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Wednesday 08 October 2014 7:18 am|Updated:Friday 07 June 2019 12:11 pmGovernmentrsquo draconian visa policy lsquo;bafflesrsquo; Oxfordrsquo vice-chancellorBy: Guy BentleyShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleThe UK is shooting itself in the foot with its hardline approach on student visas, according to the vice-chancellor of Oxford University.Professor Andrew Hamilton told an audience of academics that he was consta polene bolsos ntly asked when he travelled abroad why the UK visa system so hostile to student en stanley cup try. I do my best to answer but, frankly, the question baffles me as well, he said.Hamilton argued that for the first time in decades the numbers of international students at Brit brumate cooler ish universities has fallen. Why are we doing this to them ndash; and to ourselves he asked. Hamilton pleaded with the political parties end the arms race on tougher immigration restrictions and instead to rely on empirical evidence when deciding policy.Hamilton s remarks back up a select committee report in April on soft power, that concluded changes to the Tier 4 student visa were negatively impacting the UK s reputation abroad.Data from the report showed 18 per cent of the UK s university students are foreign and contributed pound;17.5bn in fees in 2011.Furthermore, research conducted by Oxford s Migration Observatory that while the general public does want immigration reduced stud Zgkg A village in the heart of London
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