International | Students Day

Embassy Network | 4th April 2017

Lord Bilimoria gives his International Students Day message

Geoffrey Robinson MP introduces Margaret Lesuuda (Kenya) to Universities Minister Jo Johnson MP

APPG-IS Vice Chair Geoffrey Robinson MP, Universities Minister Jo Johnson MP and APPG-IS co-Chair Paul Blomfield MP

Diplomats, students and parliamentarians with Universities Minister Jo Johnson MP

James Eary of the British Council introduces the new Study UK digital platform

International Students Officer for the National Union of Students (NUS) Mostafa Rajaai

Students applaud the speakers

Paul Blomfield MP in conversation with LEARN Chair Mohamed El Ansari (UAE) and Zahir Irani of Bradford Business School, who sponsored the event

Miss Siti Huzaimah binti Hj Azahari (Brunei) with (right) student Nur Fifi Hazwani binti Hasman (Essex University) and (centre) Wahida Ashiq (GB Magazine)

Student Asyraf Afnan (Brunel University) with Firdaus Zakaria (Malaysia)

Angela Cleary and Orrawan Nuypakdee (both Thailand) with their student Kirit Patarapak (Imperial College London) and Julie Allen (UKCISA )

Rommel Romato (Philippines) with his student Godofredo Ramizo (University of Oxford)

Margaret Lesuuda (Kenya) with her student Lesley Orero (Sussex University)

LEARN Vice Chair Dorina Orzac (Romania) with her student Vlad Miftodi (University of York) and LEARN Chair Mohamed Al Ansari (UAE) and Stephanie Black (Embassy of Mexico)

International Students Day

Education attachés accompanied by their most talented students joined together with parliamentarians for a celebration of International Students Day, co-hosted by the London Education Research Network (LEARN) and the All Party Parliamentary Group for International Students (APPG-IS).

Diplomats and their students heard the views of the most enthusiastic supporters of international students in the British political establishment.

Universities Minister Jo Johnson said the UK continued to welcome students, while APPG-IS co-chair Paul Blomfield MP said international students enriched the learning experiences of local students and contributed billions to the British economy. But APPG-IS co-chair Lord Bilimoria warned that Britain’s popularity as a destination for international students was at risk due to short-sighted immigration policies and appealed to Home Secretary Amber Rudd to take international students out of the net migration figures.

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