The Embassy Education Seminar held in London this week brought together education attaches at London’s embassies with key representative at UK universities, colleges and schools to discuss common challenges facing foreign students and to forge academic ties. Diplomats listened to presentations from top-level speakers including the The Rt Hon David Willetts and Nicola Dandridge, CEO of UUK. An innovation for this year was thematic discussions on hot topics, including the digital revolution and MOOCs, student visas and outward student mobility.