Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2017 to Question 62976, on higher education standards, (a) how the current immigration rules for study migration differentiate by institution and (b) what criteria are used to define top universities.

The immigration rules for study migration currently differentiate between further education and higher education institutions in respect of the maximum permissible periods of study, whether students are permitted to work and, if so, for how many hours per week during term time and how institutions are allowed to assess the student’s competency in English.