The Guardian homeBy Camille Kandiko Howson. Global competition for international students is growing – the UK needs to start treating them as people and learners, not numbers. For the first time in 29 years the number of international students enrolling in England's universities decreased. In 2013, there was a 50% drop in the number of postgraduate students coming from India and Pakistan, and close to a 25% drop in the number of students who enrolled from the EU compared with last year. More...