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<p>The government fully recognises the important contribution that international students
make, both economically and culturally, to the UK’s higher education sector.</p><p>On
16 March, the government published its international education strategy, attached,
setting out its ambition to increase the value of education exports to £35 billion
per year and to increase the total number of international students hosted by UK universities
to 600,000 by 2030.</p><p>To provide certainty to prospective EU students, we have
confirmed that EU nationals starting courses in the academic year 2019/20 or before
will continue to be eligible for undergraduate, postgraduate and Advanced Learner
Loan financial support from Student Finance England for the duration of their course,
provided that they meet the residency requirements.</p>
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