Universities: Financial Sustainability Debate
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Lord Johnson of Marylebone
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Universities: Financial Sustainability
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Baroness Barran (Con)
I appreciate that, but the noble Lord will also understand the pressures that students face. We also have a responsibility to students to make sure that university is affordable.
Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Con)
My Lords, I declare my interest as a visiting professor at King’s and chairman of FutureLearn. If the Prime Minister goes ahead with curbs to the graduate visa, would my noble friend the Minister say how we will replace the £12 billion in economic benefits that international students bring to priority category 1 levelling-up areas, including towns such as Stockton, Middlesbrough and Darlington, which receive £240 million of benefits every year from international students at Teesside University?
Baroness Barran (Con)
With respect to my noble friend, he makes a very speculative statement, which makes it pretty hard for me to comment on it.