Student visas: new immigration minister ups the ante

By John Morgan. The government’s new immigration minister has threatened to make it tougher for education institutions to keep their student visa licences. In a speech likely to dismay universities, James Brokenshire warned that he has “considerable concerns” about some education institutions; rejected fears that immigration policy is harming “world-class” universities as a “ludicrous fiction”; and dismissed anger from academics about the immigration checks they must mount on students. More...