Indian students like to work for a few
years after they have completed their education, to gain experience. While the
UK has clamped down on that, Australia has enhanced its post-study visa offer,
which would naturally make it more attractive to Indian students.
According to the London Mayor’s office,
the number of Indian students coming to the UK fell from a peak of nearly
24,000 a year in 2010-11 to a low of around 9,000 a year in 2015-16. Khan
attributed this decline to wider perception issues related to UK visas in
India.
The UK is being outstripped by countries
like Australia and Canada in attracting Indian students to their universities
and action must be taken to prevent the falling numbers, a senior peer and
academic has told the House of Lords. Lord Philip Norton, chair of the UK’s
Higher Education Commission, raised the issue in Parliament yesterday as he
warned that the country’s higher education export “success story” was under
threat. “An increase in enrolment by Chinese students has masked a fall in
students coming from other nations, not least India. Since 2006-07, there has
been a 45 per cent fall in enrolment by Indian students…unless action is taken,
we will see our competitors further outstrip us,” said the Conservative party
peer and professor of government at the University of Hull.
UK’s heavy dependence on Chinese
students was not sustainable as the population of 18 to 22-year-olds in China
is set to decline. He pointed to the inclusion of students in the government’s
annual migration targets and a change in the country’s post-study work visa
regime as key factors that had put the UK at a “considerable disadvantage” in the
international education market.
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