Preston risks losing tens of millions of pounds from the city economy with proposed changes to visas for overseas students, a leading academic has warned. The University of Central Lancashire's Vice-Chancellor, Prof Graham Baldwin, says losing international students would ultimately result in significant economic harm for the city. Prof Baldwin is one of a group of vice-chancellors from universities in the North who have joined forces to write a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Prof Baldwin said: “The University of Central Lancashire is part of a group of northern universities urging the Prime Minister to accept the findings of the Migration Advisory Committee which has recommended that the current visa arrangement should be retained in its entirety. “Our ability to attract ambitious and innovative students from around the world is a UK success story we should be celebrating. 'International students add more than £60bn to the UK’s economy.