The government has commissioned independent advisers on migration (the Migration Advisory Committee) to complete a detailed assessment of the social and economic impact of international students in the UK. The announcement was part of a series of publications that came out at the end of August which will feed into an evidence base on the impact of international students.

The study will: 

- Examine the impact of tuition fees and other spending by foreign students on the national, regional and local economies.

- Consider the impact of their recruitment on the quality of education given to domestic students.

The Committee is expected to report back their findings in September next year and is chaired by Alan Manning, Professor of Economics at LSE. The MAC will shortly produce a call for evidence setting out how stakeholders can be involved in contributing to the assessment.  

As part of this series, the ONS has published an article ‘What’s happening with international student migration’ which provides recent research since April 2017 on developing an understanding on student migration.