Folly of a crackdown on international students | Letters

Limiting the numbers of overseas students would see us pulling up the drawbridge not just on our overseas visitors but also on our own prosperity (Secret plans to slash overseas students by almost half, 13 December). By its very nature, higher education is international and people want to come to the UK to study because they are attracted by the quality of higher education available. As highly skilled people, those who stay also make an invaluable contribution to our economy, paying taxes which