Post UUK debate

What was important of course about Wednesday's UUK event was that the very public debate happened, that Universities UK saw it as sufficiently important to put their full weight behind it, that Prof Eric Thomas as President spoke eloquently and openly on the risk of current government policy, and that Keith Vaz MP, on return from a recent visit to India was especially clear about the damage which was currently being done overseas.

Everyone now seems to understand the arguments.  All we are now searching for is a political tipping point so that students can be taken out of the migration figures – as most agree they should: they just can’t work out how.