The future for international students in the UK should be bright, provided the sector reforms and deals with issues that have surfaced during the last couple of years of growth.
The political consensus that was so supportive of growth in international student numbers in 2019 has weakened.
It would be easy for the sector simply to cry foul, and to say that universities have become caught up in the backwash of small boats and that, in the general push to reduce net migration, international students are collateral damage.
I think that would be a mistake.
The economic benefits that international students bring are well-understood in Westminster.
