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<p>The government fully recognises the important economic and cultural contribution
that EU and international students make to the UK’s higher education sector. We want
that contribution to continue and we are confident – given the world-class quality
of our higher education sector – that it will. We welcome international students and
there continues to be no limit on the number who can come here to study, nor any plans
to limit any institution’s ability to recruit them.</p><p> </p><p>The UK remains a
highly attractive destination for non-EU students, with their numbers remaining at
record highs – over 170,000 non-EU entrants to UK higher education institutions for
the seventh year running. The UK is a world-leading destination for study, with 4
universities in the world’s top 10 and 16 in the top 100 – second only to the USA.
We actively promote study in the UK through the GREAT Campaign and to over 100 countries
through the British Council.</p><p> </p><p>That is why the government announced on
21 January that an international education strategy will be produced by the Department
for Education and the Department for International Trade in 2019. The strategy will
set out the government’s ambition for international education, in which international
students play a key role, and plans to support the sector in driving growth in education
exports.</p><p> </p><p>In the Immigration White Paper, published on 19 December 2018,
the UK government proposed to increase the post-study leave period for international
students following completion of studies to 12 months for those completing a PhD,
and to 6 months for all full-time postgraduate students and undergraduate students
at institutions with degree awarding powers. Going beyond the recommendations set
out by the Migration Advisory Committee, these proposals will benefit tens of thousands
of international students.</p>
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