International students who stay and work in the UK for a decade after graduation contribute £3.2bn in extra tax revenues, research has revealed.
The first major report into the boost overseas students give the economy found non-UK graduates do not take jobs from local residents, because they largely obtain work in highly qualified areas such as economics or science, or in sectors that suffer acute shortages, such as teaching and nursing.
The study by the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) and the consultancy London Economics found that in the 10 years after graduation, the EU and overseas students who remain from a single year’s cohort will pay an estimated £3.2bn in income tax, VAT, national insurance and other revenues to the exchequer.
But it estimates a further £150m in revenue is lost each year because of the government’s restrictions on post-graduation employment, adding up to £1bn in foregone taxes since the limits were introduced in 2012.
The research used graduate employment data to extrapolate earnings based on the courses and degree types that non-UK students studied, adjusted for the proportion of international graduates who remained in the UK.
The study comes only a few days after the government announced it would lift some of the restrictions on international graduates, lengthening the period they can remain looking for work from four to six months after the end of their course, and up to one year for those earning doctorates.
Read more at: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/mar/21/foreign-students-who-stay-work-uk-pay-32bn-taxes-study
Forest School is a shortlisted finalist for a mental health charity's wellbeing community award
An independent school has been shortlisted for a wellbeing award for a charity with royal patron.
Forest School in Walthamstow has been shortlisted for children's mental health charity Place2Be's Wellbeing in Schools Awards in the School Community category.
The school was praised for "a particularly outstanding level of impact, passion and innovation in championing mental health support for students and the wider community."
The awards recognise the passion, determination and hard work that goes into the delivery of mental health and wellbeing support in the charity’s partner schools across the country.
The school community award is given to education providers that have shown a commitment to a ‘whole school approach’ to mental health, creating a positive culture and offering support to all those who need it.
Place2Be has been supporting children with mental health improvement at Forest School since 2016 and has Royal Patron HRH The Duchess of Cambridge supporting the charity.
Deputy head pastoral and designated safeguarding lead Jeff Kayne said: "Forest School is immensely proud to be a member of the Place2Be family. Our partnership enables us to ensure that wellbeing and a deep understanding of mental health is absolutely integral to the education that we provide.