanks to The PIE News and Viggo Stacey for covering our latest campaign, #WeAreInternational: Transforming Lives. hubs.li/Q024tL6b0

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Fees from international students are forecast to become up to 66% of all course fee income for 70 higher education institutions across England & Northern Ireland by 2026/27, new research shows. hubs.li/Q02gKYFs0 #intled

universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-… via @ua_magazine

The Home Office's decision to cancel the visas of 35,000 international students in response to evidence of some cheating had profound consequences for those affected ‘It destroyed my life’: the students accused of cheating in English tests theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f…

“Higher education is getting flogged left, right and centre and international students are continuing to be scapegoated. It’s time the sector unapologetically stood up for itself.” Viggo Stacey writes of the challenges facing HEIs in the UK

Five years ago ministers had a solution that could have helped thousands of overseas students trying to clear their names, but before it was implemented the government changed and plans were quietly dropped This has been really devastating for students theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f…

New stats just out from UK: in 2023, there were 457,673 sponsored study visas granted to main applicants, 5% fewer than 2022, but 70% higher than 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic gov.uk/government/sta…

Recruitment for 2024 in the U.K. has been much more difficult and that is before the dependant changes, visa and surcharge rises says Jo Johnson “It’s going to be a dangerous and fraught time in the coming months,” he says, given the Grad Route review #PIELive2024

The PM is very clear here wants an announcement on the Grad Route, Johnson says Suspending the route from 2025 is the worst possible outcome but not the most likely. It is the “nuclear option” #PIELive2024

Our friends at The PIE News Viggo Stacey have started this excellent petition for the govt to commit to the graduate route. Please sign! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6548…

It is worth watching this CNN video from the moment Emory Econ Professor Caroline Fohlin came across the violent arrest of a protester on campus and asked the police, with shock, "What are you doing?" That's all that prompted an officer to hurl her to the ground and handcuff her.

The destruction of English Higher Education continues apace. All the skills and buildings and infrastructure that you the taxpayer paid for, poured down the drain. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

ACTION ALERT! Encourage your Senators to show their support for educational and cultural exchanges, and sign on to this letter by 5/8: votervoice.net/EXCHANGE/campa… #ExchangesImpact #ExchangesMatter

International students are a success story for the UK and changes to the Graduate Visa Route could have a significant impact on UK universities financial sustainability. Our The British Academy letter to the Migration Advisory Ctte thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-briti…