Student Visas
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
Two cheers for the government’s immigration plans
New measures are a step in the right direction but do not go far enough
Student visas reconsidered
Should the Tories be so proud to have been raising numbers?
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Gas shock therapy
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Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
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Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
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Keir’s logorrhoea
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