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In 2015 the Government announced plans (International Education: Global Growth and Prosperity) to expand revenue from international higher education (HE) in the UK and abroad to £30 billion by 2020. The Commission considered that the uncertainty generated by Brexit and changes to immigration related policies and regimes made the target even more challenging. This inquiry therefore seeks to support the Government's ambition by identifying how HE could be grown to deliver the 2020 target. It also looks at the soft power benefits from higher education, such as the role the sector plays in foreign policy, aid and development. The report makes 12 recommendations to support and maintain the uptake of international HE in the UK over the short and long-term.

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'International education: global growth and prosperity' is available in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 113.1287. Show less

This report calls on the newly-founded Office for Students to recognise that the funding structures in higher education are fundamentally flawed. They force alternative providers to move towards standard campus-based, three-year degrees. Therefore, not providing better student choice or flexible courses. These factors reduce diversity in options for study and therefore limit opportunity for social mobility for those who most need flexible higher education.

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