Another committee tries to help

 

But the pillocks in the Home Office still witter on about getting “the brightest and best” students while insisting they must be counted as immigrants. They are going to lose the argument of course, but by that time these bloody fools will have done untold damage to the international education industry in the UK, to the UK’s international standing and to its economy. More here.

Comments

[WhitSt]

There's little hope while they continue to trot out the 'brightest and best' line - a mantra which makes no sense unless you consider each and every overseas student to be an intending migrant, whose potential future contribution to British society needs to be weighed in the balance. Meanwhile, anyone who's spent 5 minutes in a classroom knows that true excellence in education lies in helping everyone achieve their best potential, from the brightest and the best to the thickest and the worst, and here in the UK we’re extremely good at that. Send us your thickos, their money’s as good as the next man’s…

I don't actually understand why the immigration people in the government are getting away with this nonsense all the time. Is there no one in the DfE to stand up for the International Education sector? Or what about that other lot? Ooh, you know, David, British Something-or-another...

[David]

Exactly. I think it's a deliberate distortion to imply that international students are all potential immigrants. Bollocks of course, like the rest of the stuff trotted out by Green and co.

[David]

This from The Times of India (hat tip Ajay) http://m.timesofindia.com/home/opinion/edit-page/The-UK-governments-move-to-deport-foreign-students-is-hurting-its-image/articleshow/16269829.cms

[gurjeet]

here's little hope while they continue to trot out the 'brightest and best' line - a mantra which makes no sense unless you consider each and every overseas student to be an intending migrant, whose potential future contribution to British society needs to be weighed in the balance.

[David]

Well said Gurjeet, and my apologies for the delay in getting it posted.