The UK’s international education strategy needs wider endorsement from government departments in order to be reach – or even surpass – its targets, stakeholders have said.
The international education strategy – initially launched in 2019, and later updated in 2021 – is “a fantastic step forward and it’s been very successful, but it’s not as successful as it could have been”, said James Pitman, Study Group managing director for UK and Europe.
Pitman was speaking at the Independent Higher Education conference on October 18, ahead of the resignation of home secretary Suella Braverman the following day.
The strategy is sponsored by the departments of international trade and education, which Pitman noted as a “concern”.
