CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
Summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Background and context
Data on international student numbers
Figure 1: Number of international STEM and
non-STEM entrants to UK Higher Education Institutions from non-EU
countries (undergraduate and postgraduate)
Figure 2: Number of international STEM and
non-STEM entrants to UK Higher Education Institutions from non-EU
countries by level of study (undergraduate and postgraduate)
Figure 3: Number of international STEM entrants
in different subject areas
Figure 4: Total STEM entrants by country
of domicile from the ten countries that send the most students
to the UK (undergraduate and postgraduate)
Interpreting the data: Influencing factors
The immigration rules
Figure 5: Changes in immigration rules timeline
Box 1: Visas
Other influencing factors
Figure 6: Total number of students (undergraduate
and postgraduate) from India at Higher Education Institutions
in the UK, USA, Australia, Canada and Germany
Chapter 3: Key Issues
Government policy objectives
Table 1: Immigration, emigration and net
migration
Tier 4 student visa requirements
Table 2: Comparison of student visa fees
in the UK and nine competitor countries
Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS)
Post Study Work Route (PSW)
Table 3: Comparison of post study work periods
in the UK and seven competitor countries
Taught Masters
Policy Stability
Box 2: The impact of changing immigration
rules
Box 3: The impact of changing immigration
rules
Perception and Communication
Monitoring and Evaluation
Chapter 4: Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Interpreting the data: Influencing factors
Government policy objectives
Tier 4 student visa requirements
Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS)
Post Study Work Route (PSW)
Taught Masters
Policy Stability
Perception and communication
Monitoring and evaluation
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations
of interest
Appendix 2: List of witnesses
Appendix 3: Call for Evidence
Appendix 4: Entrants domiciled from India
and China
Appendix 5: Abbreviations and acronyms
Appendix 6: Recent reports from the House
of Lords Science and Technology Committee
NOTE: Evidence is published online at www.parliament.uk/hlscience
and available for inspection at the Parliamentary
Archives (020 7219 5314)
References in footnotes to the Report are as follows:
Q refers to a question in oral evidence;
Witness names without a question reference refer
to written evidence
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