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Policy on international students in the UK underwent significant changes and development from 1999 to 2015. Throughout this period, rationales for and against increasing recruitment of international students to the UK underpin policies. This chapter presents the key touchstones in policy on international students, drawing on both educational and migration policy .
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Lomer, S. (2017). International Student Policy in the UK. In: Recruiting International Students in Higher Education. Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51073-6_3
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