Government emphasises international students’ economic benefits.

Universities that offer courses overseas will be inspected more rigorously to avoid scandals over quality.

A tougher Quality Assurance Agency regime is one of a number of proposals in International Education: Global Growth and Prosperity, a policy paper that sets out how the UK can make more money from selling education abroad.

Speaking at the launch of the strategy in London on 29 July, David Willetts, the universities and science minister, said that oversight “needs to be beefed up”. Reports Times Higher Education.