By Staff writer
What do Richard Branson, Simon Cowell and Anna Wintour have in common” Their wealth, business prowess and entrepreneurial talent comes to mind, but a less known uniting factor is that none of them have a degree.
Higher education applications from overseas students is on the decline and Australia seems to be benefiting from it. This, Lord Bilimoria suggested, was in part due to non-EU citizens feeling insulted about being classed “an immigration problem”.
Business secretary Sajid Javid discussed the government’s plans on Radio 4, saying that it needed to develop a system that wasn’t abused by people using the right to study as a route to settlement. Will this discourage bright prospects from working in the UK, with a knock-on effect on productivity
