The proposed changes require those seeking to work in the UK earn at least £25,600 a year, as well as having specific skills and qualifications.

Universities UK has welcomed the MAC recommendations on a points-based system and salary thresholds for immigration as a "step in the right direction".

UK universities should be recruiting staff and researchers based on their skills and talent rather than potential wages, a new survey has found.

The Migration Advisory Committee has suggested an end to "preferential treatment" for EEA migrants to the UK, which has split the education sector.

"The net migration target is a political target and the IPS net migration figure does not have to form the basis of the government’s net migration target, said MAC.

The long-awaited Migration Advisory Committee report on international students in the UK, has concluded that the UK's post-study work regime should be relaxed, but ruled out the suggestion that students should be removed from immigration statistics.

A new inquiry has been launched into the landscape faced by international students in the country by the All Party Parliamentary Group for International Students. It will report in October 2018.

Universities UK International and BUILA have collaborated to help educators frame their responses to the MAC inquiry into mobile students' impact on the UK.